Senior Product Manager

Position Summary...

What you'll do...

We are seeking a highly skilled, professional technical product manager to join our dynamic and growing team. In this position, you will oversee all technical product manager needs. As part of the US Omni, Data Customer & Analytics, this role will be crucial enabler of our Walmart's Marketplace Acceleration strategy. You will work collaboratively with business stakeholder, customer success, scrum masters, program management and engineering teams to ensure on time delivery with quality results.

What you'll do:

Technical Product Development Roadmap: Develops and manages the implementation of the product development roadmap for a moderately-to-highly complex product knowledge of marketplace strategy and input from marketplace managers and team members in related functions. Plans and coordinates technology developments (e.g., functionality enhancements, product/ data asset, tools, pipeline, and dashboards) and ensures technology forecasts are integrated into roadmap based on knowledge of short- and longer-term needs of a moderately-to highly complex category. Reviews and updates roadmap as business needs change to maintain alignment to overall marketplace strategy.

Technical Product Development Lifecycle: Manages and executes product development lifecycle (from concept to phasing-out technology products or features) across multiple disciplines within a moderately-to-highly complex category, ensuring achievement of product development objectives and identifying and prioritizing tradeoffs across product development initiatives. Reviews product development lifecycle/process across multiple disciplines for a moderately-to-highly complex marketplace strategy and develops contingency plans to manage risk or address identified challenges.

Research and Analysis: Manages and reviews product research and analysis performed by Associate Product Managers for a moderately-to-highly complex category. Leverages research/analytical outcomes and knowledge of the category and external market (research and sales) to suggest enhancements to product development strategy or implement changes to the lifecycle process. Reviews market analysis and competitive benchmarking to identify evolving trends in product development.

Collaboration: Collaborates with cross-functional teams (marketplace management, merchandising, marketing, engineering) and external supplier teams to gather input on product requirements and execute the product development roadmap for a moderately-to-highly complex. Partners with suppliers to develop product and end-user requirements.

People Development: Builds and leads a team to execute on business area or marketplace objectives. Coaches team members and provides feedback to enhance skills, knowledge and work performance. Has performance and career development conversations. Maintains team motivation and engagement. Mentors Associate Product Managers.

Drives the execution of multiple business plans and projects by identifying customer and operational needs; developing and communicating business plans and priorities; removing barriers and obstacles that impact performance; providing resources; identifying performance standards; measuring progress and adjusting performance; accordingly, developing contingency plans; and demonstrating adaptability and supporting continuous learning.

Provides development opportunities for associates by selecting and training; mentoring; assigning duties; building a team-based work environment; establishing performance expectations and conducting regular performance evaluations; providing recognition and rewards; coaching for success and improvement; and ensuring diversity awareness.

Promotes and supports company policies, procedures, mission, values, and standards of ethics and integrity by training and providing direction to others in their use and application; ensuring compliance with them; and utilizing and supporting the Open-Door Policy.

Ensures business needs are being met by evaluating the ongoing effectiveness of current plans, programs, and initiatives; consulting with business partners, managers, co-workers, or other key stakeholders; soliciting, evaluating, and applying suggestions for improving efficiency and cost effectiveness; and participating in and supporting community outreach events.

What you'll bring:

Ideal Candidate:

You have a deep interest and passion for team agility. You love helping teams achieve, maintain and sustain Agile maturity. You would enable teams to continuously improve and deliver value. You have strong problem solving, analytic, decision-making and excellent communication with interpersonal skills. You are self-driven and motivated with the desire to work in a fast-paced, results-driven agile environment with varied responsibilities.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in technical field, such as computer science, engineering, or related fields.

• Minimum of 5 years of total work experience in a combination of technology development, product management, business analysis or strategy.

• Knowledge and working experience in cloud and data technologies: GIT, SQL, Spark, Druid, Hive, Hadoop, Teradata, and Big Query, Tableau, Power BI and Looker visualization tools.

• Capable of managing numerous stakeholders, anticipating their needs, and gaining alignment for strategies from executive level stakeholders.

• Strong communication skills (oral, verbal and listening) as well as the ability to influence key decision makers and understand their points of view.

• Strong leadership, negotiation, and execution skills with the ability to drive results, deliver and excel, and own it when you don't.

• Comfortable in a fast paced, growing environment and work well with ambiguity.

• Comfortable presenting to and persuading at Vice Presidential and Senior Vice-Presidential levels.

• Proven ability to drive results, especially in a matrixed or influence based environment.

• Understands, describes and navigates existing work and makes recommendations with a clear sense of organizational impact.

Additional Qualification

• Experience in practicing agile methodologies - Scrum, XP, Kanban, and Scrumban .

• Proficiency in using tools such as Jira Board, Confluence, Roadmap Tools, spreadsheets.

• Preferred: Technical experience in Data Engineering domain.

• Preferred: Product Management Certification, Certified Scrum Professional (CSPO) & (CSM).

About Walmart Global Tech

Imagine working in an environment where one line of code can make life easier for hundreds of millions of people. That's what we do at Walmart Global Tech. We're a team of software engineers, data scientists, cybersecurity expert's and service professionals within the world's leading retailer who make an epic impact and are at the forefront of the next retail disruption. People are why we innovate, and people power our innovations. We are people-led and tech-empowered. We train our team in the skillsets of the future and bring in experts like you to help us grow. We have roles for those chasing their first opportunity as well as those looking for the opportunity that will define their career. Here, you can kickstart a great career in tech, gain new skills and experience for virtually every industry, or leverage your expertise to innovate at scale, impact millions and reimagine the future of retail.

Flexible, hybrid work:

We use a hybrid way of working that is primarily in office coupled with virtual when not onsite. Our campuses serve as a hub to enhance collaboration, bring us together for purpose and deliver on business needs. This approach helps us make quicker decisions, remove location barriers across our global team and be more flexible in our personal lives.

Benefits:

Benefits: Beyond our great compensation package, you can receive incentive awards for your performance. Other great perks include 401(k) match, stock purchase plan, paid maternity and parental leave, PTO, multiple health plans, and much more.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Walmart, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer - By Choice. We believe we are best equipped to help our associates, customers and the communities we serve live better when we really know them. That means understanding, respecting and valuing diversity- unique styles, experiences, identities, ideas and opinions - while being inclusive of all people.

The above information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed in the role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. The full Job Description can be made available as part of the hiring process.

At Walmart, we offer competitive pay as well as performance-based bonus awards and other great benefits for a happier mind, body, and wallet. Health benefits include medical, vision and dental coverage. Financial benefits include 401(k), stock purchase and company-paid life insurance. Paid time off benefits include PTO (including sick leave), parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting. Other benefits include short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more.

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You will also receive PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes. The amount you receive depends on your job classification and length of employment. It will meet or exceed the requirements of paid sick leave laws, where applicable.

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Live Better U is a Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates in Walmart and Sam's Club facilities. Programs range from high school completion to bachelor's degrees, including English Language Learning and short-form certificates. Tuition, books, and fees are completely paid for by Walmart.

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Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to a specific plan or program terms.

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For information about benefits and eligibility, see One.Walmart .

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SUNNYVALE, California US-07003:The annual salary range for this position is $117,000.00-$234,000.00

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BENTONVILLE, Arkansas US-09416:The annual salary range for this position is $90,000.00-$180,000.00

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Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses.

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Minimum Qualifications...

Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications.

Option 1: Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or related area and 5 years' experience in product management. Option 2: 7 years' experience in product management or related area.

Preferred Qualifications...

Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.

Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business Administration, or related area and 4 years' experience as a product manager, ideally working on consumer-facing, large-scale, highly complex B2B/C products, We value candidates with a background in creating inclusive digital experiences, demonstrating knowledge in implementing Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA standards, assistive technologies, and integrating digital accessibility seamlessly. The ideal candidate would have knowledge of accessibility best practices and join us as we continue to create accessible products and services following Walmart's accessibility standards and guidelines for supporting an inclusive culture.

Masters: Business Administration, Masters: Computer Engineering, Masters: Computer Science

Primary Location...

860 W CALIFORNIA AVENUE, SUNNYVALE, CA 94086-0000, United States of America

Walmart, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer- By Choice. We believe we are best equipped to help our associates, customers, and the communities we serve live better when we really know them. That means understanding, respecting, and valuing diversity- unique styles, experiences, identities, abilities, ideas and opinions- while being inclusive of all people.