Data Scientist II - Remote

In this role you will work with a data science team and cross-functional partners to solve business challenges and promote data-driven decision making with advanced data analysis and machine learning.

What You’ll Do

• Lead exploratory data analysis to cull actionable insights

• Collaborate with stakeholders to understand business requirements and translate them into technical solutions

• Develop and implement statistical and machine learning models 

• Fine-tune, optimize and ensure the scalability of models and algorithms

• Aid in designing experiments to answer targeted questions

• Identify and drive continuous improvement of key business metrics in an assigned business functional area

• Drive adoption and usage of data science products and models

• Translate data science outputs into business outcomes and value delivered

• Mentor and guide junior data scientists, providing technical expertise and fostering a culture of continuous learning and development

• Stay up to date on the latest trends and developments in data science and technology and identify implementation opportunities to support innovation at Kohl’s

• Additional tasks may be assigned

What Skills You Have

Required

• Bachelor’s Degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Statistics, Applied Mathematics or equivalent quantitative field

• 3+ years of progressively complex data science experience

• Extensive experience developing and deploying state-of-the-art algorithms using machine learning, statistical and optimization methods 

• Expert in using modern analytics tools, programming languages, and cloud platforms (Python, R, Spark, SQL, GCP, etc.)

• Strong problem-solving skills with an emphasis on product development

• Experience proposing rapid experiments to test the effectiveness of new strategies or initiatives and iterating quickly

• Effective communication and collaboration skills at all levels 

Preferred

• Master’s degree and/or Ph.D.

• Retail experience

• Marketing models