Job Summary:
84.51° is a retail data science, insights and media company. The role of Director of Data Science will lead the supply chain data scientists and partner with the Product and Engineering community to develop solutions for stakeholders within the supply chain workstreams.
Responsibilities:
• Influence and partner with SCORe team leaders to set the vision and future road map by developing immediate and long-term strategic plans in supply chain and operations
• Partner with the other SCORe Tech DSR Leads to develop and oversee innovation/capability roadmaps to support strategic supply chain plans
• Bring transformational, innovative thinking to the SCORe team, creating and/or improving ways of working, products, sciences, tools and initiatives
• Develop and manage stakeholder relationships within 84.51° and Kroger to drive better decisions across the Supply Chain space
• Understand business priorities and project value to make prioritization decisions
• Partner with cross-functional leaders to ensure shared goals that enable delivery of science services and insights at scale
• Enable & manage a team of data scientists in delivering strategic objectives and work plans while developing their individual technical and business skills
Qualifications:
Required:
• 7+ years developing analytical solutions using advanced AI, Machine learning, and optimization methods
• 7+ years querying data from relational databases using SQL/Python to develop analytical solutions
• 7+ years with data wrangling, data cleaning and prep, problem framing, and analysis
• Experience with managing, recruiting, training, developing, coaching, and/or inspiring highly technical associates
• Proficient in technology stack (Azure, Databricks, Python, Spark)
• Experience applying data science capabilities to supply chain and operations business problems
• Ability to work in a highly collaborative cross functional environment
• Comfort with fast pace and multiple moving parts, anticipating and solving for future barriers/ changes
• Excellent interpersonal, collaboration, and communication skills
• Strong business acumen
• Strong academic background in mathematics, statistics, computer science, economics, or similar discipline
• Strong analytical, creative problem-solving and decision-making skills
• Ability to create computationally efficient solutions
• Natural curiosity and passion around data, analysis and insights
• Welcomes and embraces change
• Ability to work fast yet accurately
• An openness and willingness to try new things and to fail
Preferred:
• Building stakeholder relationships at a senior level
• Internal or External client exposure and strong understanding of client’s business needs
• Ability to present technical solutions to non-technical audience
• Managing, recruiting, training, developing, coaching, inspiring and/or leading others
• Championing an inclusive culture and embracing 84.51° D&I initiatives
• Creating and/or improving large-scale processes or initiatives
• Leading Data Scientists through product life cycle and projects
• Independently creating solutions and solving open-ended and/or complex problems, analyzing both successes and failures
• Collaborating across all functions of 84.51°
• Providing direct, constructive feedback to peers and junior data scientists
• Making data-driven decisions and priority calls
• Clearly articulating their point-of-view
• Comfortability with fast pace and multiple moving parts, anticipating and solving for future barriers/ changes
Company:
84.51° helps companies create sustainable growth by putting the customer at the center of everything. Founded in 2015, the company is headquartered in Cincinnati, USA, with a team of 1001-5000 employees. The company is currently Late Stage.