(USA) Principal, Platform Product Manager
About The Position
The Principal, Platform Product Manager leads the development and execution of complex product strategies and roadmaps for availability-focused platform capabilities, ensuring alignment with business objectives and customer needs. This role drives cross-functional collaboration, leveraging data-driven insights to optimize platform performance, reliability and scalability. The position requires expertise in managing product lifecycles, influencing stakeholders, and integrating emerging technologies to support highly available, resilient solutions. The successful candidate will foster continuous improvement, mentor team members, and promote operational excellence while maintaining high standards of integrity and accountability in delivering impactful platform products. Our team is part of the Observability organization within Global Tech Platforms (GTP), a key function of Walmart Global Tech. We focus on building platform capabilities that improve the availability, reliability, and operational visibility of Walmart’s technology ecosystem at scale. Through data-driven insights, AI-enabled capabilities and dependable observability products, we help teams make informed decisions about platform performance and resilience. Our work supports Walmart Global Tech’s commitment to operational excellence and reliable technology experiences for associates and customers. As part of GTP’s Observability organization within Walmart Global Tech, you will shape platform capabilities that advance availability, reliability, and operational visibility. You will connect product strategy, platform engineering, observability, data, and AI to help teams make informed decisions about performance and resilience.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or related area and 9 years’ experience in product management or related experience at a technology and data-driven company focused on building products with new and emerging technologies.
- 11 Years’ experience at a technology and data-driven company focused on building products with new and emerging technologies.
Nice To Haves
- Master’s degree in computer science, engineering, business administration, or related area and 8 years’ experience in back-end platform or highly complex B2B/C products or experience in roles requiring data-driven decision making and quantitative analysis skills (including deep knowledge of Excel, SQL, or statistics)
- 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.
Responsibilities
- Drive plans by identifying customer and operational needs across availability and observability platforms.
- Communicate roadmaps, strategies, and priorities aligned with business and technology goals.
- Build stakeholder relationships across product, engineering, architecture, operations, data, and AI.
- Lead product lifecycle management, including MVP creation, rollout, adoption, and scaling complex platform products.
- Use data, analytics, AI-enabled insights, and KPIs to guide decisions and measure success
Benefits
- 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
- PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes
- Tuition, books, and fees are completely paid for by Walmart for eligible associates
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Principal
