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ID #15380585
State North Carolina
City Charlotte
Job type Permanent
Salary USD TBD TBD
Source Lowes Home Improvement
Showed 2021-06-12
Date 2021-06-11
Deadline 2021-08-10
Category Architect/engineer/CAD
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Lead Data Scientist - Search

North Carolina, Charlotte, 28201 Charlotte USA

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Job Summary:The primary purpose of this role is to provide advanced analytical capabilities to support data science initiatives. This position gains experience in various areas including, but not limited to: predictive modeling; personalization and recommendation algorithms; natural language processing and text mining; search recall, precision, ranking, and related problems; optimization and mathematical programming with applications in labor scheduling, inventory and capacity planning, network flows, and supply chain optimization. A Lead Data Scientist solves highly complex problems that do not yet have solutions in the research and span much of the Data Science portfolio. Therefore, the individual in this role must be an expert in his/her field and confident in interacting and proposing solutions to the business. This role influences the thought process and methodology for other team members.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Mines and extracts data and applies statistics and algorithms necessary to derive insights for Lowe's and Lowe's Digital
  • Supports the generation of an automated insights generation framework for Lowe's business partners to effectively interpret data
  • Provides actionable insights through data science on Personalization, Search & Navigation, SEO & Promotions, Supply Chain, Services, other company priorities, etc.
  • Tracks success of Lowe's through the development of dashboard reports that measure financial results, customer satisfaction, and engagement metrics
  • Conducts deep statistical analysis, including predictive and prescriptive modeling in order to provide a competitive advantage at Lowe's
  • Maintains expert-level knowledge on industry trends, emerging technologies, and new methodologies and applies it to projects as well as using it to guide team members
  • Leads automation and analytical projects, collaborating across functions in Lowe's and Lowe's Digital
  • Responsible for influencing, leading the thought process, and defining the appropriate methodology for team members
  • Translates or provides guidance to more junior level scientists to translate requirements into an analytical approach; asks the right questions to understand the problem; validates understanding with Stakeholder or Manager
  • Builds or provides guidance for building the analytic approach to solving a business problem; helps identify the sources, methods, parameters, and procedures to be used; clarifies expectations with stakeholders and plans resources accordingly
  • Leverages deep understanding of statistical techniques and tools to analyze data according to the project plan; communicates with stakeholders to provide updates and manage scope
  • Prepares final recommendations, ensuring solutions are best-in-class, implementable and scalable in the business
  • Leads the execution of plan for measuring impact based on discussions with stakeholders, partners and senior team members
  • Leads the execution of projects with full adherence to enterprise project management practices by participating in formal and informal training
  • Maintains knowledge of techniques, technology, industry trends, best practices, and emerging methodologies
  • Identifies value gaps and opportunities for process enhancements or efficiencies; provides guidance on how to integrate requirements with current systems and business processes

Minimum Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Physics, Economics, Engineering, Computer Science, Data or Information Science, or related quantitative analytic field AND 6 years of experience in analytics AND 2 years of programming experience (Python, Java, Scala, Rust, etc.)
OR
  • Master's degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Physics, Economics, Engineering, Computer Science, Data or Information Science, or related quantitative analytic field AND 3 years of experience in analytics AND 1 year of programming experience (Python, Java, Scala, Rust, etc.)
OR
  • Ph.D. in Mathematics, Statistics, Physics, Economics, Engineering, Computer Science, Data or Information Science, or related quantitative analytic field AND 2 years of experience in analytics
ALSO
  • Knowledge of SQL and various statistical modeling or machine learning techniques

Preferred Qualifications:
  • In most cases Lowe's will not be able to provide sponsorship for roles located in the Charlotte Tech Hub
  • Ph.D. degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Physics, Economics, Engineering, Computer Science, Data or Information Science, or related quantitative analytic field
  • 3 years of experience performing predictive analytics at a large scale enterprise
  • 3 years of experience in data science or advanced analytics in industry
  • SQL experience
  • Programming experience (Python, Java, Scala, Rust, etc.)
  • Experience using multiple data systems and sources (such as Hadoop, Spark, Aster, Teradata, etc.)

About Lowe's:Lowe's Companies, Inc. (NYSE: LOW) is a FORTUNE® 50 home improvement company serving approximately 18 million customers a week in the United States and Canada. With fiscal year 2019 sales of $72.1 billion, Lowe's and its related businesses operate or service more than 2,200 home improvement and hardware stores and employ approximately 300,000 associates. Based in Mooresville, N.C., Lowe's supports its hometown Charlotte region and all communities it serves through programs focused on creating safe, affordable housing and helping to develop the next generation of skilled trade experts. For more information, visit Lowes.com.

About Lowe's in the Community:As a FORTUNE® 50 home improvement company, Lowe's is committed to creating safe, affordable housing and helping to develop the next generation of skilled trade experts through nonprofit partnerships. Across every community we serve, Lowe's associates donate their time and expertise through the Lowe's Heroes volunteer program. For the latest news, visit Newsroom.Lowes.com or follow @LowesMedia on Twitter.

Lowe's is an equal opportunity affirmative action employer and administers all personnel practices without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, veteran status, genetics or any other category protected under applicable law.

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