Principal, Product Manager - Merch Core LLM

Walmart • Sunnyvale, CA

11d

About The Position

Position Summary... What you'll do... As the product lead of our Merch Core LLM, you will lead the overall product strategy for Merchandising's main reasoning agent - helping Merchants get answers to their questions with precision, consistency, and predictability. Our team gathers information about customer needs and applies our technological expertise and strategic thinking to create a product roadmap. The product journey is designed to leverage technological excellence to drive customer satisfaction. Walmart's philosophy of Everyday Low Prices is not an easy one to achieve. Being cost-effective is critical because it allows us to optimize all processes and verticals while striving for excellence. Our team is a big part of making this possible. What you'll do: Lead product strategy for Wally’s LLM reasoning and decisioning layer for improved contextual understanding, multi-turn memory, and dynamic tool invocation. Develop the integration strategy between Wally Core LLM and Squiggly, establishing a shared orchestration and reasoning fabric with seamless hand-offs Partner with merch sub-agent PMs to design cross-agent execution Lead roadmap for multi-tenant enablement Partner with Engineering, Applied Science, and Design to translate technical capabilities into merchant-centric experiences About Walmart Global Tech Imagine working in an environment where one line of code can make life easier for hundreds of millions of people. That’s what we do at Walmart Global Tech. We’re a team of software engineers, data scientists, cybersecurity expert's and service professionals within the world’s leading retailer who make an epic impact and are at the forefront of the next retail disruption. People are why we innovate, and people power our innovations.We are people-led and tech-empowered. We train our team in the skillsets of the future and bring in experts like you to help us grow. We have roles for those chasing their first opportunity as well as those looking for the opportunity that will define their career. Here, you can kickstart a great career in tech, gain new skills and experience for virtually every industry, or leverage your expertise to innovate at scale, impact millions and reimagine the future of retail.Walmart’s culture is a competitive advantage, and it’s fostered by being together. Working together in person allows us to collaborate, align quickly and innovate with greater speed. We use our campuses to create purposeful connection rooted in deepening understanding and investing in the development of our associates.

Requirements

• Skillset must be technical
• Must have an extreme ownership mentality
• Will as the single threaded owner for Wally’s LLM roadmap across conversational UX, reasoning models, and integration standards
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or related area and 9 years’ experience in product management.
• 11 years’ experience in product management or related area.

Nice To Haves

• 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.
• Masters: Business Administration
• Masters: Computer Engineering
• Masters: Computer Science

Responsibilities

• Lead product strategy for Wally’s LLM reasoning and decisioning layer for improved contextual understanding, multi-turn memory, and dynamic tool invocation.
• Develop the integration strategy between Wally Core LLM and Squiggly, establishing a shared orchestration and reasoning fabric with seamless hand-offs
• Partner with merch sub-agent PMs to design cross-agent execution
• Lead roadmap for multi-tenant enablement
• Partner with Engineering, Applied Science, and Design to translate technical capabilities into merchant-centric experiences

Benefits

• Beyond our great compensation package, you can receive incentive awards for your performance.
• Other great perks include 401(k) match, stock purchase plan, paid maternity and parental leave, PTO, multiple health plans, and much more.
• 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: Principal
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees