(USA) Senior Manager, Data Science

Position Summary... What you'll do... Retail AI Foundations is part of the Retail Intelligence group within Walmart’s AI & Data organization. The team develops and deploys Generative AI and machine learning platforms, models, and services across Walmart’s highest-impact growth pillars—including AI Shopping, Social Commerce, Walmart Connect advertising, creator experiences, marketing, and rich-media content. Our Applied Science and ML Engineering teams build AI capabilities across Large Language Models (LLMs), image and video generation, and multimodal understanding. We partner with talented scientists, engineers, product managers, and business leaders to improve experiences for customers, associates, advertisers, and creators, while delivering measurable business outcomes. We are committed to exceeding industry standards through cutting-edge research, strong engineering execution, and responsible AI practices. Role Summary The Senior Manager, Data Science will lead an Applied Science and ML Engineering team within Retail AI Foundations. This leader will set the scientific and technical direction for production AI systems, working backward from customer needs and business priorities to define the problems, success measures, and investments that matter most. What You’ll Do Lead, mentor, and grow a high-performing team of Applied Scientists and ML Engineers. Define the technical roadmap and science investment strategy for LLMs, image and video generation, multimodal understa