Senior Manager, Technical Program Management - Item Integrity, Catalog

Walmart • Bentonville, AR

3d • $110,000 - $220,000

About The Position

At Walmart, Catalog is a foundational enterprise platform that supports nearly every part of the business, including merchandising, compliance, pricing, supply chain, fulfillment, store operations, ecommerce, and global expansion. The Item Integrity team is responsible for defining and evolving the core item data model, item relationships, and data quality standards that enable these systems to work together at scale. Our mission is to ensure that item data is accurate, trusted, interoperable, and built for both today’s operations and tomorrow’s intelligent automation. We modernize legacy assumptions, strengthen product identity, reduce friction in item and offer setup, and build scalable capabilities that allow the catalog to increasingly maintain and improve itself. As a Senior Manager on the Item Integrity team, you will operate at the intersection of platform strategy, data systems, and enterprise execution. You will help shape how Walmart defines, protects, and scales item data across omnichannel contexts, while driving concrete outcomes across multiple high-impact initiatives. This is a platform-oriented leadership role that blends strategy, execution, and systems thinking. You will be expected to connect business needs to durable technical solutions, challenge existing mental models, and drive clarity in complex environments where modern platforms are being built and legacy systems are being modernized. You will partner closely with product managers, engineers, architects, data scientists, and business stakeholders across merchandising, ecommerce, supply chain, and operations. Your work will span multiple domains and evolve as priorities shift, requiring strong judgment, adaptability, systems thinking, and an enterprise perspective.

Requirements

• Are intellectually curious and motivated by modernizing foundational systems to enable automation and smarter decision making.
• Are a systems thinker who understands how data models, platforms, and business processes interact at enterprise scale.
• Think holistically across online, stores, marketplace, and global contexts and naturally challenge siloed ways of working.
• Are energized by pioneering solutions in spaces where the path forward is not yet defined and requires creativity and strong judgment.
• Enjoy solving hard problems that require experimentation, learning, and thoughtful tradeoffs.
• Communicate clearly with both technical and business audiences, including peers and senior leaders, and can simplify complex concepts without losing rigor.
• Practice active listening and can sift through competing or contradictory stakeholder inputs to identify the real problem and the right way forward.
• Move seamlessly between architecture discussions, strategic framing, and executive level communication.
• Bring a strong owner mindset with a bias to action and the ability to balance short-term pragmatism with long-term platform health.
• Have experience leading complex platform or data-centric initiatives at enterprise scale.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems or related field.
• 6+ years of experience in product management, program management, catalog or supply chain data, or equivalent
• Experience leading cross-functional projects or working across business/tech boundaries
• Experience with large-scale data platforms, catalog systems, or enterprise architecture.
• Retail, eCommerce, or omnichannel domain knowledge.
• Understanding of item models, data quality frameworks, or product identity concepts.
• Experience delivering programs involving machine learning or AI-driven automation.
• Strong data fluency, including SQL
• Option 1: Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, engineering, or related area and 6 years’ experience in engineering, engineering program management, technical program management, product management, or related area.
• Option 2: 8 years’ experience in engineering, engineering program management, technical program management, product management, or related area.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced degree in Business, Applied Technology, or related discipline is a plus.
• Certification in Project Management.
• Master’s degree in Business Administration, with specialization in strategy, supply chain, finance, information systems, or related area and 4 years’ experience in product design.
• Supervisory
• We value candidates with a 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.
• The ideal candidate would have knowledge of accessibility best practices and join us as we continue to create accessible products and services following Walmart’s accessibility standards and guidelines for supporting an inclusive culture.

Responsibilities

• Driving clarity in ambiguous spaces by aligning teams on goals, scope, requirements, and prioritization.
• Translating ambitious business goals into sequenced execution, identifying gaps, defining requirements, and aligning cross-functional teams.
• Shaping and driving platform strategy for Walmart’s item data model, item relationships, catalog data quality, and item integrity capabilities.
• Advancing catalog modernization efforts, including self-cleaning capabilities, legacy relationship transformation, and centralized data foundations.
• Partnering closely with product, engineering, and architects to translate strategic goals into scalable, extensible platform designs.
• Providing operational visibility and accountability through metrics, risk management, dependency management, and executive-ready communication.
• Championing enterprise outcomes by ensuring catalog systems are accurate, trustworthy, interoperable, and built to support future automation and intelligence.

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: Senior