(USA) Senior Director, Product Management

Walmart•Bellevue, WA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Leads product strategy and operations for multiple complex product families. Defines long-term vision and product strategy for the business area by collaborating to develop long-term corporate financial plans; delivering on the financial plan; developing recommendations on long-term investments (e.g., acquisitions, disruptive technology); identifying and facilitating disruptive innovation opportunities. Accountable for enterprise-level resource allocation and organizational capability development. Influences senior leadership on portfolio investment decisions and shapes Walmart's competitive product positioning. Portfolio Strategy & Vision Leadership: Defines long-term product vision and strategy for multiple complex product families by analyzing business objectives, customer needs, market conditions, and competitive landscape. Develops long-term financial plans; delivers against financial targets; identifies enterprise-wide opportunities based on deep understanding of competition and emerging trends. Approves business cases, resource allocations, key metrics, and strategic priorities to align product investments with enterprise outcomes. Promotes innovation by identifying and adopting emerging technologies and guiding the organization through architectural decisions. Product Development & Execution Oversight: Prioritizes product roadmaps and develops growth strategies across business areas by collaborating with senior leadership, predicting risks and dependencies, and identifying high-ROI opportunities. Manages risk, dependencies, and trade-offs while directing roadmap creation, scaling, and rollout strategies across product teams. Guides formation of user and business acceptance criteria; ensures readiness for launch and adoption; sets validation guidelines across product, problem, and user levels. Ensures product processes meet governance, compliance, and ethical standards; continuously improves product operating rhythms. Cross-Functional Alignment & Executive Influence: Builds and fosters partnerships with Engineering, Design, Analytics, and Business stakeholders by communicating clear priorities and aligning teams around investment choices. Influences senior leadership through fact-based narratives grounded in customer needs, market insights, and data. Drives an ecosystem that identifies and addresses unmet customer needs through structured discovery, design thinking, and journey mapping. Organizational Leadership & Capability Development: Leads development of a high-performing product organization by diagnosing capability gaps, recruiting and developing talent, and supporting succession planning. Promotes a culture of integrity, ethical behavior, and adherence to company standards. Drives operational excellence by evaluating organizational processes, identifying improvement opportunities, and sponsoring continuous learning. Shapes the product management career framework and competency standards for the organization. Data, AI & Technology-Forward Decision Making: Guides teams in extracting insights from complex data analytics to drive product decisions and challenge assumptions. Encourages adoption of modern data practices, AI-powered insights, and emerging technology capabilities to improve product outcomes. Anticipates market, competitor, and technology trends to inform product strategy and enterprise planning. Champions responsible AI practices; ensures teams assess feasibility, risk, and ethical implications. Provides overall direction by analyzing business objectives and customer needs; developing, communicating, building support for, and implementing business strategies, plans, and practices; analyzing costs and forecasts and incorporating them into business plans; determining and supporting resource requirements; evaluating operational processes; measuring outcomes to ensure desired results; identifying and capitalizing on improvement opportunities; promoting a customer environment; and demonstrating adaptability and sponsoring continuous learning. Develops and implements strategies to attract and maintain a highly skilled and engaged workforce by diagnosing capability gaps; recruiting, selecting, and developing talent; supporting mentorship, workforce development, and succession planning; and leveraging the capabilities of new and existing talent. Cultivates an environment where associates respect and adhere to company standards of integrity and ethics by integrating these values into all programs and practices; developing consequences for violations or non-compliance; and supporting the Open Door Policy. Develops and leverages internal and external partnerships and networks to maximize the achievement of business goals by sponsoring and leading key community outreach and involvement initiatives; engaging key stakeholders in the development, execution, and evaluation of appropriate business plans and initiatives; and supporting associate efforts in these areas.

Requirements

Option 1: Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or related area and 13 years’ experience in product management.
Option 2: 15 years’ experience in product management or related area.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business Administration, or related area and 12 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
Masters: Business Administration
Masters: Computer Engineering
Masters: Computer Science

Responsibilities

Leads product strategy and operations for multiple complex product families.
Defines long-term vision and product strategy for the business area.
Collaborates to develop long-term corporate financial plans.
Delivers on the financial plan.
Develops recommendations on long-term investments (e.g., acquisitions, disruptive technology).
Identifies and facilitates disruptive innovation opportunities.
Accountable for enterprise-level resource allocation and organizational capability development.
Influences senior leadership on portfolio investment decisions.
Shapes Walmart's competitive product positioning.
Defines long-term product vision and strategy for multiple complex product families by analyzing business objectives, customer needs, market conditions, and competitive landscape.
Develops long-term financial plans.
Delivers against financial targets.
Identifies enterprise-wide opportunities based on deep understanding of competition and emerging trends.
Approves business cases, resource allocations, key metrics, and strategic priorities to align product investments with enterprise outcomes.
Promotes innovation by identifying and adopting emerging technologies and guiding the organization through architectural decisions.
Prioritizes product roadmaps and develops growth strategies across business areas by collaborating with senior leadership, predicting risks and dependencies, and identifying high-ROI opportunities.
Manages risk, dependencies, and trade-offs while directing roadmap creation, scaling, and rollout strategies across product teams.
Guides formation of user and business acceptance criteria.
Ensures readiness for launch and adoption.
Sets validation guidelines across product, problem, and user levels.
Ensures product processes meet governance, compliance, and ethical standards.
Continuously improves product operating rhythms.
Builds and fosters partnerships with Engineering, Design, Analytics, and Business stakeholders by communicating clear priorities and aligning teams around investment choices.
Influences senior leadership through fact-based narratives grounded in customer needs, market insights, and data.
Drives an ecosystem that identifies and addresses unmet customer needs through structured discovery, design thinking, and journey mapping.
Leads development of a high-performing product organization by diagnosing capability gaps, recruiting and developing talent, and supporting succession planning.
Promotes a culture of integrity, ethical behavior, and adherence to company standards.
Drives operational excellence by evaluating organizational processes, identifying improvement opportunities, and sponsoring continuous learning.
Shapes the product management career framework and competency standards for the organization.
Guides teams in extracting insights from complex data analytics to drive product decisions and challenge assumptions.
Encourages adoption of modern data practices, AI-powered insights, and emerging technology capabilities to improve product outcomes.
Anticipates market, competitor, and technology trends to inform product strategy and enterprise planning.
Champions responsible AI practices; ensures teams assess feasibility, risk, and ethical implications.
Provides overall direction by analyzing business objectives and customer needs.
Develops, communicates, builds support for, and implements business strategies, plans, and practices.
Analyzes costs and forecasts and incorporates them into business plans.
Determines and supports resource requirements.
Evaluates operational processes.
Measures outcomes to ensure desired results.
Identifies and capitalizes on improvement opportunities.
Promotes a customer environment.
Demonstrates adaptability and sponsors continuous learning.
Develops and implements strategies to attract and maintain a highly skilled and engaged workforce by diagnosing capability gaps; recruiting, selecting, and developing talent; supporting mentorship, workforce development, and succession planning; and leveraging the capabilities of new and existing talent.
Cultivates an environment where associates respect and adhere to company standards of integrity and ethics by integrating these values into all programs and practices; developing consequences for violations or non-compliance; and supporting the Open Door Policy.
Develops and leverages internal and external partnerships and networks to maximize the achievement of business goals by sponsoring and leading key community outreach and involvement initiatives; engaging key stakeholders in the development, execution, and evaluation of appropriate business plans and initiatives; and supporting associate efforts in these areas.

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
Jury duty
Voting
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.