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Data Scientist

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Job ID 1540783BR

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Ready to impact the next generation of healthcare technology, products and services? When you join us, your work will set the standards for database platform deployment and shape our solutions for the future. It’s an opportunity to reimagine the way we support our nearly 9,000, pharmacy-led, health and well-being retail stores worldwide and our entire organization.

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Data Scientist

Job ID 1540783BR

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Job Summary

This role sits within the Finance Organization and is responsible for providing finance and business leaders with insights into financial performance. Applies advanced data analysis tools and techniques to provide insights and actionable recommendations for the business. Utilizes complex statistical modeling to make predictions about future outcomes and in multiple scenarios. May explain findings to business audience.

Job Responsibilities

Responsible for applying advanced data analysis tools and techniques to provide insights and actionable recommendations for the business
Utilizes complex statistical modeling to make predictions about future outcomes and in multiple scenarios
Interprets and applies data in complex analyses and explains findings to business audiences to improve products and processes
May support or lead the development of data-related commercial offerings and/or other intellectual property (IP)
Executes statistical and mathematical analyses to support business decision making
Develops and/or uses algorithms and statistical predictive models and determines analytical approaches and modeling techniques to evaluate scenarios and potential future outcomes
Applies analytical rigor and statistical methods to analyze large amounts of data, using advanced statistical techniques such as predictive statistical models, customer profiling, segmentation analysis, survey design and analysis, and data mining
Documents projects including business objectives, data gathering and processing, leading approaches, final algorithm, detailed set of results and analytical metrics
Develops materials to explain project findings
Effectively resolves problems and roadblocks as they occur
Interacts with internal and external peers and/or managers to exchange semi-complex information related to assigned activities
Prepares and presents interpretation of findings to internal clients

About Walgreens

Founded in 1901, Walgreens (www.walgreens.com) has a storied heritage of caring for communities for generations, and proudly serves nearly 9 million customers and patients each day across its approximately 8,500 stores throughout the U.S. and Puerto Rico, and leading omni-channel platforms. Walgreens has approximately 220,000 team members, including nearly 90,000 healthcare service providers, and is committed to being the first choice for retail pharmacy and health services, building trusted relationships that create healthier futures for customers, patients, team members and communities.

Walgreens is the flagship U.S. brand of Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (Nasdaq: WBA), an integrated healthcare, pharmacy and retail leader. Its retail locations are a critical point of access and convenience in thousands of communities, with Walgreens pharmacists playing a greater role as part of the healthcare system and patients’ care teams than ever before. Walgreens Specialty Pharmacy provides critical care and pharmacy services to millions of patients with rare disease states and complex, chronic conditions.

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Basic Qualifications

Bachelor's degree and at least 2 years of experience in quantitative or computational functions; or graduate degree in a quantitative, computational or technical discipline
Knowledge of SQL
Experience in data science, advanced analytics, or statistics
Ability to interrogate data, perform analyses, interpret data, and present to business audiences
Knowledge of open source data science and statistics packages such as Python, R, Spark, etc.
Experience establishing and maintaining key relationships with internal (peers, business partners and leadership) and external (business community, clients and vendors) within a matrix organization to ensure quality standards for service
Experience analyzing and reporting data in order to identify issues, trends, or exceptions to drive improvement of results and find solutions
Willing to travel up to 10% of the time for business purposes (within state and out of state)