Senior Manager, Advanced Analytics - Tech Enablement

Walmart • Bentonville, AR

23h • $90,000 - $180,000

About The Position

About the Team The Pricing Capabilities organization builds and scales the technology and operating mechanisms that enable data-driven pricing decisions and operational excellence. Tech Enablement is responsible for translating business needs into clear requirements, accelerating technology delivery across pricing pillars, and partnering with Data and Automation/RPA to validate solutions and close capability gaps. Role Summary As a Senior Manager, Tech Enablement (Pricing Capabilities), you will lead the operating model that turns pricing needs into executable work—owning (or co-owning) the intake and prioritization mechanism, setting the bar for requirement quality, and driving portfolio-level alignment across business and technology leaders. You will build a high-performing team and ensure the organization consistently delivers the highest-value work with transparency, speed, and accountability. This role enables delivery by creating clarity, alignment, and readiness. You will partner with Product/Engineering leaders who own build, deploy, and sustainment. What you'll do... Intake & Prioritization Mechanisms (Operating Model Ownership) Own and run the intake pipeline for new pricing capability ideas—ensuring requests are outcome-based, scoped appropriately, and tied to business impact. Lead prioritization activities to stack-rank work and maintain a transparent “in vs. out” view for stakeholders. Drive cross-functional decision-making by facilitating prioritization forums and ensuring stakeholder alignment on what will be delivered, when, and why. Portfolio Leadership & Strategic Alignment Align Tech Enablement work with Product roadmaps and business priorities; identify gaps, overlaps, and dependency risks. Establish success metrics and governance routines that improve throughput, reduce decision latency, and increase predictability. Escalate and resolve cross-team blockers with a bias for action and clear communication. Requirements Quality & Delivery Enablement Set the standard for BRDs and requirement readiness (templates, definition of ready, documentation hygiene, decision logs). Lead complex requirement discovery efforts across multiple pillars/capabilities and ensure consistent quality across your team’s outputs. Drive trade-off conversations by clearly articulating options, impacts, and recommendations to senior stakeholders. POCs, Automation Partnership, and “Prototype to Scalable” Conversion Partner with Automation/RPA and Data teams to test bold ideas quickly, validate value, and reveal future capability gaps. Ensure prototype learnings are translated into clear requirements and scalable, roadmap-aligned solutions rather than one-off tooling. Support implementation planning, governance expectations, and change impacts to drive successful adoption. People Leadership & Talent Development Lead, mentor, and coach a team of Tech Enablement associates/managers; build a culture of accountability, clarity, and collaboration. Identify skill gaps and create development plans that grow future capability (requirements, influence, domain knowledge, operating rigor). Promote an inclusive, high-performing team environment with clear expectations and strong feedback loops. Operational Excellence Continuously improve operating rhythms and artifacts (intake hygiene, prioritization, stakeholder communications, measurement). Champion customer-centricity, learning, and adaptability across the portfolio. You’ll sweep us off our feet if you… Have a strong track record building/operating intake + prioritization mechanisms that create transparency, speed, and alignment. Can translate strategy into a focused portfolio of work and drive senior stakeholder decisions through clear options and trade-offs. Are exceptional at influence without authority across Business, Product, Engineering, Data, and Automation/RPA. Bring high standards for requirement clarity and quality, and can coach others to meet that bar. Combine structured thinking with pragmatic execution—moving work forward even amid ambiguity. What you'll do... Increase the organization’s ability to prioritize the right work, faster—based on business impact and feasibility Improve end-to-end flow from intake → definition → delivery kickoff by reducing ambiguity and rework Create predictable operating rhythms and transparent portfolio visibility that improves trust and execution Build a team that consistently produces decision-quality requirements and enables scalable capability delivery

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Statistics, or related field and 4 years' experience in data analytics or related field OR 6 years' experience in data analytics or related field.

Nice To Haves

• Certificate in business analytics, data mining, or statistical analysis
• Statistical programming languages (for example, SAS, R)
• Masters: Business Administration
• Masters: Information Systems
• Masters: Statistics
• Have a strong track record building/operating intake + prioritization mechanisms that create transparency, speed, and alignment.
• Can translate strategy into a focused portfolio of work and drive senior stakeholder decisions through clear options and trade-offs.
• Are exceptional at influence without authority across Business, Product, Engineering, Data, and Automation/RPA.
• Bring high standards for requirement clarity and quality, and can coach others to meet that bar.
• Combine structured thinking with pragmatic execution—moving work forward even amid ambiguity.

Responsibilities

• Own and run the intake pipeline for new pricing capability ideas—ensuring requests are outcome-based, scoped appropriately, and tied to business impact.
• Lead prioritization activities to stack-rank work and maintain a transparent “in vs. out” view for stakeholders.
• Drive cross-functional decision-making by facilitating prioritization forums and ensuring stakeholder alignment on what will be delivered, when, and why.
• Align Tech Enablement work with Product roadmaps and business priorities; identify gaps, overlaps, and dependency risks.
• Establish success metrics and governance routines that improve throughput, reduce decision latency, and increase predictability.
• Escalate and resolve cross-team blockers with a bias for action and clear communication.
• Set the standard for BRDs and requirement readiness (templates, definition of ready, documentation hygiene, decision logs).
• Lead complex requirement discovery efforts across multiple pillars/capabilities and ensure consistent quality across your team’s outputs.
• Drive trade-off conversations by clearly articulating options, impacts, and recommendations to senior stakeholders.
• Partner with Automation/RPA and Data teams to test bold ideas quickly, validate value, and reveal future capability gaps.
• Ensure prototype learnings are translated into clear requirements and scalable, roadmap-aligned solutions rather than one-off tooling.
• Support implementation planning, governance expectations, and change impacts to drive successful adoption.
• Lead, mentor, and coach a team of Tech Enablement associates/managers; build a culture of accountability, clarity, and collaboration.
• Identify skill gaps and create development plans that grow future capability (requirements, influence, domain knowledge, operating rigor).
• Promote an inclusive, high-performing team environment with clear expectations and strong feedback loops.
• Continuously improve operating rhythms and artifacts (intake hygiene, prioritization, stakeholder communications, measurement).
• Champion customer-centricity, learning, and adaptability across the portfolio.

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.
• 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: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees