Staff, Product Manager - Search
About The Position
To drive Walmart’s mission of Save Money, Live Better, Walmart's Product team places customers at the heart of whatever we do. We dream big, but we also hold ourselves accountable for reaching our goals. We get to apply our product management expertise on the world's biggest stage – Yes, we are Fortune # 1. With the customer at the forefront, we can help deliver and save both time and money for our customers no matter how they shop with us and reach them in new, exciting ways. At Walmart, our Product teams build scalable digital experiences that power discovery and drive category growth across Marketplace and eCommerce. We are hiring a Staff Product Manager - Search to lead critical discovery experiences that shape how millions of customers find, evaluate, and shop across high-impact verticals. This role owns strategy and execution for key customer-facing capabilities that improve relevance, trust, and inspiration across the shopping journey. You will operate at the intersection of business, technology, and design— translating growth objectives into scalable product solutions that accelerate digital penetration and unlock category-specific opportunities. The ideal candidate brings strong product judgment, thrives as an individual contributor, and has experience leading complex, cross-functional initiatives in highly matrixed environments. You are comfortable setting strategic direction, influencing senior stakeholders, and partnering closely with Engineering and Data Science to deliver impactful solutions at scale. About the Team: Walmart’s Marketplace CX & Category Verticals team is focused on building differentiated, high-impact shopping experiences across some of our fastest- growing businesses. We power discovery and engagement at scale—combining strong commerce fundamentals with AI-driven innovation to deliver seamless, relevant, and inspiring customer journeys. Operating at the intersection of technology, design, and business, our team drives category-specific growth by improving findability, trust, and personalization. If you’re excited about shaping the future of eCommerce for millions of customers, this is a place where you can make meaningful impact at unparalleled scale
Requirements
- 5+ years of product management experience, ideally in Search, Relevance, Personalization, or large-scale consumer platforms.
- Strong technical acumen with familiarity in search systems, ranking models, experimentation frameworks, and machine learning concepts.
- Proven ability to use data and experimentation to drive product decisions.
- Experience influencing cross-functional stakeholders in highly matrixed organizations.
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or related area and 7 years’ experience in product management.
- 9 years’ experience in product management or related area.
Nice To Haves
- MBA, consulting background, or technical degree preferred for strategic and analytical depth
- Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business Administration, or related area and 6 years’ experience as a product manager, ideally working on consumer-facing, large-scale, highly complex B2B/C products
- 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 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 category-specific growth by building differentiated, customer-first experiences that improve discoverability, relevance, and trust.
- Elevating end-to-end discovery across search, browse, and personalization to deliver more intuitive and confidence-inspiring shopping journeys.
- Embedding trust and quality signals throughout the customer experience to strengthen credibility and conversion.
- Leveraging AI and data-driven insights to power inspiration-led discovery and more meaningful experience at scale.
- Defining product vision and translating business objectives into scalable, enterprise-ready solutions.
- Partnering cross-functionally across Product, Engineering, Design, Data Science, and Business to deliver measurable impact.
- Building a collaborative, high-ownership environment focused on solving complex problems and delivering results.
- Define and champion a compelling product vision, strategy, and roadmap for Search, aligning relevance, ranking, and personalization investments with business goals.
- Lead large, ambiguous discovery initiatives—using customer research, competitive insights, and query-level analytics to identify opportunities and prioritize high-impact improvements.
- Drive alignment across a highly matrixed organization, influencing stakeholders across Product, Engineering, Data Science, and Business.
- Partner deeply with ML and engineering teams to ship scalable search or recommendation systems that improve relevance and performance.
- Design A/B tests, interpret results, and translate insights into iterative product improvements.
- Synthesize complex analysis into clear, compelling recommendations and influence senior leadership with data-backed strategy.
Benefits
- Incentive awards for performance
- 401(k) match
- Stock purchase plan
- Paid maternity and parental leave
- PTO
- Multiple health plans
- Competitive pay
- Performance-based bonus awards
- Medical coverage
- Vision coverage
- Dental coverage
- Company-paid life insurance
- Parental leave
- Family care leave
- Bereavement leave
- Jury duty leave
- Voting leave
- Short-term disability
- Long-term disability
- Company discounts
- Military Leave Pay
- Adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement
- PTO (including sick leave)
- PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes
- Walmart-paid education benefit program (Live better U) for full-time and part-time associates
- Tuition, books, and fees are completely paid for by Walmart for Live Better U programs
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
