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2027 Summer Internship - PhD Data Science

Atlanta - 9090entry

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Key Responsibilities

Business Collaboration Participate in meetings across the enterprise data science community, gaining exposure to cross functional business units.

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

The Data Science Intern Program offers talented students pursuing a PhD in Data Science the opportunity to develop their advanced data science skills while supporting the Company’s strategic objectives. Intern candidates are assigned to a project aligned to business areas such as e-Commerce, Merchandising, Operations or Finance. The Home Depot’s internship program was recently named in the Top 20 in the US and offers college students an opportunity to develop leadership skills and gain hands on experience working with a number of leaders on projects that directly impact the business for one of the world's leading retailers. Data Science interns will focus on working with a variety of data science roles and functions to translate business questions into actionable insights and deliver high quality analytical solutions.

Responsibilities

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Business Collaboration

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Participate in meetings across the enterprise data science community, gaining exposure to cross functional business units.

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Build networking relationships and receive mentoring from team members and top-level management

Communicating Results

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Communicate findings and project status clearly and professionally through presentations

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Provide recommendations to upper management.

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Provide comprehensive report-out to senior leaders on assignments and other related projects

Data Analytics

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Use strategic thinking and perform data analytics for a variety of business problems and opportunities and create high quality analytics solutions

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Apply a wide variety of database applications and analytical tools, including SQL, Google Cloud Big Query and Python

Preferred Qualifications

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Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite

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Working knowledge of Tableau

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Working knowledge of presentation software (e.g., Microsoft PowerPoint)

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Currently pursuing a PhD degree in a quantitative field (Analytics, Finance, Information Systems, etc.)

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Excellent academic performance

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Experience in a modern scripting language (preferably Python)

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Experience running queries against data (preferably with Google BigQuery or SQL)

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Experience with data visualization software (preferably Tableau)

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Exposure to statistics, predictive modeling and other data science methodologies

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Preferred GPA 3.0 or above

Description of Roles: (Career paths that utilize this skillset full-time):

At The Home Depot, our associates always have room to move up and explore new opportunities. After the Internship, here are some examples of early career roles for interns with a background in Data Science:

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Data Science Analyst

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Associate Data Scientist

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Data Scientist

Location: Interns will be expected to work in-person at the Atlanta Corporate Office (Store Support Center) five days a week (Monday-Friday). Housing assistance will be provided to eligible interns.