(USA) Principal, Product Manager - Planning and Forecasting

Walmart • Bentonville, AR

1d • $110,000 - $220,000

About The Position

The Principal, Product Manager leads strategy and execution for Walmart’s global financial planning and forecasting products. The role owns complex customer problems, maintains a business-critical finance platform, and shapes its long-term vision and evolution. Working across business, engineering, data, and UX, the product manager turns customer needs and product insights into scalable, AI-enabled capabilities that improve planning, forecasting, and decision-making.

The Enterprise Planning and Forecasting Product team develops AI-driven financial forecasting and planning solutions to enhance Walmart’s FP&A operations. It integrates operational and financial planning systems with advanced AI to create a connected ecosystem for data-driven decision-making. In collaboration with business, engineering, and data science partners, the team delivers scalable products that automate financial processes and improve planning accuracy. The team leads product strategy, roadmap execution, and cross-functional alignment to deliver measurable business value and seamless enterprise user experiences.

The position is based at 905 Customer Dr, Bentonville, Arkansas. The annual salary range is $110,000–$220,000, with additional annual or quarterly performance bonuses and, for certain positions, stock. Walmart also describes health, financial, paid-time-off, education, and other benefits; eligibility and terms may vary by job classification and length of employment.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related area and 9 years of product-management experience; or 11 years of experience in product management or a related area.
• Experience owning complex, enterprise-scale products from discovery through launch, adoption, and long-term evolution.
• Strong product strategy, customer discovery, requirements, roadmapping, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Strong leadership skills, including experience guiding cross-functional teams and influencing senior stakeholders.
• Ability to translate customer needs into clear product direction using design thinking, journey mapping, and process analysis.
• Proficiency in data-driven decision-making, advanced analytics, and emerging technologies, including AI, to inform product direction and innovation.

Nice To Haves

• Experience leading complex product modernization, migration, or transformation efforts while sustaining a business-critical product.
• Planning, forecasting, finance, retail, or comparable decision-support domain experience.
• Master’s degree in computer science, engineering, business administration, or a related area and 8 years of product-manager experience, ideally with consumer-facing, large-scale, highly complex B2B/C products.
• Supervisory experience.
• Knowledge of creating inclusive digital experiences and implementing WCAG 2.2 AA standards, assistive technologies, and digital accessibility best practices.

Responsibilities

• Own strategy, roadmap, prioritization, and measurable outcomes for global planning and forecasting products.
• Maintain and enhance the current finance product, partnering with business and engineering to resolve issues and protect critical operations.
• Lead product evolution by defining the phased approach, requirements, and delivery plan.
• Use customer insight, product data, and experimentation to deliver scalable solutions that improve daily finance and planning work.
• Partner with engineering, data, UX, and domain experts to deliver reliable, AI-enabled capabilities.
• Influence senior stakeholders, mentor product managers, and strengthen product-management practices.

Benefits

• Medical, vision, and dental coverage.
• 401(k), stock purchase, and company-paid life insurance.
• Paid time off, including sick leave, parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting leave.
• Short-term and long-term disability.
• Company discounts.
• Military Leave Pay.
• Adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement.
• Live Better U education benefit for eligible full-time and part-time associates, covering tuition, books, and fees for eligible programs.
• Performance-based bonus awards and, for certain positions, stock.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal