Data Scientist

About this role

Pay Range: $105,000 - $135,000

At The Home Depot Canada, we want you to feel valued and supported. The pay range you see represents base salary only. In addition, your total rewards may include: semi-annual bonuses tied to business performance; Deferred Profit-Sharing Program to assist with retirement savings; comprehensive paid benefits; a 15% discount on Home Depot stock purchases; and merit-based salary increases. We are committed to recognizing your efforts and supporting your growth with us.

With a career at The Home Depot, you can be yourself and also be part of something bigger.

Job Description

Title: Data Scientist

Position Overview:

The Data Scientist is a key member of the Advanced Analytics team, responsible for developing and deploying advanced statistical and machine‑learning models that support high‑impact business decisions. This role focuses on transforming large‑scale, complex datasets into predictive insights that improve demand forecasting, inventory decisions, pricing strategies, and overall retail performance.

Key Responsibilities:

Actionable Deliverable: Predictive Modeling & Advanced Analytics

• Design, build, optimize, and maintain scalable, production‑ready forecasting and machine‑learning models.
• Develop time‑series models to predict customer demand at multiple levels of granularity.
• Design and execute “what‑if” scenarios to assess the impact of changes in pricing, promotions, and inventory on demand and profitability.

Actionable Deliverable: Data Preparation & Feature Engineering

• Identify, clean, and engineer features such as seasonality, trends, promotional uplift, cannibalization effects, competitor activity, and macroeconomic drivers.
• Analyze and synthesize large‑scale datasets from multiple internal and external sources to support modeling efforts.

Actionable Deliverable: Collaboration, Deployment & Monitoring

• Partner with business stakeholders to translate business questions into analytical solutions...