IN KA BANGALORE Home Office PTPP1, India
6 hours ago
(IND) DIRECTOR, DATA SCIENCE
Position Summary...We are seeking a highly analytical and strategic leader to join our team as Director, eCommerce Strategy. In this role, you will leverage data science, advanced analytics, and competitive intelligence to shape Walmart’s eCommerce strategy. You will partner with cross-functional teams—Merchandising, Product, Technology, Finance, and Operations—to benchmark competitors, analyze market dynamics, and design winning customer value propositions (CVPs). Your work will help define Walmart’s eCommerce roadmap, identify opportunities for growth, and position the company as the leading destination for online shopping.

What you'll do...

Our Team

Who We Are: A strategy and analytics team driving Walmart’s eCommerce growth by blending business insight, advanced data science, and competitive benchmarking.

What We Do: We analyze markets, customers, and competitors; develop actionable insights; and translate them into strategic initiatives that drive customer loyalty, business performance, and market leadership.

Why It Matters: Our strategies enable Walmart to deliver the right value, convenience, and innovation—ensuring we stay ahead in a rapidly evolving digital commerce landscape.

What you'll do:

Lead and mentor a team of analytics and strategy professionals, building a culture of curiosity, rigor, and impact.Develop Walmart’s eCommerce strategy by combining internal data, advanced analytics, and external market intelligence.Benchmark competitors using techniques such as web crawling, market research, and competitive analytics to identify gaps and opportunities.Partner with cross-functional leaders to design and refine customer value propositions (CVPs) that strengthen Walmart’s digital advantage.Translate analytical insights into clear, actionable strategies for senior executives, influencing investment and prioritization decisions.Monitor and evaluate key performance metrics, competitive positioning, and customer behavior trends to continuously refine strategy.Collaborate with product, tech, and merchandising teams to align analytics-driven insights with execution.

What you'll bring: 

Strong background in data science, advanced analytics, or strategy consulting with demonstrated impact in digital/eCommerce domains.Proven ability to connect complex analyses to strategic choices and business outcomes.Expertise in competitive benchmarking, market analysis, and digital retail dynamics.Exceptional problem-solving and storytelling skills, with experience influencing senior leadership.Leadership experience managing and developing high-performing, analytics-driven teams.Advanced degree (MBA, MS, or PhD in quantitative field) preferred; equivalent experience considered.(Preferred) Experience in eCommerce strategy, retail analytics, or digital marketplace environments.

About Walmart Global Tech
Imagine working in an environment where one line of code can make life easier for hundreds of millions of people.  That’s what we do at Walmart Global Tech. We’re a team of software engineers, data scientists, cybersecurity experts and service professionals within the world’s leading retailer who make an epic impact and are at the forefront of the next retail disruption. People are why we innovate, and people power our innovations. We are people-led and tech-empowered.

We train our team in the skillsets of the future and bring in experts like you to help us grow. We have roles for those chasing their first opportunity as well as those looking for the opportunity that will define their career. Here, you can kickstart a great career in tech, gain new skills and experience for virtually every industry, or leverage your expertise to innovate on a scale, impact millions and reimagine the future of retail.

Flexible, hybrid work
 

We use a hybrid way of working with primary in office presence coupled with an optimal mix of virtual presence. We use our campuses to collaborate and be together in person, as business needs require and for development and networking opportunities. This approach helps us make quicker decisions, remove location barriers across our global team, be more flexible in our personal lives.

Benefits

Beyond our great compensation package, you can receive incentive awards for your performance. Other great perks include a host of best-in-class benefits maternity and parental leave, PTO, health benefits, and much more.

Belonging

We aim to create a culture where every associate feels valued for who they are, rooted in respect for the individual. Our goal is to foster a sense of belonging, to create opportunities for all our associates, customers and suppliers, and to be a Walmart for everyone.

At Walmart, our vision is "everyone included." By fostering a workplace culture where everyone is—and feels—included, everyone wins. Our associates and customers reflect the makeup of all 19 countries where we operate. By making Walmart a welcoming place where all people feel like they belong, we’re able to engage associates, strengthen our business, improve our ability to serve customers, and support the communities where we operate.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Walmart, Inc., is an Equal Opportunities Employer – By Choice. We believe we are best equipped to help our associates, customers and the communities we serve live better when we really know them. That means understanding, respecting and valuing unique styles, experiences, identities, ideas and opinions – while being inclusive of all people.

Minimum Qualifications...

Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications.

Minimum Qualifications:Option 1: Bachelors degree in Statistics, Economics, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Information Technology or related field and 6 years' experience in an analytics related field. Option 2: Masters degree in Statistics, Economics, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Information Technology or related field and 4 years' experience in an analytics related field. Option 3: 8 years' experience in an analytics or related field. 2 years' supervisory experience.

Preferred Qualifications...

Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.

Primary Location...BLOCK- 1, PRESTIGE TECH PACIFIC PARK, SY NO. 38/1, OUTER RING ROAD KADUBEESANAHALLI, , India
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