Senior Director, Pricing

Wal-Mart•Bentonville, AR

56d•Onsite

About The Position

As the Senior Director of Pricing Operations, you'll play a key role in driving operational excellence across Walmart's pricing ecosystem. You'll lead a high-performing team responsible for executing pricing processes that support our EDLP principles, enhance business performance, and deliver meaningful value to customers. In this role, you'll partner closely with Merchandising and Operations leadership to ensure pricing strategies are executed effectively and are aligned with sales, inventory, and profit objectives. Success in this role requires a hands-on operational leader who excels in fast-paced, high-visibility, cross-functional environments. You'll lead with clarity and focus, consistently delivering results while building and refining processes that drive scale, increase efficiency, and enable flawless execution across Walmart U.S. This position is based in Bentonville, AR and reports to the Vice President of Pricing within Merchandising Excellence.

Requirements

Deep operational expertise in pricing, finance, or merchandising
Experience leading large, high-performing teams and a passion for coaching and talent development
A reputation for getting things done-executing with speed, accuracy, and clarity
A track record of building strong cross-functional partnerships and can communicate effectively at all levels
Strong business acumen and the ability to make smart, data-informed decisions that drive value
Bachelor's degree in finance, business or related field or equivalent experience
Twelve years of experience in category management, finance, pricing, site merchandising or related area

Nice To Haves

Experience setting vision and leading large teams

Responsibilities

Lead pricing execution: Oversee day-to-day pricing operations across highly complex categories-ensuring alignment with business goals and Walmart's EDLP promise
Drive performance visibility: Provide clear and timely visibility into pricing performance-measured against internal targets and external benchmarks-and communicate insights across organizational leadership
Review and act on pricing data: Analyze sales, margin, and pricing data to identify opportunities and recommend pricing adjustments that enhance performance and drive profitable growth
Build trusted partnerships: Foster strong relationships across the business to become a key advisor on pricing execution and a reliable partner for cross-functional teams
Coordinate cross-functionally: Work closely with partners in Merchandising, Operations, Tech, Legal, Audit, and more to ensure pricing initiatives are flawlessly executed and continuously optimized
Operationalize pricing initiatives: Translate strategy into repeatable tools, processes, and best practices that enable consistency, scalability, and speed.
Develop and lead a high-performing team: Foster a team culture centered on excellence, accountability, and growth. Mentor and develop associates to elevate performance across the org
Manage up and influence effectively: Provide concise, actionable updates to senior leaders while advocating for the operational needs of your team

Benefits

At Walmart, we offer competitive pay as well as performance-based bonus awards and other great benefits for a happier mind, body, and wallet.
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.
The amount you receive depends on your job classification and length of employment.
It will meet or exceed the requirements of paid sick leave laws, where applicable.
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.
Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment.
Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to a specific plan or program terms.