Principal, Product Manager

Walmart•Bentonville, AR

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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. The role shapes long-term product vision, manages complex customer challenges, and oversees product lifecycle from ideation to launch and optimization. Working cross-functionally, the Principal Product Manager influences senior stakeholders and advances product management best practices. The role uses advanced analytics and innovation to guide strategic priorities, align work with business goals and customer outcomes, mentor peers, and foster continuous improvement within the product management discipline. The Product & Tooling team builds capabilities that connect strategy, planning, execution, data, and intelligence across Walmart’s Product organization. Its portfolio includes Beacon, a product planning and portfolio platform, as well as decision intelligence, enterprise reporting, data access, integrations, workflow automation, and AI-enabled experiences. The team works across five domains: Decision Intelligence & Enterprise Planning; Product Planning; Governance & Operating Model; Platform, Data & Integrations; and Intelligent Product Management & Automation. Its work aims to create trusted Product information, improve planning and operations, connect enterprise data, and use AI and automation to make Product work smarter and less manual.

Requirements

Option 1: Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related area and 9 years of experience in product management.
Option 2: 11 years of experience in product management or a related area.
Proven product leadership defining strategy, vision, and roadmaps across interconnected products or platforms.
Exceptional influence and communication skills, creating clarity and alignment across leaders and cross-functional teams.
Ability to operate in ambiguity and independently bring structure, direction, and momentum to complex problems.
Strong product judgment and prioritization, using customer insights and data to focus teams on high-value problems.
Disciplined product practice, translating discovery into clear requirements, documentation, decisions, success measures, and learning.
Systems thinking and technical fluency across workflows, data, platforms, integrations, and emerging technologies.
AI fluency, applying AI and automation to customer problems.
Track record of mentoring others and improving product thinking and execution.

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 working on consumer-facing, large-scale, highly complex B2B/C products.
Supervisory experience.
Knowledge of implementing Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA standards, assistive technologies, and integrating digital accessibility into products.
Knowledge of accessibility best practices and experience supporting inclusive digital experiences.

Responsibilities

Define and evolve product strategy across related capabilities, translating complex enterprise problems into product opportunities and outcomes.
Own product vision, roadmaps, and priorities, balancing customer needs, business value, technical feasibility, and strategy.
Drive enterprise decisions using product data, customer insights, experimentation, and measurable outcomes.
Lead across Product, Design, Engineering, and Strategy & Operations to deliver scalable solutions.
Identify opportunities for AI, automation, and emerging technologies to transform how Product teams plan, decide, and execute.
Influence senior leaders and navigate ambiguity, creating clarity and alignment around complex product decisions.
Mentor product managers and define best-in-class product practices in an AI-enabled world.

Benefits

Competitive pay and performance-based bonus awards.
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.
PTO and/or PPTO that may be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes.
Live Better U, a Walmart-paid education benefit program for eligible full-time and part-time associates, covering tuition, books, and fees for qualifying programs.