(USA) Principal, Product Manager

Walmart • San Bruno, CA

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About The Position

Lead the vision, strategy, and execution for Wally, Walmart’s AI-powered merchandising assistant, helping redefine how merchants make decisions and get work done. This role calls for an AI-native product leader with fluency in modern AI systems and an ability to translate emerging capabilities into meaningful business impact at enterprise scale. The position partners closely with engineering, data science, and business leaders to build trusted, high-impact AI experiences for merchants.

The team develops an AI-native merchandising platform and shared services to govern and scale applications efficiently. It uses advanced technologies and data-driven insights to strengthen product strategy and roadmap management, collaborating with stakeholders to deliver scalable solutions, innovation, and operational excellence across the merchandising domain.

The role shapes strategy across related products, owns complex customer problems and requirements, manages roadmaps, and establishes mechanisms to gather and interpret customer feedback and product usage data. It also guides success measurement, influences enterprise prioritization, and mentors product managers.

The annual salary range is $143,000–$286,000. Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses; certain positions may also include stock. Walmart describes benefits including health coverage, financial benefits, paid time off and leave, disability coverage, discounts, education benefits, and adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement. Benefits and eligibility may depend on job classification and length of employment and are subject to change.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related area and 9 years of experience in product management; alternatively, 11 years of experience in product management or a related area.
• Deep experience building AI-native products, with strong fluency in modern AI technologies and understanding of useful, reliable, and trusted AI experiences.
• Proven ability to define product vision and strategy, navigate ambiguity, and deliver impactful products from concept to scale.
• Strong technical aptitude and experience partnering with engineering teams to shape product direction, evaluate tradeoffs, and influence system design.
• Expertise in using data, experimentation, user research, and evaluation frameworks to measure product quality and drive decisions.
• Exceptional leadership and influence skills, including aligning cross-functional teams, influencing senior stakeholders, and mentoring product managers.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business Administration, or a related area and 8 years of experience as a product manager, ideally on consumer-facing, large-scale, highly complex B2B/C products.
• Supervisory experience.
• Knowledge of WCAG 2.2 AA standards, assistive technologies, digital accessibility best practices, and inclusive digital product development.

Responsibilities

• Shape and drive product strategy across multiple related products, using domain expertise and data-driven insights.
• Own complex customer problems and product requirements, considering upstream and downstream impacts.
• Develop and manage product roadmaps to ensure strategic alignment, technical feasibility, and resource prioritization.
• Establish scalable mechanisms for gathering and interpreting customer feedback and product usage data.
• Guide teams in defining success metrics aligned to customer outcomes and validate across product and user dimensions.
• Influence enterprise prioritization through customer insights and opportunity-sizing models.
• Mentor product managers and elevate product management practices across the organization.
• Partner closely with engineering, data science, and business leaders to build trusted, high-impact AI experiences for merchants.

Benefits

• Medical, vision, and dental coverage.
• 401(k).
• Stock purchase plan.
• Company-paid life insurance.
• Paid time off, including sick leave; parental leave; family care leave; bereavement leave; jury duty leave; and voting leave.
• Short-term and long-term disability.
• Company discounts.
• Military Leave Pay.
• Adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement.
• Live Better U education benefit, including tuition, books, and fees for eligible programs.
• Annual or quarterly performance bonuses.
• Stock may be included as additional compensation for certain positions.

What This Job Offers

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