(USA) Principal, Product Manager

Position Summary...

What you'll do...

Role summary:
As a Principal Product Manager at Walmart, you will lead product strategy across multiple related products, driving organization-wide decisions through deep expertise and data-driven insights. This role involves shaping long-term product vision, managing complex customer problems, and influencing cross-functional teams to deliver scalable solutions. You will oversee product lifecycle management, promote best practices, and guide strategic prioritization using advanced analytics. Collaborating with senior stakeholders, you will ensure alignment with business objectives while mentoring peers and elevating product management standards across the enterprise.
About the team:
The WFS forward deploy team integrates third-party seller inventory into stores, positioning high-demand items closer to customers to accelerate delivery and enhance experience. This team collaborates across functions to drive product strategy, manage roadmaps, and apply data-driven insights. Focused on innovation and operational excellence, the team develops scalable solutions optimizing supply chain and product lifecycle management. Members contribute to defining product requirements and promoting continuous improvement to address evolving business needs and customer expectations effectively.
What you'll do:

• Shape and drive product strategy across multiple related products, leveraging deep domain expertise and data-driven insights.
• Own complex customer problems and product requirements, considering upstream and downstream impacts.
• Develop and manage product roadmaps ensuring strategic alignment, technical feasibility, and resource prioritization.
• Establish scalable mechanisms for gathering and interpreting customer feedback and product usage data.
• Guide teams in defining success metrics and validating product outcomes through multi-layered analysis.
• Influence enterprise prioritization and promote strategic vision across senior stakeholders.
• Mentor product managers and elevate product management best practices across the organization.

What you'll bring:

• Proven expertise in product strategy and roadmap development across multiple related products.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence cross-functional teams and senior leadership.
• Demonstrated experience in data-driven decision making, leveraging analytics and user research to inform product direction.
• Deep understanding of product lifecycle management, including MVP rollout, risk mitigation, and long-term evolution.
• Ability to define and communicate complex product requirements and customer insights at an enterprise scale.
• Skilled in shaping product vision using Whole Product concepts and hypothesis-driven approaches.
• Experience mentoring peers and elevating product management practices within an organization.

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. The amount you receive depends on your job classification and length of employment. It will meet or exceed the requirements of paid sick leave laws, where applicable. For information about PTO, see https://one.walmart.com/notices. 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.
Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to a specific plan or program terms.
For information about benefits and eligibility, see One.Walmart.
The annual salary range for this position is $143,000.00 - $286,000.00 Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses. Additional compensation for certain positions may also include :
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Minimum Qualifications...

Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications.

Option 1: Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or related area and 9 years’ experience in product management. Option 2: 11 years’ experience in product management or related area.

Preferred Qualifications...

Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.

Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business Administration, or related area and 8 years’ experience as a product manager, ideally working on consumer-facing, large-scale, highly complex B2B/C products, Supervisory experience, 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.

Masters: Business Administration, Masters: Computer Engineering, Masters: Computer Science

Primary Location...

1375 Crossman Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94089-1114, United States of America

Walmart and its subsidiaries are committed to maintaining a drug-free workplace and has a no tolerance policy regarding the use of illegal drugs and alcohol on the job. This policy applies to all employees and aims to create a safe and productive work environment.