Sr Dir Data Science & ML

What You Need To Know

Open the door to a groundbreaking tech career with an industry leader. Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits is North America’s preeminent wine and spirits distributor, as well as a family-owned, privately held company with a 50+ year legacy of success. To create a new era in alcohol beverage sales and service, we’re heavily invested in the most transformative new technologies – and the most brilliant tech professionals. Southern Glazer’s was named by Newsweek as a Most Loved Workplace and is included on the Forbes lists for Largest Private Companies and Best Employers for Diversity.

As a full-time employee, you can choose from a full menu of our Top Shelf Benefits, including comprehensive medical and prescription drug coverage, dental and vision plans, tax-saving Flexible Spending Accounts, disability coverage, life insurance plans, and a 401(k) plan. We also offer tuition reimbursement, a wellness program, parental leave, vacation accrual, paid sick leave, and more.

We offer continuous learning and career growth in a fast-paced environment where you are respected, your voice is heard, and technology is part of our strategy for success. If you’re looking to fill your glass with opportunity, come join our FAMILY.

Overview

The Senior Director, Data Science and ML will grow and lead a team of talented data scientists to develop innovative data science models and machine learning algorithms to drive digital product experience and sales growth for SGWS. This role will be focused on developing and deploying personalization and recommendation, search, experimentation, and marketing AI solutions. The Senior Director will partner closely with digital portfolio, product, engineering, and marketing stakeholders to identify ML opportunities, accelerate AI innovation, and deliver impactful solutions for the business.

Primary Responsibilities

• Develop innovative data science solutions that utilize the state-of-art machine learning algorithms and AI models to support digital product, sales and marketing initiatives.
• Build and lead a world-class team of ML and AI scientists and engineers. Be a hands-on leader to mentor the team in latest machine learning and AI approaches, and to introduce new technologies and processes.
• Identify data science opportunities that deliver business value. Develop ML/AI roadmap and educate both internal and external stakeholders at all levels to drive implementation and measurement.

• Provide thought leadership to enable scalable ML/AI applications. Manage projects priorities and ensure timely delivery. Develop and evangelize best practices for scoping, building, validating, deploying, and monitoring ML/AI products.

• Prepare and present ML modeling results and analytical insights that help drive the business to senior leadership.

Additional Primary Responsibilities

Minimum Qualifications

• Graduate degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, Engineering, Statistics, Operations Research, or other equivalent quantitative fields
• 7+ years of work experience in Machine Learning, AI and Data Science with a proven track record to drive innovation and business impacts
• Strong machine learning, deep learning, and AI modeling expertise, such as neural networks, reinforcement learning, causal inference modeling, NLP, and computer vision  
• Strong knowledge and experience with big data platforms (AWS, Azure, Spark) and ML/AI languages and tools (Python, TensorFlow, PyTorch)
• Experience in deploying machine learning algorithms and advanced modeling solutions
• Experience in developing large scale ML and AI infrastructure and system
• Self-starter and self-motivated with the proven ability to deliver results in a high-energy environment
• Strong communication skills and the ability to explain complex analysis and algorithms to untechnical audience
• Works effectively cross functional teams to build trusted partnership

Physical Demands

• Physical demands with activity or condition for a considerable amount of time include sitting and typing/keyboarding using a computer (e.g., keyboard, mouse, and monitor) or mobile device
• Physical demands with activity or condition may occasionally include walking, bending, reaching, standing, and stooping
• May require occasional lifting/lowering, pushing, carrying, or pulling up to 25lbs

EEO Statement

Southern Glazer’s Wine and Spirits, an Affirmative Action/EEO employer, prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. 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.  Southern Glazer’s Wine and Spirits provides competitive compensation based on estimated performance level consistent with the past relevant experience, knowledge, skills, abilities, and education of employees.  Unless otherwise expressly stated, any pay ranges posted here are estimates from outside of Southern Glazer’s Wine and Spirits and do not reflect Southern Glazer’s pay bands or ranges.