Job Posting Title:
Senior Human Resources Decision Science Consultant
Req ID:
10149129
Job Description:
At Disney, we’re storytellers. We make the impossible possible. We do this through utilizing and developing cutting-edge technology and pushing the envelope to bring stories to life through our movies, products, interactive games, parks and resorts, and media networks. Now is your chance to join our talented team that delivers unparalleled creative content to audiences around the world.
Are you curious, creative, and love data? Do you love learning new things and collaborating with colleagues to solve hard, interesting problems? Imagine yourself as a Decision Scientist on the Human Resources (HR) Insights & Decision Science team in Disney Experiences (DX), where your natural curiosity to uncover analytical insights and trends will help ensure we make data-driven decisions within HR and across DX. In this role, you will be able to blaze new paths in this data-rich environment through statistical modeling, deep data analysis, and ongoing application of scientific methods to accelerate the company’s understanding of its employees. You will implement and contribute to the design of machine learning and statistical methods analyses that will turn data into information to maximize the Company’s investment in its employees. The right person for this role is self-directed and has exceptional analytical abilities, intellectual curiosity, and technical skills, a natural ability for storytelling using data, and is passionate about using statistical methods and visualizations to provide decision support for workforce-related issues.
This position reports to the Manager, Human Resources Decision Science.
This is a full-time role.
What You Will Do
Design, build, and implement accurate, sustainable, scalable, statistical models and advanced machine learning processes that support HR decisions, business processes, tools, or products.
Apply state-of-the-art machine learning, statistics, or data mining techniques to address key workforce-related questions and measure the causal impact of HR initiatives.
Develop scalable, reproducible, and efficient methods for data analysis and model development.
Build and work with large and complex data sets from multiple systems and outside data sources.
Consult with clients and analysts across the business, translating business objectives and analytical needs into repeatable analytical solutions.
Share technical knowledge and guide analysts throughout the HR Insights and Decision Science team
Present and explain results to technical and non-technical audiences through insightful visualizations that help tell a compelling story.
Qualifications & Skills
Experience in using statistical, econometric, machine learning, or data mining techniques to inform model development and business decisions in a professional or academic setting.
Experience analyzing structured and unstructured data and developing machine-learning models using one or more data science programming languages (e.g., Python or R).
Experience building executive-ready presentations and translating complex statistical or predictive modeling results into clear, actionable insights for non-technical audiences.
Experience managing multiple analytical projects simultaneously, meeting defined deadlines, and operating effectively with minimal supervision.
Experience applying critical thinking and analytical judgment to solve ambiguous problems and rapidly learn or apply new analytical techniques as project needs evolve.
Preferred Qualifications & Skills
Experience developing dashboards and visualizations using tools such as Tableau and/or Cognos, and querying large-scale database environments (e.g., Snowflake, Redshift).
Experience applying supervised and unsupervised machine-learning algorithms and statistical methods, including clustering, PCA, linear and logistic regression, decision trees/random forests, boosted decision trees, forecasting, and model development.
Experience designing and executing in analytical workflows using platforms such as Dataiku, Databricks, and/or Alteryx.
Experience using Snowflake Cortex to leverage large language models (LLMs) and develop AI-powered applications for analyzing unstructured data.
Experience analyzing HR and employee data within enterprise systems such as SAP, SuccessFactors, and/or Workday.
Experience applying natural language processing (NLP) methods to extract insights from text data, including classification, topic modeling, sentiment analysis, or entity extraction.
Experience operationalizing data science solutions by deploying models into production environments and partnering with engineering or business teams to ensure scalability, reliability, and ongoing performance monitoring.
Education
Associate or Bachelor degree in Statistics, Economics, Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Analytics / Business Analytics, or other related quantitative field is required
Master in Statistics, Economics, Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Analytics / Business Analytics, or other related quantitative field is preferred
Additional Information
Benefits and Perks: Disney offers a rewards package to help you live your best life. This includes health and savings benefits, educational opportunities and special extras that only Disney can provide. Learn more about our benefits and perks at https://jobs.disneycareers.com/benefits.
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The hiring range for this position in Burbank, CA and Anaheim, CA is $126,800-$154,800 per year and in Lake Buena Vista, FL is $120,700-$147,500 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.
Job Posting Segment:
People & Culture
Job Posting Primary Business:
Strategy Systems & Analytics
Primary Job Posting Category:
HR Decision Science
Employment Type:
Full time
Primary City, State, Region, Postal Code:
Anaheim, CA, USA
Alternate City, State, Region, Postal Code:
USA - FL - Partners! Federal Credit Union - 1675 Buena Vista Dr
Date Posted:
2026-05-01
