
Lead Data Scientist
US Foods
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: Illinois • United States
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Salary
💰 $100,000 - $160,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Lead a team of data scientists responsible for designing, developing, and deploying advanced analytics and AI solutions.
- Partner with senior Sales, Merchandising, Marketing, and Digital stakeholders to identify, prioritize, and frame high-impact business problems.
- Oversee delivery of solutions including eCommerce personalization, recommendation systems, and advanced analytics.
- Ensure solutions are production-ready, scalable, and embedded into commercial workflows.
- Lead, develop, and retain high-performing teams of data scientists.
- Shape and deliver the commercial analytics and AI roadmap aligned to growth priorities.
Requirements
- Six years of experience or greater in advanced analytics, data science, or applied machine learning, with progressive leadership responsibility.
- Experience deploying applied AI solutions on cloud platforms (e.g., AWS SageMaker and Bedrock).
- Experience guiding teams in Python-based data science ecosystems and collaborative development practices.
- Strong command of machine learning, optimization methods, and statistical experimentation at scale.
- Business-oriented analytical thinker with a high bar for rigor, execution, and reliability.
- Clear, concise communicator able to influence senior leaders with data-driven insights.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related quantitative field required. PhD in a quantitative field a plus.
Benefits
- health insurance
- retirement benefits
- paid time off
- short-term and long-term disability
- employee stock purchase plan
- life insurance
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Hard Skills & Tools
advanced analyticsdata scienceapplied machine learningmachine learningoptimization methodsstatistical experimentationPythoneCommerce personalizationrecommendation systemscloud platforms
Soft Skills
leadershipanalytical thinkingcommunicationinfluenceteam developmentexecutionreliability