# Sr. Manager Data Science

Here at ScottsMiracle-Gro there is no such thing as a typical day. Our culture is constantly energized by new and exciting growth opportunities and at a rapid pace. Below are details on an open job. If the role interests you and you would like to be considered we encourage you to apply! The role in one line: Lead a data science team that turns Scotts' commercial questions into production ML and analytics, pricing and elasticities, demand and POS forecasting, category and audience insight, and the models that power our AI agents, using agentic practices to move faster while holding a high bar for ML rigor and engineering discipline. Why this role is different here Your models ship, they don't die in notebooks. Data Science sits inside the same org as the build and agent engine, so the work goes into production agents and applications, not slide decks. Agentic-first, with judgment where it counts. The team uses AI agents and coding assistants to absorb the formulaic ~45% of data science work (profiling, EDA, feature scaffolding, hyperparameter search, monitoring checks) so people spend their time on method, interpretation, and business impact. You focus on modeling and impact, not

- **Id**: 4274333
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/scotts-miracle-gro-sr-manager-data-science>
- **Role**: Data Science
- **Role family**: Data Science
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: remote
- **Remote scope**: stated_countries
- **Remote scope basis**: posting_text
- **Hiring geo confidence**: inferred
- **Locations**: United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 1
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-08-27T00:00:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-08-27
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-13T18:35:30Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 78
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 8256
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: 401k plan, Continuous learning, Growth opportunities
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Crop Protection, Soil Management, Garden & Outdoor Living

## Company

- **Id**: 1781818
- **Name**: Scotts Miracle-Gro
- **Domain**: scotts.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/scotts-com>
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

## Salary

- **Min**: 175700
- **Max**: 206700
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 206700

## Technologies

- **AI Agents** — Optional: no
- **CI/CD** — Optional: no
- **Claude Code** — Optional: no
- **Cursor** — Optional: no
- **Embeddings** — Optional: no
- **Git** — Optional: no
- **LLM** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **RAG** — Optional: no
- **Time Series** — Optional: no
- **Databricks** — Optional: yes
- **GCP** — Optional: yes
- **GitLab** — Optional: yes
- **Google BigQuery** — Optional: yes
- **Google GKE** — Optional: yes
- **Kubernetes** — Optional: yes
- **Vertex AI** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 78

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: phd
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country
- **Illinois** — Kind: city
- **Alaska** — Kind: city
- **Washington** — Kind: city
- **New York** — Kind: city
- **Oregon** — Kind: city
- **Colorado** — Kind: city
- **California** — Kind: city

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-13T18:35:30Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 15
- **Band**: cold
- **Label**: Long shot
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.544
- **P room**: 0.28
- **Age days**: 78
- **Expected fill days**: 28
- **Reasons**: conf:0, win:tail, crowd:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-13T19:31:36Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 206700
- **Is top pay**: yes

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