Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 31, 2026. First seen by Alion on Jul 2, 2026. Staples India Business Innovation Hub scores B on the Alion truth index.
Key
Responsibilities Design, Develop and deploy time-series forecasting models (eg., Prophet, ARIMA, DeepAR, LSTM, Temporal Fusion Transformer etc...) Apply statistical and causal inference techniques to evaluate promotion effectiveness and seasonality Build dynamic pricing, promotion optimization & recommendation models using reinforcement learning or multi armed bandits Architect ML pipelines for promotion targeting and ROI optimization Design end-to-end data workflows from data ingestion to model deployment, integration with production APIs and dashboards Develop cross-channel regular price optimization models across B2C and B2B, incorporating customer segment behavior, channel elasticity, contract constraints, competitive price signals, and margin guardrails Implement model monitoring, retraining, and drift detection systems Work with data warehouses (Azure SQL, Snowflake, Databricks Delta etc..), and APIs for data processing and operationalization Collaborate with cloud teams for deployment on Azure or GCP Core Business Problem Areas Pricing strategy and price elasticity modeling Cross-channel regular price optimization across B2C and B2B channels, balancing price consistency, segment-level elasticity, competitive positioning, and margin performance Promotion effectiveness, incrementality, and lift analysis Profitability optimization and revenue maximization Dynamic and rule-based pricing strategies Competition-based pricing Demand forecasting and price-demand curves Consumer behavior analysis related to promotions Seasonality-driven and peak-demand dynamic pricing
Requirements Basic
Qualifications Master’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Statistics, or related field 8+ years of experience in AI/ML solution design & development Strong proficiency in Python and ML libraries (eg., TensorFlow, PyTorch, Scikit-learn) Expertise in forecasting and time series modeling & analysis techniques Experience with feature engineering and model evaluation Familiarity with version control systems (eg., Git) and collaborative workflows Strong analytical and problem-solving skills Benefits

