Lead Data Scientist - Merchandising & Pricing

At DICK’S Sporting Goods , we believe in how positively sports can change lives. On our team, everyone plays a critical role in creating confidence and excitement by personally equipping all athletes to achieve their dreams. We are committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workforce, reflecting the communities we serve.

If you are ready to make a difference as part of the world’s greatest sports team, apply to join our team today!

OVERVIEW:

Are you a passionate technologist with experience in AI, Machine Learning, Data Science and Analysis? Are you looking for an opportunity to drive enterprise impact and shape the future of a leading sports retailer with $12B+ in revenue and 800+ physical stores? Do you enjoy working with a highly skilled team of Machine Learning engineers & Scientists, co-creating enterprise grade AI capabilities?

JOB PURPOSE:

As the Lead Data Scientist - Merchandising & Pricing , you will be a key technical leader in our teammate transformation that aims to deliver a best-in-class teammate experience by providing them advanced intelligent decisioning tools using AI/GenAI and Machine Learning at its core. This is an exceptional opportunity not only to transform the way we deliver omnichannel Merchandising and Pricing by building foundational AI/GenAI capabilities, but also to do career defining work in the space.

This role will require an emerging technical leader & SME with strong experience in traditional Machine Learning algorithms along with deep understanding of the cutting edge SOTA AI/GenAI methods used in Retail merchandising and Pricing data science initiatives. As a technical leader you will be influencing critical enterprise technical strategies both in the Machine Learning/AI space and neighboring spaces like forecasting, optimization, NLP, webservices, integrations with applications and data systems etc. You will partner with product, business, and engineering leads to design and implement data science powered intelligent tools for merchandising and pricing business partners and scale and help them understand the art of the possible with AI technology through deep technical design.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Advanced Data Science Leadership: Lead design and implementation of advanced data science algorithms that improve merchandising and pricing business decisions, including building models for Demand forecasting, Assortment optimization, Price elasticity, and Inventory allocation and replenishment.

Developing & Optimizing Demand Forecasting models: Designing and deploying demand forecasting algorithms that go beyond univariate time series to multivariate and hierarchical forecasts for predicting long range, multi-echelon sales forecasting, and that can handle cold start problems, reconciliation at all levels and works at scale.

Assortment Planning & Optimization : Develop & Implement AI/ML driven assortme