(USA) Principal, Product Manager

Walmart • San Bruno, CA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Principal Product Manager leads product strategy across multiple related products, driving organization-wide decisions through deep expertise and data-driven insights. This role shapes long-term vision, manages complex customer challenges, and oversees product lifecycle from ideation to launch and optimization. Collaborating cross-functionally, the position influences senior stakeholders and advances product management best practices. The ideal candidate leverages analytics, market opportunities, and emerging technologies to deliver scalable solutions that align with business priorities and customer needs, fostering continuous improvement and strategic innovation within the product portfolio.

About the team: The team drives growth and retention for Sam’s Club and Walmart+ by leveraging personalization strategies. It focuses on delivering tailored member experiences through data-driven insights and advanced analytics. Collaborating across functions, the team identifies market opportunities and shapes product roadmaps that enhance customer engagement. By applying expertise in product strategy and lifecycle management, the team continuously refines offerings to meet evolving member needs. This group plays a critical role in advancing innovation and sustaining competitive advantage within the membership business, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and delivering measurable impact.

Requirements

• Extensive experience in product strategy and roadmap development across multiple related products or sizable product areas.
• Proven ability to drive data-driven decision making using advanced analytics, experimentation, and customer insights.
• Strong expertise in stakeholder management and cross-functional influence at senior leadership levels.
• Deep understanding of product lifecycle management, including MVP creation, launch execution, and long-term optimization.
• Proficiency in leveraging market opportunities and emerging technologies, including AI and machine learning, to shape product vision.
• Demonstrated skill in mentoring product managers and elevating product management practices.
• Exceptional communication and collaboration skills to guide enterprise prioritization and strategic alignment.
• 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
• 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.
• 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

• Define and evolve product strategies across multiple related products, leveraging market insights and data-driven analysis to identify opportunities and guide long-term direction.
• Lead development and management of comprehensive product roadmaps, ensuring alignment with business goals, technical feasibility, and resource prioritization.
• Drive organization-level decisions through deep domain expertise, advanced analytics, and cross-functional collaboration with senior stakeholders.
• Establish scalable mechanisms for gathering customer feedback and usage data to inform prioritized, measurable problem statements and success metrics.
• Oversee product lifecycle from MVP creation to launch execution, risk mitigation, and ongoing optimization.
• Mentor product managers and promote best practices to elevate product management discipline and organizational capability.

Benefits

• Competitive pay
• 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 leave
• Jury duty leave
• Voting leave
• Short-term disability
• Long-term disability
• Company discounts
• Military Leave Pay
• Adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement
• 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