Sr Decision Scientist Product Finance at Starbucks

Sr. Decision Scientist – Product & Finance (Seattle, Phoenix, Chicago, or Remote)  (
Job Number:
220035182)
Job Posting
Jun 23, 2022
Job Posting End Date
Ongoing
Location
US-WA-Seattle-Starbucks Support Center
Is this role eligible for remote or hybrid work? Yes-Remote
Starbucks - Business Strategy
Schedule
Full-time
Job Summary and Mission 
This job contributes to Starbucks success by guiding business decisions through being able to provide thought leadership & analytics subject matter expertise to relevant business objectives.  You will be able to design & recommend appropriate analytics approaches to solve key business problems, which can be developed in a cross-functional manner, and can be consumed by business partners at all levels. There needs to be a focused attention on insights personalization that focuses on turning data into information.
Models and acts in accordance with Starbucks guiding principles.
Summary of Key Responsibilities 
Responsibilities and essential job functions include but are not limited to the following:
Analyze business requirements for Core Product & Finance teams, and assess impact of potential analytics solutions or novel research methods & metric definitions to support decisions in these teams
Actively consult with stakeholders to identify pain points in customer journey, ideate where analytics insights or data products may be useful, and co-create high-level solutions with a cross-functional working team.
Structure ambiguous problems collaborating with business SMEs and across the larger Analytics & Insights community to help design pragmatic data products (dashboards, data science models, ad-hoc analyses) that create tangible impact for business teams.
Influence adoption of insights to support data-informed decisions
Communicate technical insights & methodology from analytics & data science projects to business partners at various levels in the organization that enables understanding and drives actionability.
Provide critical thinking and analytics subject matter expertise in stakeholder engagements
Lead discussions with business partners to define business questions and recommend appropriate methods to address business questions; translate unstructured strategic questions into structured analysis plan
Partner with other Data Science, and Technology teams to implement analytic insights and recommendations into business processes (e.g., automation of new KPIs, user acceptance testing for additional data feeds)
Extract data from various databases; perform exploratory data analyses, cleaning & aggregating insights. Employ scaling & automation to data preparation techniques 
Introduce incremental improvements to data analysis, visualization, and presentation techniques to communicate discoveries 
Research relevant emerging empirical methods and quantitative tools 
Possess in-depth business knowledge to initiate and drive discussions with business partners to identify business issues needing analytic solutions 
Establish brand and team as subject matter experts in advanced analytics across departments 
Mentor junior data scientists in pioneering techniques and business acumen 
Summary of Experience   
Minimum 3 years experince within data analysis field or discipline 
Basic Qualifications 
Education: BA/BS w/ concentration in business or quantitative discipline - Stats, Math, Comp Sci, Engineering, Econ, or similar; Masters preferred
Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities 
Demonstrated experience with analytical methods, business process analysis & analytics enablement
High proficiency in developing key metrics for driving & maintaining healthy business performance
Strong problem solving skills with ability to influence leadership teams at different levels
Working knowledge of data systems design & data technologies
Some knowledge of statistics & scripting (SQL, Python or R)
Ability to handle, and maintain the confidentiality of, highly sensitive information.
Demonstrated experience with communication tools (PowerPoint, virtual collaboration spaces)
Business experience with several data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau) 
Retail, customer loyalty, marketing or eCommerce experience preferred

Starbucks and its brands are an equal opportunity employer of all qualified individuals.
We are committed to creating a diverse and welcoming workplace that includes partners with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We believe that enables us to better meet our mission and values while serving customers throughout our global communities. People of color, women, LGBTQIA+, veterans and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply.
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