Walmart

(USA) Principal, Product Manager

Walmart$143K — $286K *
Consumer Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or related area or equivalent experience in product management.
  • Minimum of 9 years in product management or 11 years in a related field.
  • Experience leading complex, cross-functional initiatives.
  • Strong proficiency with AI tools (e.g., Claude, Codex).
  • Expertise in stakeholder management and influencing senior leadership.
  • High-level understanding of product lifecycle management and advanced analytics.
  • Demonstrated mentoring capabilities within product management teams.

Responsibilities

  • Shape and drive product strategy across multiple related products.
  • Define and manage comprehensive product roadmaps.
  • Leverage AI tools for product development and hypothesis testing.
  • Establish and promote best practices in product management.
  • Guide product lifecycle from MVP development through launch.
  • Influence enterprise decisions through compelling data-backed narratives.
  • Mentor product managers and enhance organizational capabilities.

Benefits

  • Medical, vision, and dental coverage.
  • 401(k) plan and stock purchase options.
  • Paid time off, including sick leave and parental leave.
  • Short-term and long-term disability coverage.
  • Company discounts and Military Leave Pay.
  • Support for adoption and surrogacy expenses.
  • Education benefit program covering tuition and learning resources.
Full Job Description
Position Summary...

What you'll do...
Role summary:

As a Principal Product Manager at Walmart, you will lead product strategy across a broad portfolio, driving organization-wide decisions through deep expertise and data-driven insights. This role involves shaping complex product visions, managing multi-product roadmaps, and influencing senior stakeholders to deliver scalable solutions that address customer and business needs. You will guide cross-functional teams, establish best practices, and leverage advanced analytics to optimize product outcomes. Your leadership will elevate product management standards and contribute significantly to Walmart's long-term innovation and operational excellence.
About the team:

Walmart eCommerce's Velocity Pods are innovative, cross-functional teams combining product, engineering, business, and design to accelerate product delivery using AI-driven methods. This model eliminates traditional handoffs, enabling seamless collaboration where product managers, designer, business and engineers work closely in shared contexts. The team has demonstrated rapid success, launching autonomous solutions and advancing roadmap items ahead of schedule. Expanding this approach, the team seeks product managers who thrive in an environment focused on ownership, data-driven decisions, and strategic product development to drive impactful outcomes at an accelerated pace leveraging AI tools.
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 priorities and technical feasibility.
  • Leverage AI tools to build products and rapidly test hypothesis
  • Establish and promote best practices in product management, elevating standards across teams.
  • Guide product lifecycle from MVP development through launch and ongoing optimization using AI tools, telemetry and analytics.
  • Influence enterprise decisions through compelling data-backed narratives and stakeholder engagement.
  • Mentor product managers and contribute to organizational capability building, especially in regards to leveraging AI tools for Prdocut Management

What you'll bring:
  • Extensive experience in defining and evolving product strategies across multiple related products or large product areas.
  • Proven ability to lead complex, cross-functional initiatives using data-driven insights and domain expertise.
  • Strong skills in building with AI tools such as Claude, Codex, etc.
  • Technical depth to carry architectural conversations with engineering or an LLM
  • Expertise in stakeholder management, influencing senior leadership through compelling narratives and data-backed storytelling.
  • Proficiency in applying advanced analytics, experimentation, and customer insights to guide product decisions.
  • Demonstrated capability to mentor peers and elevate product management practices across teams.


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 $143,000.00 - $286,000.00

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...

850 Cherry Ave, San Bruno, CA 94066-3031, United States of America

About Walmart

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Walmart Careers

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Size
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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