What are the responsibilities and job description for the Data Scientist position at Sally Beauty?
JOB DESCRIPTION
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This Senior-Level Data Scientist role is ideal for the candidate with strong analytical and problem-solving skills, combined with deep expertise in applying advanced machine-learning techniques using big-data platforms and tools. An excellent verbal and written communicator, with the ability to collaborate closely with business stakeholders across merchandising, marketing, and finance. This role will focus on optimizing pricing and promotional effectiveness to maximize sales, margin, customer engagement, and overall business performance. This is a hybrid role, reporting into the office in Denton Texas on Tuesdays and Wednesdays of each week, working remotely the rest of the work week, so you must be located in the DFW area.
Primary Duties
- Engage with business teams to find opportunities, gather requirements, and translate them into scalable technical solutions to deliver measurable business outcomes.
- Lead the design and development of advanced data-science solutions, applying closed-loop testing and measurement methodologies to continuously optimize pricing and promotional effectiveness for maximum business impact.
- Lead and develop machine learning models through all phases of development - design, training, evaluation, validation, and deployment - ensuring high performance and alignment with business goals.
- Work closely with data engineers and platform architects to implement robust data pipelines, enabling real-time and batch decisioning solutions.
- Monitor the health of operational and business metrics for solutions in production. Analyze trends and behavior patterns, and implement changes as needed to ensure sustained performance.
- Present complex data-driven insights to business partners and executives. Translate technical results into business strategies and actionable recommendations that drive decision-making.
- Research and apply new technologies and methodologies to continuously improve the team's technical capabilities, drive innovation, and foster a culture of learning.
Technical Skills
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities :
Analysis And Modeling Skills
Supervised learning algorithms (e.g., XGBoost, CatBoost, Random Forests) for predictive modeling.
Insights And Communication Skills
Qualifications
Competencies / Attributes
Working Conditions / Physical Requirements
We offer a competitive salary and outstanding benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, life Insurance, paid vacation and sick days, paid holidays, tuition reimbursement and 401(k) with company match. In addition, associates of SBH may take advantage of our in-house salon with complementary services and a varied selection of food options at our corporate campus. Also, featured at our corporate campus, is both a Sally Beauty and CosmoProf Professional onsite store, where associates enjoy a great merchandise discount!
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