Walmart

(USA) Principal, Product Manager

Walmart$110K — $220K *
Consumer Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's in computer science, engineering, or related field with 9 years of product management experience or 11 years in product management without a degree.
  • Experience managing complex B2B/C products, ideally consumer-facing and large-scale.
  • Supervisory experience is preferred.
  • Proficient in creating inclusive digital experiences and knowledge of WCAG 2.2 AA standards.
  • Strong background in data-driven decision making and product strategy.

Responsibilities

  • Shape product strategy across multiple related products leveraging deep domain expertise.
  • Own complex customer problems and translate insights into product requirements.
  • Define and evolve product vision and strategy to capture market opportunities.
  • Develop and manage roadmaps ensuring alignment with enterprise goals.
  • Drive decision frameworks using data analytics to inform product direction.
  • Lead complex cross-functional dialogues to influence executive decisions.
  • Mentor product managers across all levels and foster organizational capability.

Benefits

  • Opportunities for professional development and training.
  • Mentoring and coaching for team members.
  • Adoption of modern data tools and analytical methods.
  • Support for community outreach initiatives.
  • Focus on creating an inclusive workplace culture.
Full Job Description
Position Summary...

What you'll do...
A recognized product authority who shapes product strategy across multiple related products or a sizable product area. Drives organization-level decisions through deep domain expertise, data-driven insight, and cross-functional influence. Owns complex customer problems and product requir ments including upstream and downstream impacts. Builds new ideas and strategies using Whole Product concepts. Sets best practices for the product management discipline and elevates the technical/strategic bar across PM peers. Equivalent in scope and impact to Senior Manager, Product Management on the People Leader track; represents the upper expression of Level G - broader portfolio influence, more strategic ambiguity, and deeper organizational impact than Staff PM.

Customer & Problem Understanding:
Builds deep, proprietary insights into customer and business needs using design thinking, journey mapping, and process analysis across multiple related products.
Establishes scalable mechanisms for gathering and interpreting customer feedback and product usage data; transforms insights into prioritized, measurable problem statements at portfolio scale.
Guides teams in defining success metrics, ensuring alignment to customer outcomes and informing multi-layered validation across product, problem, and user dimensions.
Influences enterprise prioritization through proprietary customer insights and opportunity-sizing models.

Product Vision & Strategy:
Defines and evolves industry-leading product strategies by leveraging business, technology, and domain expertise to identify market opportunities and shape multi-pillar initiatives.
Frames complex problem spaces using hypothesis-driven approaches, Whole-Product thinking, and cross-domain insights to guide long-term product direction.
Promotes strategic vision across senior stakeholders by crafting compelling narratives grounded in competitive insights, user needs, and enterprise priorities.
Shapes build / buy / partner strategy at portfolio level; creates reusable platforms or partnerships adopted broadly.

Product Lifecycle Leadership:
Develops and manages roadmaps spanning multiple related products, ensuring strategic alignment, technical feasibility, and resource prioritization.
Oversees MVP creation, rollout planning, and scalable launch execution; guides risk mitigation, dependency management, and long-term product evolution.
Strengthens product management practices by reviewing development methodologies, formalizing expectations, and promoting ethical and compliant delivery.
Owns value realization post-launch; establishes telemetry standards and optimization rhythms for the product area.

Data, AI & Insight-Driven Decisions:
Drives organization-level decision frameworks by guiding advanced analytics, data extraction, and insight synthesis to support objective product decisions.
Applies modern data tools, feature analytics, and experimentation methods to validate assumptions and optimize strategic prioritization.
Assesses emerging technology and AI opportunities by analyzing feasibility, risks, and architectural implications to inform long-term product direction.
Creates a culture of data fluency across product teams; establishes standards for experimentation rigor and insight communication.

Enterprise Influence & Domain Leadership:
Leads complex cross-functional dialogue using data-backed storytelling, emotional intelligence, and coordination skills to influence executive decisions.
Advances domain innovation by monitoring industry trends, identifying areas for automation and new processes, and guiding adoption across teams.
Serves as a trusted advisor to senior leadership on product and technology matters across the area.
Mentors product managers at all levels; contributes to organizational capability building through strategic coaching and talent development.

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 supervision and 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 promoting a belonging mindset in workplace.

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.

Key Skills: Product Strategy, Product Roadmaps, Stakeholder Management, Data-Driven Decision Making

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 9 years' experience in product management. Option 2: 11 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 8 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...

802 Respect Dr, Bentonville, AR 72716, United States of America

About Walmart

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