Staff Data Scientist– Pricing Science

CSC Generation is the AI-native holding company re-engineering omnichannel retail. We acquire iconic brands and transform them with Genesis, our operating platform combining a Data Fabric, Automation Engine, proprietary tools, and shared services to modernize operations, elevate customer experience, and expand margins. With $1B+ in revenue across 13 brands, our portfolio includes Sur La Table, Backcountry, One Kings Lane, and others that serve as real-world innovation labs.   Reports to: Director of Finance and Business Intelligence Location: Remote — US or Canada About the Role What You'll Do

Design and build production ML systems for pricing, demand forecasting, and related revenue problems

Frame ambiguous business problems as well-defined ML tasks with clear success criteria and measurable outcomes

Set the standard for model evaluation, validation, and monitoring — including knowing when CV metrics are misleading and when holdout testing is the only honest answer

Build robust predictive models across classification, regression, time series, and causal inference

Identify and prevent data leakage, overfitting, and other failure modes before they reach production

Design and analyze experiments to measure causal impact of pricing decisions

Debug models that fail in production — understand why they fail, not just that they do

Translate model limitations, uncertainty, and risk clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders

Partner with product, engineering, and business teams to ensure ML solutions solve real problems

Required Qualifications

7+ years of applied ML / data science experience with a track record of production systems that delivered measurable business impact.

Deep experience in pricing, demand forecasting, or revenue optimization — you have built these models end-to-end, not just consumed them.

Expert-level Python and SQL.

Deep understanding of ML fundamentals beyond API-level usage, including model evaluation, validation, and failure mode diagnosis.

Strong grounding in causal inference and experimental design, including the ability to distinguish correlation from causal result.

Ability to work with messy, real-world data and make pragmatic tradeoffs under ambiguity.

Familiarity with cloud ML platforms (GCP/Vertex AI or AWS/SageMaker).

MS or PhD in Statistics, Computer Science, Operations Research, or a related quantitative field.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience in e-commerce, retail, marketplace, or pricing-intensive industries such as airlines, ride-sharing, or fintech.

Why Join

Portfolio-Level Impact: Your models will influence pricing and margin decisions across a $1B+ portfolio of brands — the output of your work is visible at the executive level from day one.

AI-First Skill Building: Get hands-on with production ML infrastructure, causal inference at scale, and the Genesis platform — building a modern, applied ML skill set on real retail data problems.

Ownership: You will own the full problem from framing through production, with the autonomy to make technical decisions and the stakeholder access to see them through.

Competitive Benefits (CAN): Comprehensive benefits including paid time off, RRSP match, group benefits, and employee discounts across portfolio brands.

Competitive Benefits (US): Comprehensive benefits including paid time off, 401(k) match, medical, dental, vision, supplemental coverage, and employee discounts across portfolio brands.

Interview Process

1. Recruiter Screen: 30-minute call to cover your background, the role, and logistics.
2. Hiring Manager Interview: Conversation with the Director of Finance and Business Intelligence focused on your pricing science experience, approach to ambiguous ML problems, and how you've driven production impact.
3. Technical / Case Discussion: Deep dive into a pricing or demand forecasting problem — expect questions on model evaluation, causal inference, and production failure modes. Cross-functional stakeholders may join.
4. Executive Interview: Final conversation with senior leadership.
5. Reference Checks: Conducted in parallel with the final stages where possible.
6. Offer: We move quickly for the right candidate.