Overview

This job is with lululemon, an inclusive employer and a member of myGwork - the largest global platform for the LGBTQ+ business community. Please do not contact the recruiter directly. Description & Requirements Who we are lululemon is an innovative performance apparel company for yoga, running, training, and other athletic pursuits. Setting the bar in technical fabrics and functional design, we create transformational products and experiences that support people in moving, growing, connecting, and being well. We owe our success to our innovative product, emphasis on stores, commitment to our people, and the incredible connections we make in every community we're in. As a company, we focus on creating positive change to build a healthier, thriving future. In particular, that includes creating an equitable, inclusive and growth-focused environment for our people. About this team The Enterprise Data & AI organization is a strategic and operational driver of growth for lululemon, owning and building the data and AI platforms and services that enable the enterprise to operate with intelligence at scale. The team leads the design and delivery of a trusted unified data foundation, AI-driven data analytics and insights, and AI solutions across lululemon's vertically integrated retail ecosystem, while embedding strong data governance and responsible AI practices from the very beginning. By applying AI to critical business challenges and creating new, transformative AI solutions, the team helps reshape how lululemon operates. Through deep partnership with product, technology, and business teams, Enterprise Data & AI accelerates product innovation, unlocks measurable value, elevates guest and educator experiences, and drives enterprise efficiency. Core responsibilities As a Principal Applied AI/ML Scientist, you define and drive the solutions for enterprise level AI/ML use-cases, influencing multiple solutions across one or more business domains. You create business impact by extending the state of the art to invent new AI solutions. You operate as a top technical authority and thought leader, shaping how AI/ML becomes a durable competitive advantage across business lines. You lead the most complex, cross domain initiatives, establish retail industry leading methodologies, and influence long term solution approaches across the AI portfolio. You guide senior leaders on where and how to apply AI, ensuring solutions deliver sustained, measurable impact at scale. Your work may span the full retail value chain, including product and merchandising, planning and forecasting, supply chain and logistics, and broader enterprise operations. You apply advanced AI/ML techniques to complex problems such as demand and inventory optimization, allocation and assortment, operational decision-making, and other large-scale optimization and predictive modeling challenges. Examples of work include: Designing and inventing AI solutions across domains such as product design and innovation, planning and forecasting, agentic personalization and search, and multimodal content generation and enrichment Defining next generation models and architectures for generative AI, multimodal systems, and large scaleML-based optimization, leading to production Translating emerging AI research (e.g., LLMs, multimodal learning, foundation models) into enterprise ready capabilities with measurable business outcomes Acting as a strategic advisor to executives on AI opportunities, risks, trade offs, and long term capability building Select Responsibilities include: Define enterprise AI/ML strategy and solution vision for key use-cases, aligning investments to business priorities and shaping AI as a core organizational capability and competitive differentiator Lead research and design of AI/ML approaches for highly complex business problems Advance AI/ML methodologies and solution frameworks that accelerate time to value, improve scalability and re-use, and enable repeatable succes