Senior Manager, Product Management

Data Driven Product Decisions

Requires knowledge of product and feature analytics, data analysis tools and techniques, research for analysis activities, documentation procedures, modern industry practices, and emerging trends. To independently or with minimal guidance conduct activities for product feature analytics with an understanding of simple trends and insights. Monitors, collects, and structures data and evaluates results. Supports the identification and application of tools and techniques. Assists in the planning, design, and implementation of exploratory data analysis.

Driving Customer Client Needs

Requires knowledge of customer and business problems, design thinking, dependencies and impacts on product processes, journey mapping, process optimization, communication and influencing techniques. To build and maintain consistent relationships with customers and proactively identify customer needs. Creates scalable processes to gather and analyze customer experiences. Demonstrates a deep understanding of customer needs to make decisions. Designs and implements new barrier-free processes. Coaches team members to improve focus on the customer.

Product Roadmap and Development

Requires knowledge of product roadmap development techniques, roadmap presentation, roadmap features and items, project management techniques, modern business practices, Agile methodologies, Scrum, Minimum Viable Product (MVP) creation, product development lifecycles, product development concepts. To develop and own roadmaps across a complex product. Ensures and drives communication for internal and external stakeholders. Interfaces with and influences partners to secure resources and alignment. Mentors team members on product roadmap and development. Establishes product roadmap expectations, performance measures, and goals. Drives alignment of features for a complex product by navigating through organizational and market constraints. Manages roll out and scaling using an MVP approach of complex products / features.

Product Vision and Strategy

Requires knowledge of problem formulation and solutioning, hypothesis framing, business strategies, business management practices across multiple domains, customer segments and needs, domain-specific knowledge, Go to Market strategies, industry environmental and economic factors, and competitors. To own a complex customer problem and / or product requirement / need as well as upstream and downstream impacts. Builds new ideas and strategies using Whole Product concepts. Identifies new / uncharted areas for value creation. Independently articulates problem statements and defines success metrics. Promotes product strategies and vision to stakeholders. Drives Go-to-Market strategies to ensure mass adoption.

Influencing and Building Stakeholder Consensus

Requires knowledge of verbal / nonverbal behaviors, application and allocation of business communication styles / techniques, situational awareness, elements of emotional intelligence and influencing styles, communication channels / mediums, interpersonal skills, and universal relationship building. To communicate in stakeholder meetings involving multiple teams. Conveys complex information and addresses ambiguity for robust technology development. Influences team members and stakeholders with sound recommendations. Independently prepares clear, concise, and logically structured reports / materials. Seeks and provides constructive feedback, anticipates needs / questions, and responds appropriately.

Technology Orientation

Requires knowledge of competitive technology landscapes, existing portfolio of enterprise systems technologies, services, and architecture, common PaaS and IaaS technologies and environments, software quality assurance methodologies, tools, processes, and checkpoints, emerging technology and industry trends, product and technology innovation. To drive business and user acceptance testing for complex products. Manages the adoption of new and emerging technologies. Possesses an understanding of complete systems architecture, services, involved, and the database and cloud technologies used. Demonstrates awareness of system architectural principles. Demonstrates awareness of technical topics at a conceptual level as well as the systems and data that enable major capabilities and drives innovation.

In-Depth Domain Expertise

Requires knowledge of domain-specific methodologies, tools, and processes, domain-specific products, domain-specific best practices, domain-specific market standards in product / platform architecture. To demonstrate awareness of various principles, ways of working, and subdomain-specific terminologies across multiple subdomains within a domain. Compares the maturity of products, services, and processes across subdomains with others in the industry. Identifies areas of innovation across the subdomains, shares potential innovations with the leadership team, and drive initiatives. Recommends new processes, automation opportunities, and ways of working for subdomains. 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 the workplace.

Promotes Company Policies and Values

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, coworkers, or other key stakeholders, soliciting, evaluating, and applying suggestions for improving efficiency and cost-effectiveness, and participating in and supporting community outreach events.

Respect for the Individual

Demonstrates and encourages respect for all, builds a high-performing team, seeks and embraces differences in people, cultures, ideas, and experiences, creates a workplace where all associates feel seen, supported, and connected through a culture of belonging so associates thrive and perform, drives a positive associate and customer / member experience for all, identifies, attracts, and retains the best team members.

Act with Integrity

Maintains and promotes the highest standards of integrity, ethics, and compliance, models the Walmart values, and leads by example to foster our culture, supports Walmarts goal of becoming a regenerative company by making a positive impact for associates, customers, and the world around us, follows the law, our code of conduct, and company policies and sets expectations for others to do the same, promotes an environment where associates feel comfortable sharing concerns, takes action, and encourages others to do the same, holds self and others accountable for achieving results in a way that is consistent with our values.

Serve Our Customers and Members

Delivers expected business results while putting the customer / member first and consistently applying an omni-merchant mindset and acts with an Every Day Low Cost mindset to drive value and Every Day Low Prices for customers / members, adopts a holistic perspective that considers data analytics, customer / member insights, and different parts of the business when making plans and shaping the teams strategy, strives for excellence, consistently raises the bar, seeks to improve, demonstrates curiosity and a growth mindset, seeks feedback, asks thoughtful questions, fosters an environment that supports learning, innovation, and learning from mistakes and intelligent risk-taking, exhibits resilience in the face of setbacks, seeks and implements continuous improvements, encourages the team to leverage new digital tools and ways of working.

Benefits

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 Sams Club facilities. Programs range from high school completion to bachelors 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 ( https : / / one.walmart.com / ).

Salary

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 : Option 1 : Bachelors degree in computer science, engineering, or related area