Hudson’s Bay Company Hiring for The Bay | Data Scientist at Toronto, Ontario Full Time

Day in the Life:

Reporting to the Director Marketing Strategy and Data Governance, the Data Scientist will apply strong expertise in AI to drive personalization and growth sales through the use of machine learning, data mining, and information retrieval to design, prototype, and build next generation advanced analytics engines and services.  

What You Will Do:

• Design, develop, test, advocate and build predictive models and segmentations  
• Effectively communicate the analytics approach and how it will meet and address objectives to business partners.
• Advocate and educate on the value of data-driven decision making; focus on the “how and why” .
• Identify and develop long-term processes, frameworks, tools, methods and standards.
• Coordinate with different functional teams to implement data engineering, models and monitor outcomes
• Assists in the development of strategic plans.
• Understands and analyzes complex business problem, then formulates data-driven hypotheses to drive business value.
• Develops experimental design approaches to validate findings or test hypotheses.
• Diagnoses and resolves predictive / analytical model performance issues while monitoring system performance and implementation of efficiency improvements.
• Applies innovative and best practices to advanced analytics services to ensure high quality standards.
• Sets up change control and testing processes to ensure the quality and consistency of ongoing maintenance work.
• Develops analytical solutions and makes recommendations based on an understanding of the business strategy and stakeholder needs.
• Works with various data owners to discover and select available data from internal sources and external vendors
• Applies scripting / programming skills to assemble various types of source data (unstructured, semi-structured, and structured) into well-prepared data sets with multiple levels of granularities (e.g., demographics, customers, products, transactions).
• Summarizes statistical findings and draws conclusions, presents actionable business recommendations. Presents findings & recommendations in a simple, clear way to drive action.
•  Performs experimental design approaches to validate finding or test hypotheses.
• Supports development of tools and delivers training for data analytics and AI.

What You Will Need:

• Typically, between 5 – 7 years of relevant experience and post-secondary degree in related field of study or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Advanced degree (Master/Ph.D. preferred) in Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, Engineering, Statistics, or other quantitative disciplines and/or equivalent experience
• Experience with distributed computing language & cloud technologies
• Experience with programming languages and machine learning /deep learning algorithms/packages, supervised learning, clustering, natural language processing, recommender engines, time series analysis, A/B testing, network/link analysis, sentiment analysis and data visualization.
• Deep proficiency in statistical analysis, quantitative analytics, forecasting/predictive analytics, multivariate testing, and optimization algorithms.
• Deep knowledge and technical proficiency gained through extensive education and business experience.

What You Can Expect:

• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Associate discount up to 40% including top brands
• Flexible work environment that allows for work-life balance

About The Bay:

As North America’s oldest startup and Canada’s purpose-driven digital marketplace, The Bay is on a high-growth mission to rewrite the rules of retail to help Canadians live a colourful life. If you believe in the power of our iconic brand and thrive on problem solving at scale, we want you to join our team.

At The Bay, smart, high-performing team members will challenge you to learn and grow every day. We value ambitious work and great ideas grounded in data and insights. We are looking for talented people who love a fast-paced environment, embrace change and are looking to make an impact with groundbreaking ideas.

We are building a digital-first company and brand for a diverse world and we need a diverse team to reach our potential. We strongly encourage applications from everyone to come and join a winning team that supports diverse thinking and demonstrates innovation, energy, creativity and vision every day.

Our Commitment to Building a Winning Culture:

As One Team we have re-established our internal behaviours and culture to ensure we all succeed. One Team provides the tools needed to shift our ways of working and creates change to become a purpose-driven, digital first business. Our 4 pillars for embracing One Team are: Always be Customer Champions, Performance and Purpose Driven, Keep it Simple & Change Agents.

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Thank you for your interest with HBC. We look forward to reviewing your application.

HBC provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, HBC complies with applicable state and local laws governing non discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence,compensation and training.

HBC welcomes all applicants for this position. Should you be individually selected to participate in an assessment or selection process, accommodations are available upon request in relation to the materials or processes to be used.