(USA) Manager, Advanced Analytics
About The Position
This role owns and advances platform initiatives used across Walmart Connect (WMC) Analytics. The position works directly with Analytics teams to understand recurring technical needs, assess whether existing enterprise platforms can meet them, and determine when reusable platform solutions are appropriate. The role independently drives initiatives from definition through delivery, onboarding, adoption, and ongoing improvement, combining customer engagement, technical problem solving, and cross-functional execution. Within Walmart Connect, the Platform & Infrastructure Enablement team helps Analytics teams use platforms and infrastructure effectively, optimize technical workflows, automate recurring technical work, and build reusable platforms that scale across teams. The position supports efficient operations through reliable, scalable, and cost-efficient platforms, infrastructure, and technical workflows. Success involves independently owning the Platforms area, taking initiatives through production adoption, building trusted relationships with Analytics users and platform partners, and demonstrating measurable value. The role will also help expand the platform portfolio as further recurring technical needs emerge.
Requirements
- Strong technical foundation across cloud and data platforms.
- Hands-on SQL proficiency and working knowledge of Python or another programming or scripting language.
- Familiarity with data pipelines, APIs, and integrations.
- Experience understanding customer workflows and translating recurring needs into clear requirements and scalable technical approaches.
- Demonstrated ability to independently own complex technical initiatives from definition through delivery and adoption across multiple stakeholders.
- Strong problem-solving and judgment, including the ability to navigate ambiguity and make pragmatic technical and functional tradeoffs.
- Strong communication skills, including the ability to structure complex problems, explain technical concepts and tradeoffs, and drive alignment across technical and nontechnical stakeholders.
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Statistics, or a related field and 2 years of experience in data analytics or a related field, or 4 years of experience in data analytics or a related field.
Nice To Haves
- Experience building, enabling, or driving adoption of internal data, analytics, self-service, or enterprise platforms.
- Experience integrating and scaling enterprise platforms across multiple teams or user groups.
- Experience with GCP and data platforms such as BigQuery, Airflow, and Dataproc, or other relevant technologies.
- Experience working in large cross-functional organizations with multiple technology and business partners.
- Certificate in business analytics, data mining, or statistical analysis.
- Master’s degree in Business Administration, Information Systems, or Statistics.
Responsibilities
- Own platform initiatives end to end, translating recurring user needs into requirements and priorities and driving execution through delivery, onboarding, adoption, and ongoing improvement.
- Build and evolve reusable platforms for recurring technical needs across WMC Analytics, including data discovery, workflow creation, and approval workflows.
- Integrate enterprise platforms such as BigQuery, Airflow, Dataproc, and Element into Analytics workflows and support effective onboarding and adoption across teams.
- Apply technical judgment and hands-on problem solving across SQL, Python, APIs, platform configuration, integrations, and troubleshooting as needed.
- Partner across Analytics and platform teams to coordinate dependencies, resolve ambiguity, and determine whether recurring needs are best addressed through existing enterprise platforms or a reusable platform approach.
- Establish independent ownership of the Platforms area and demonstrate measurable value from platforms built or enabled by the team.
Benefits
- Medical, vision, and dental coverage.
- 401(k).
- Stock purchase plan.
- Company-paid life insurance.
- Paid time off, including sick leave, holidays, parental leave, family care leave, bereavement leave, jury duty leave, and voting leave.
- Short-term and long-term disability.
- Company discounts.
- Military Leave Pay.
- Adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement.
- Live Better U education benefit program, with tuition, books, and fees paid for eligible programs.
- Performance-based bonus awards.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
