Walmart

(USA) Principal, Product Manager

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

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or related area plus 9 years of product management experience OR 11 years of product management experience in a related area.
  • Master's degree in relevant fields is preferred, ideally with 8 years of experience as a product manager.
  • Experience with large-scale, complex B2B/C consumer-facing products is highly valued.
  • Proficiency in creating inclusive digital experiences and knowledge of WCAG 2.2 AA standards is a plus.
  • Mentorship experience and knowledge of product management best practices is essential.

Responsibilities

  • Shape product strategy across multiple related products using domain expertise and data-driven insights.
  • Define and manage product roadmaps aligning with business goals and technical feasibility.
  • Lead collaboration across teams to resolve complex customer issues and prioritize requirements.
  • Establish mechanisms for customer feedback to turn insights into actionable objectives.
  • Guide product lifecycle from MVP development through launch and optimization.
  • Influence enterprise decisions using strategic narratives and opportunity-sizing models.
  • Mentor product managers to enhance product management practices within the organization.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health benefits including medical, vision, and dental coverage.
  • 401(k) plan with company stock purchase options and life insurance.
  • Generous paid time off policy including sick leave, parental leave, and family care leave.
  • Short-term and long-term disability coverage, along with company discounts.
  • Walmart-paid education benefits covering high school to bachelor's degrees and related costs.
Full Job Description
Position Summary...

What you'll do...
Role summary:

As a Principal Product Manager, you will lead product strategy across a broad portfolio, driving organization-wide decisions through deep expertise and data-driven insights. This role requires shaping complex product visions, managing multi-product roadmaps, and influencing senior stakeholders to align on strategic priorities. You will guide cross-functional teams in delivering scalable solutions, leveraging advanced analytics and emerging technologies to optimize product outcomes. Your leadership will elevate product management practices and foster innovation, ensuring measurable value realization while supporting continuous improvement and organizational growth.
About the team:

Our team is dedicated to transforming transportation capabilities through advanced optimization and visibility solutions. Collaborating across business, operations, engineering, and data science, we develop high-performance algorithms for freight consolidation and dynamic routing to enhance capacity and efficiency. We build a unified platform that integrates multi-channel telematics to provide end-to-end visibility, predictive insights, and real-time alerts. Central to our work is working on a horizontal transportation AI tool to contextualize data, anticipate risks, and recommend /deliver optimal actions, driving innovation and operational excellence in complex logistics environments.
What you'll do:
  • Shape and drive product strategy across multiple related products, leveraging deep domain expertise and data-driven insights.
  • Define and manage comprehensive product roadmaps, ensuring alignment with business goals and technical feasibility.
  • Lead cross-functional collaboration to address complex customer problems and prioritize product requirements.
  • Establish scalable mechanisms for gathering customer feedback and transforming insights into actionable problem statements.
  • Guide product lifecycle management, including MVP development, launch execution, and long-term optimization.
  • Influence enterprise prioritization through strategic narratives and opportunity-sizing models.
  • Mentor product managers and promote best practices to elevate product management discipline.

What you'll bring:
  • Extensive experience in product strategy development and management across multiple related products or large portfolios.
  • Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and influence senior stakeholders through data-driven insights and compelling narratives.
  • Expertise in defining and evolving product roadmaps aligned with business priorities and technical feasibility.
  • Strong skills in customer and problem understanding using design thinking, journey mapping, and process analysis.
  • Proficiency in leveraging advanced analytics, AI, and experimentation to guide objective product decisions.
  • Demonstrated capability to mentor peers and elevate product management practices organization-wide.
  • Experience managing product lifecycle from MVP through scalable launch and ongoing optimization.


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 $110,000.00 - $220,000.00

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 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...

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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