Principal, Product Manager - Automated Pickup & Delivery

Walmart • Bentonville, AR

3d • $110,000 - $220,000

About The Position

About the Role Our team builds the product capabilities that power Store Fulfillment automation, connecting software, operational workflows, and automation systems to help sites run efficiently at scale. We focus on creating products that improve execution on the ground while also building the foundation needed to expand across new sites over time. We are seeking a Principal Product Manager to lead the product strategy for outbound operations within this space. This role will shape the roadmap for the tools, workflows, and system capabilities that support outbound execution, while also helping define the technical architecture needed to keep the platform flexible as the business grows and evolves. This is a highly cross-functional leadership role. You will work closely with engineering, operations, design, and partner teams to identify opportunities, define product direction, and deliver solutions that improve operational performance. You will also coordinate the software product work required to launch new sites successfully, and help manage the way internal platforms integrate with automation technologies in a scalable and repeatable way. Success in this role will be measured by the ability to improve the performance of outbound operations in meaningful and scalable ways. This includes increasing throughput, improving outbound productivity, and enabling a higher rate of perfect orders by building systems and workflows that are reliable, efficient, and easy to execute in live operating environments. The ideal candidate brings strong product judgment, technical depth, and operational thinking. This person must be comfortable balancing long-term strategy with near-term execution, while driving alignment across a broad set of stakeholders and ensuring the underlying product and architecture can support future scale.

Requirements

• Proven product leader with experience defining strategy and driving execution in complex environments
• Strong ability to bring structure and clarity to ambiguous problem spaces
• Skilled at influencing across teams and aligning stakeholders around clear priorities
• Strong ability to work across software systems, workflows, and operational processes
• Comfortable engaging on technical architecture and helping drive flexible, scalable product design
• Able to connect technical decisions with long-term business needs and operational realities
• Experience working on products that support complex operations or frontline execution
• Demonstrated ability to lead multiple initiatives while balancing short-term delivery and longterm strategy
• Strong judgment in prioritization, tradeoff management, and decision-making
• Comfortable operating in fast-moving environments with evolving needs
• Uses qualitative and quantitative inputs to guide product direction
• Comfortable defining success metrics and using performance data to improve outcomes
• Focused on measurable business and operational impact
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, Operations, Supply Chain, Computer Science, or a related field
• 8+ years of experience in product management or related roles
• Experience leading large, cross-functional product initiatives
• Experience working on technical products, platform capabilities, or operational systems

Nice To Haves

• Experience in fulfillment, operations, automation, logistics, or related domains preferred
• MBA or other advanced degree preferred
• Masters: Business Administration
• Masters: Computer Engineering
• Masters: Computer Science
• 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.

Responsibilities

• Define and own the product strategy and roadmap for outbound operations
• Identify opportunities to improve workflow efficiency, reliability, and user experience
• Partner cross-functionally to translate operational needs into scalable product solutions
• Help shape a flexible technical architecture that can support changing workflows, new capabilities, and future growth
• Drive product decisions that improve how internal systems integrate with automation technologies
• Coordinate software readiness for new site launches, ensuring capabilities, dependencies, and timelines are aligned
• Lead product discovery, prioritization, and execution across a complex stakeholder environment
• Improve how issues, dependencies, and launch readiness are managed across outbound initiatives
• Use data, field insights, and customer feedback to inform product decisions
• Drive clarity on tradeoffs, sequencing, and investment priorities
• Ensure solutions are designed to scale across multiple sites and evolving business needs
• Mentor other product managers and help raise the quality of product thinking and execution across the team

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.
• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 1-10 employees