Walmart

Distinguished, Product Manager, Automated Warehouse Management Systems

Walmart$130K — $260K *
Retail & Consumer Goods
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or related area with 11 years of product management experience, or 13 years in a related area.
  • Master's degree preferred in Computer Science, Engineering, Business Administration, or similar fields with 10 years of product management experience.
  • Experience in managing consumer-facing, large-scale B2B/C products is preferred.
  • Strong understanding of creating inclusive digital experiences and accessibility standards.
  • Supervisory experience is valued.

Responsibilities

  • Define and drive enterprise-wide product strategy for fulfillment and warehouse management.
  • Translate business needs and operational challenges into scalable product strategies.
  • Influence product vision and lifecycle decisions across cross-functional teams.
  • Shape product strategy for advanced warehouse management operating in automation ecosystems.
  • Drive alignment between software and operational stakeholders to enhance fulfillment capabilities.
  • Apply data-driven decision-making to optimize performance and improve processes.
  • Lead industry innovations in automated supply chain operations.

Benefits

  • Medical, vision, and dental coverage.
  • 401(k) plan, stock purchase, and company-paid life insurance.
  • Comprehensive paid time off policies including sick leave, parental leave, and bereavement.
  • Short-term and long-term disability coverage.
  • Adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and company discounts.
  • Walmart-paid education benefit program covering tuition, books, and fees.
Full Job Description
Position Summary...

What you'll do...
As a Distinguished Product Manager at Walmart, you will serve as a senior individual contributor responsible for defining and driving enterprise-wide product strategy for next-generation fulfillment and warehouse management capabilities. You will shape organizational capabilities by translating business needs, operational challenges, customer insights, and technology opportunities into scalable product strategies and long-term investments. Working across Product, Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, and Automation teams, you will influence product vision, lifecycle decisions, and technology adoption. This role requires strategic leadership, systems thinking, and cross-functional influence to drive innovation, operational excellence, scalability, and enterprise value across highly automated fulfillment ecosystems.
  • Demonstrates deep understanding of highly automated fulfillment center operations, including goods-to-person workflows, robotic orchestration, inventory movement optimization, and real-time execution systems.
  • Shapes product strategy for large-scale warehouse management platforms operating across complex automation ecosystems such as ASRS, shuttles, AMRs, conveyors, sortation, and automated storage technologies.
  • Drives cross-functional alignment between software, operations, controls engineering, automation vendors, and supply chain stakeholders to deliver resilient and scalable fulfillment capabilities.
  • Brings strong systems-thinking across distributed operational platforms, balancing throughput, latency, inventory accuracy, labor efficiency, and operational recoverability in mission-critical environments.
  • Influences long-term architecture and product evolution for modern warehouse execution and warehouse management ecosystems, including integration patterns with home-grown and enterprise operational platforms.
  • Operates effectively in environments where software, automation hardware, controls systems, and operational processes must function as a tightly integrated ecosystem.
  • Applies data-driven decision making to optimize fulfillment performance, exception management, flow orchestration, and continuous improvement initiatives across automated FC networks.
  • Partners closely with engineering and operational leaders to translate emerging fulfillment technologies and automation capabilities into scalable product roadmaps and business outcomes.
  • Navigates ambiguity and drives strategic clarity in fast-evolving operational environments involving next-generation automation, AI-assisted decisioning, and intelligent warehouse execution.
  • Serves as a thought leader for next-generation fulfillment product innovation, helping define industry-leading approaches to scalable, adaptive, and resilient automated supply chain operations.


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.

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.

For information about PTO, see https://one.walmart.com/notices.

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.

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.

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

The annual salary range for this position is $130,000.00 - $260,000.00

Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses.

Additional compensation for certain positions may also include :

- Stock








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 11 years' experience in product management. Option 2: 13 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 10 years' experience as a product manager, ideally working on consumer-facing, large-scale, highly complex B2B/C products, Supervisory experience, 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...

805 Respect, Bentonville, AR 72716, United States of America

About Walmart

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2,300 employees
Market Cap
$387 billion
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Net Income
$13.5 billion
Founded
1962
5 Year Trend
+3.3%
Revenue
$559.1 billion
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