Role Summary

URBN is seeking a Senior Data Scientist to develop AI-powered digital experiences.  This individual will serve as a key Algorithm Lead, leveraging various data sources to enable advanced AI and machine learning solutions that drive innovation within our digital ecosystem.   The role involves close collaboration with leadership, Product Management, and Engineering.   The Senior Data Scientist will act as a technical Data Science owner, driving the development, implementation, and validation of AI/ML solutions across a range of applications to enhance our ultra-fast business model.

As Senior Data Scientist, you will play a pivotal role in developing ML solutions that empower multiple AI-first innovations at URBN, ensuring data-driven innovation enhances experiences and decision-making. If you are passionate about AI-powered digital transformation, predictive analytics, and machine learning, we invite you to help shape the future of intelligent retail and digital solutions at URBN.

Role Responsibilities

• Design and implement machine learning models to power various applications, potential including a combination of forecasting, optimization, multimodal data analysis, GenAI, and automation, working with complex, high-dimensional datasets.
• Develop multimodal representations from diverse data sources, including text and images, using modern machine learning techniques.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate AI solutions into digital products and workflows, partnering with engineers to translate prototypes into scalable features and services.
• Guide data exploration and feature engineering to support high-performing models.
• Analyze large-scale data sets to generate actionable insights and recommendations, supporting rapid decision-making in a fast-paced environment.
• Partner with Product Management to translate business needs into technical AI solutions that align with strategic goals.
• Test hypotheses and analyze the results of experiments to drive continuous improvement and efficiency.
• Lead the technical evaluation of external AI/ML tools and vendors, influencing decisions for the technology stack.
• Design and execute robust model validation strategies, including back-testing models against historical data, using strong SQL skills and an understanding of enterprise data warehousing (EDW) and organically generated sources.

Role Qualifications

• 5+ years of industry experience in data science, AI/ML, and predictive analytics. 
• Strong proficiency in Python and SQL for data manipulation, analysis, and model development. 
• Understanding of a broad range of machine learning techniques and algorithms, with familiarity with the e-commerce domain being a plus. 
• Practical experience with areas such as computer vision, image understanding, multimodal embedding models, or large language models (LLMs). 
• Proven success in developing and deploying production-level machine learning models. 
• Experience with machine learning frameworks and cloud-based AI infrastructure. 
• Hands-on experience with large-scale data processing, feature engineering, and automation.
• Ability to translate complex business challenges into data-driven solutions, particularly in contexts requiring speed and operational efficiency. 
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and strategic problem-solving skills.

The Perks

URBN offers comprehensive Perks & Benefits to employees. Availability and eligibility to specific benefits may be subject to your location and employment status. Benefits include medical, dental, vision, PTO, generous employee discounts, retirement savings and much more! For additional information visit www.urbn.com/work-with-us/benefits

EEO Statement

URBN celebrates diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We are proud to provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, sex (including gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity or expression), religion, creed, age, physical or mental disability, national origin or ancestry, ethnicity, citizenship, service in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic as established by law. We believe strongly in fostering a safe, fair and respectful work environment. To ensure compliance with our non-discrimination and anti-harassment policies, we offer anti-harassment training to managers and employees.