May - July 2025 Start Dates
Location: Boston, MA
This is a Boston, MA based opportunity with a 4 day in office expectation.
Wayfair is continuing to expand our commitment to hiring and supporting talent early in their careers, focusing on filling opportunities with experienced graduates who have 1-3 years of experience.
You will join the Operations Analytics team focused on steering Wayfair’s long term strategic operations. The OA team supports long-term, high scope, high complexity planning and business case questions within operations. We work closely across Operations Research, Network Management, Transportation & Delivery and other teams to ensure continuity between their near and medium term planning objective functions with our future state strategic goals.
What You’ll Do:
- Work within a small but high impact team focused on providing analytical firepower to a number of groups under the operations umbrella, with a focus on Fulfillment, Planning, and Analytics.
- Support decisions of if, when, and where to open new Fulfillment Centers and Home Delivery Operation nodes in our network in a way that maximizes value through optimizing inbound and outbound speed and cost across a multitude of FC functions. Use a 5+ year forward looking time horizon when conducting cost/benefit trade off analyses.
- Advise on decisions to expand on our deluxe delivery operations (e.g., pre-building of furniture before delivery, inspections for damage, etc.), reviewing the near term cost/benefit tradeoffs and long term customer lifetime value impacts.
- Support development of a strategic put away logic for a pilot of automated inbound sortation robots analytical needs.
- Design and maintain models that drive strategic insight, packaging findings into concise and actionable recommendations, and selling the data story to our cross functional and senior stakeholders.
- Utilize your experience in SQL, python, and spreadsheet modelling to build tailored and robust sensitivity analyses that identify and address business value opportunities. Develop tools and dashboards that provide critical insights, enabling data-driven decision-making.
- Work in a fast paced, highly iterative environment that is responsive to the evolving needs of our operations functions and strategies.
What You’ll Need:
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, Engineering, Economics, Operations Research, or a related discipline with a strong academic record.
- Experience in an analytics or data science role, performing quantitative analysis and delivering actionable recommendations from findings.
- Advanced proficiency in SQL, including knowledge of aggregate functions, joins, etc. Hands-on experience and comfortability with Python for data manipulation, analysis, and modeling.
- Authorization to work in the United States without visa sponsorship by Wayfair now or in the future.
Preferred Qualifications
- Ability to synthesize insights from undefined and open ended problem sets and articulate into clear, top down evidence backed narratives. Present complex information in a concise and understandable manner.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with experience building comprehensive and compelling slide decks and white papers.
- Solution-oriented & curious intellectual mindset and curiosity, with a passion for continuous learning and problem-solving.
- Strategic thinker, able to provide direction and support to the team in setting clear project goals, managing the execution of projects that align with business objectives.
- Experience with or knowledge of supply chain and logistics concepts is a strong plus.
Wayfair's In-Office Policy:
All Boston-based interns, co-ops, and corporate employees will be in office in a hybrid capacity. Employees will work in the office on designated days, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, and work remotely the other 1 day of the week.
Why You’ll Love Wayfair:
- Time Off:
- Paid Holidays
- Paid Time Off (PTO)
- Health & Wellness:
- Full Health Benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision, HSA/FSA)
- Life Insurance
- Disability Protection (Short Term & Long Term Disability)
- Global Wellbeing: Gym/Fitness discounts (including US Peloton, Global ClassPass, and various regional gym memberships)
- Mental Health Support (Global Mental Health, Global Wayhealthy Recordings)
- Caregiver Services
- Financial Growth & Security:
- 401K Matching (Employee Matching Program)
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Financial Health Education (Knowledge of Financial Education - KOFE)
- Tax Advantaged Accounts
- Family Support:
- Family Planning Support
- Parental Leave
- Global Surrogacy & Adoption Policy
- Professional Development & Recognition:
- Rewards & Recognition
- Global Employee Anniversary Awards
- Paid Volunteer Work
- Unique Perks:
- Employee Discount
- U.S. Bluebikes Membership
- Global Pod Outings
- Work/Life Balance:
- Emphasizing a supportive & flexible work environment that encourages a balance between personal and professional commitments
Purpose & Inclusion at Wayfair:
At Wayfair, we pride ourselves on fostering an environment where every individual experiences a fair and equitable employee journey. We are committed to developing targeted resources that raise awareness around inclusion and eliminate barriers, ensuring Wayfair provides a fair and inclusive workplace experience for everyone.
Social Impact & Responsibility:
At Wayfair, we focus on helping people on their journey to home - specifically those who have lost their way from home. We do this by leveraging our best assets, such as collaborating with leading nonprofit organizations, coordinating in-kind product donations, empowering our employees to get involved through paid volunteer time off programs, and encouraging our customers to donate. This multi-faceted approach allows us to support communities in need in authentic ways that align with Wayfair's broader mission of helping everyone, anywhere create their sense of home.
Massachusetts Applicants: I understand that it is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.
Assistance For Individuals With Disabilities
Wayfair is fully committed to providing equal opportunities for all individuals, including individuals with disabilities. As part of this commitment, Wayfair will make reasonable accommodations to the known physical or mental limitations of qualified individuals with disabilities, unless doing so would impose an undue hardship on business operations. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.
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About Wayfair Inc.
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At this time, Wayfair does not provide sponsorship for employment authorization for this position.
About Wayfair Inc.
Wayfair is one of the world’s largest online destinations for the home. Whether you work in our global headquarters in Boston, or in our warehouses or offices throughout the world, we’re reinventing the way people shop for their homes. Through our commitment to industry-leading technology and creative problem-solving, we are confident that Wayfair will be home to the most rewarding work of your career. If you’re looking for rapid growth, constant learning, and dynamic challenges, then you’ll find that amazing career opportunities are knocking.
No matter who you are, Wayfair is a place you can call home. We’re a community of innovators, risk-takers, and trailblazers who celebrate our differences, and know that our unique perspectives make us stronger, smarter, and well-positioned for success. We value and rely on the collective voices of our employees, customers, community, and suppliers to help guide us as we build a better Wayfair – and world – for all. Every voice, every perspective matters. That’s why we’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship status, marital status, disability, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, genetic information, or any other legally protected characteristic.
Your personal data is processed in accordance with our Candidate Privacy Notice (https://www.wayfair.com/careers/privacy). If you have any questions or wish to exercise your rights under applicable privacy and data protection laws, please contact us at dataprotectionofficer@wayfair.com.
