Senior Manager, Business Strategy
About The Position
The Senior Manager, Business Strategy shapes the future of Walmart Business by developing strategy and long-range plans, identifying growth opportunities, and advancing strategic initiatives. The role uses data, customer insights, and market analysis to develop recommendations and inform senior leadership decisions. It partners across Walmart to align on priorities, address challenges, and turn strategy into action. The Senior Manager develops executive communications, builds enterprise partnerships, and explores AI-enabled ways of working to accelerate work and improve decisions. Through coaching, collaboration, and a commitment to Walmart’s values, this leader supports associate development and sustainable business growth. The Walmart Business Strategy team defines strategy and long-term plans for how organizations engage with Walmart Business. It identifies growth opportunities, translates market insights into actionable priorities, develops strategic recommendations with partners across Walmart Enterprise, and aligns priorities with senior leadership. The team addresses complex challenges, builds cross-functional partnerships, and leverages advanced tools to enhance decision-making.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Statistics, Social Science, Communications, or a related field and 3 years of experience in retail merchandising, operations management, or a relevant area; OR 5 years of experience in retail merchandising, operations management, or a relevant area.
- Experience developing business strategies, evaluating growth opportunities, and building compelling business cases.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to translate data and customer insights into actionable recommendations.
- Executive communication skills, including the ability to simplify complex topics and influence senior leaders.
- Experience leading cross-functional initiatives, managing ambiguity, and turning strategy into action.
- Ability to build trusted partnerships and align stakeholders across a complex organization.
- Curiosity and comfort applying AI tools to improve how work gets done.
- Collaborative leadership style and commitment to developing others, acting with integrity, and delivering results.
Nice To Haves
- Supervising Associates.
- Working on cross-functional teams or projects.
Responsibilities
- Develop the Walmart Business strategy and long-range plan, translating priorities into actionable plans.
- Identify growth opportunities and strategic whitespace through customer insights, market trends, competitive intelligence, and data analysis.
- Lead cross-functional initiatives by aligning stakeholders, addressing obstacles, and tracking progress against business goals.
- Develop strategic recommendations and executive communications to inform leadership decisions.
- Build partnerships across Walmart to align priorities and bring together capabilities that support business growth.
- Explore and apply AI-enabled ways of working to accelerate analysis, improve decision-making, and increase team effectiveness.
- Coach and support associate development while acting with integrity and delivering results.
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 for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes.
- Live Better U, a Walmart-paid education benefit program covering tuition, books, and fees for eligible programs.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
