WILLIAMS-SONOMA - Lead Data Scientist - Machine Learning

Job Role : Lead Data Scientist.

Job Location : Pune / Hyderabad (Hybrid).

Experience : 10+ Years.

About the Role :

We are seeking an experienced Lead Data Scientist to join our dynamic team.

The ideal candidate will possess deep expertise in advanced analytics, machine learning, and agentic AI, with a proven ability to lead complex projects from ideation to deployment.

This role involves driving innovation, mentoring junior team members, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver impactful, data-driven solutions in the retail sector.

Responsibilities :

• Lead the design, development, and deployment of advanced predictive models, agentic AI solutions, and statistical analyses to solve high-impact business problems.
• Analyze large, complex datasets to extract actionable insights and guide strategic decision-making.
• Drive exploratory data analysis (EDA) and communicate findings to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Partner with business leaders and stakeholders to define analytical objectives, data requirements, and success metrics.
• Mentor and provide technical guidance to data scientists and ML engineers, fostering a culture of learning and innovation.
• Architect and optimize scalable data pipelines and workflows using Spark and other big data technologies.
• Oversee the integration of agentic AI models with traditional machine learning approaches, ensuring robust, autonomous, and multi-modal solutions.
• Monitor, evaluate, and continuously improve the performance of deployed models and analytics solutions.
• Stay current with industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices in AI, ML, and data science.
• Contribute to the development of data science standards, code reviews, and knowledge sharing within the team.

Criteria :

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