(USA) Director, Product Management
About The Position
Shopping is undergoing its most significant structural shift since the rise of e-commerce. Customers are planning purchases through AI-powered assistants building baskets and making decisions before they ever visit a product page. Walmart Connect is not waiting for this shift to happen. We are building the future of advertising for an agentic world. As a Director, Product Management, Agentic Ads, you will lead Walmart Connect’s next major evolution in retail media. You will define how sponsored discovery, brand influence, and performance advertising work in AI-native shopping environments, including conversational shopping, AI assistants, multimodal experiences, and future agent-to-agent shopping flows. Our team builds the platforms, products, and experiences that power Walmart's advertising ecosystem. We simplify advertising by creating intuitive experiences, intelligent capabilities, and scalable platforms that help advertisers achieve their goals while delivering better shopping experiences for customers. We define product vision and strategy, solve complex customer problems, and deliver solutions that drive measurable business impact. Working closely with engineering, design, data science, and business partners, we use customer insights, experimentation, and data to continuously improve our products and shape the future of retail media.
Requirements
- Extensive experience leading product vision and strategy for complex product families, with proven ability to manage full product lifecycle from discovery to value realization.
- Strong expertise in developing and aligning product roadmaps that balance impact, risk, dependencies, and trade-offs across cross-functional teams.
- Demonstrated success in driving data-driven decision making, including defining outcome-based metrics, experimentation, and leveraging AI and analytics.
- Proven leadership in coaching and developing product talent, fostering collaboration with Engineering, Design, and Business partners.
- Ability to manage P&L implications and translate product strategy into measurable financial outcomes.
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or related area and 11 years’ experience in product management.
- 13 years’ experience in product management or related area.
Nice To Haves
- 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
- 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.
- 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
Responsibilities
- Own and drive product vision and strategy for a complex product family, aligning roadmaps with business and customer needs.
- Lead multiple product teams through full lifecycle management, from discovery to value realization and iteration.
- Develop deep customer and business insights using research, journey mapping, and data analytics to inform priorities and success metrics.
- Manage cross-functional trade-offs, balancing scope, feasibility, cost, and time-to-value with stakeholders.
- Coach and develop product talent, fostering alignment with organizational goals and standards.
- Oversee financial outcomes, resource allocation, and product performance measurement.
- Champion data-driven decision making, experimentation, and AI integration to optimize product impact.
Benefits
- Competitive pay
- Performance-based bonus awards
- Medical coverage
- Vision coverage
- Dental coverage
- 401(k)
- Stock purchase
- Company-paid life insurance
- PTO (including sick leave)
- Parental leave
- Family care leave
- Bereavement
- Jury duty
- Voting leave
- Short-term disability
- Long-term disability
- Company discounts
- Military Leave Pay
- Adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement
- PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes
- Live Better U (Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
