Data Scientist- Workforce Intelligence Forecasting

Position Summary

About Workforce Intelligence
- Forecasting

Workforce Intelligence is the engine behind Walmart’s labor allocation strategy. We enable optimal labor planning for ~1.6M associates across ~4,600 stores by designing and delivering forecasting solutions that help our stores operate efficiently and provide exceptional customer experiences.

Our work blends machine learning, advanced analytics and statistics, GenAI, and deep operational and financial data to predict labor demand with high precision—ensuring the right associates are in the right place at the right time.

Join Walmart’s Workforce Forecasting team as a Staff Data Scientist and help shape the future of labor forecasting at Fortune 1 scale. This is a high-impact opportunity to drive workforce solutions, improve forecasting and allocation, and influence operational excellence across the enterprise.

• Partner cross functionally across Store Operation, Supply Chain, Transportation and Workforce Intelligence team to understand the current business and future scope and translate them into labor forecasting strategy
• Work with the forecasting team to develop new forecasting capabilities to support the aligned broader labor strategy
• Improve the accuracy and robustness of the end-to-end forecasting suite through innovative modeling approaches and optimization techniques
• Work closely with the internal team and finance to provide Business As Usual (BAU) and Annual Operating Plan (AOP) forecasts
• Leverage GenAI and ML/AI algorithms to help build a scalable platform that supports automation across the model lifecycle (runs, evaluation, data validation, drift monitoring, and deployment)
• Work with partner teams (e.g., Labor Generation, Industrial Engineering) to identify process gaps and develop data science solutions that improve business outcomes

• Master’s degree in a relevant field (Business Analytics, Data Science, Statistics, Software Engineering, ML Engineering, Computer Science)
• 5+ years’ experience in building and delivering real life data science products in relevant industry (Workforce/Store Ops experience plus)
• Strong technical acumen in SQL, Python, ML/AI, Statistics (GenAI hands‑on experience preferred)
• Experience in retail or supply chain environments is a plus
• A self‑directed, curious, outcome‑oriented mindset —able to operate with minimal supervision and drive work forward independently

At Walmart, we offer competitive pay as well as performance-based bonus awards and other great benefits for a happier mind, body, and wallet. Health benefits include medical, vision and dental coverage. Financial benefits include 401(k), stock purchase and company-paid life insurance. Paid time off benefits include PTO (including sick leave), parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting. Other benefits include short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more.

You will also receive PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes. The amount you receive depends on your job classification and length of employment. It will meet or exceed the requirements of paid sick leave laws, where applicable. For information about PTO, see  . Live Better U is a Walmart-paid education benefit program for full‑time and part‑time associates in Walmart and Sam's Club facilities.

Programs range from high school completion to bachelor's degrees, including English Language Learning and short‑form certificates. Tuition, books, and fees are completely paid for by Walmart.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to a specific plan or program terms.

For information about benefits and eligibility, see One.

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Bachelors degree in Statistics, Economics,…