Senior Manager, Project Management

Position Summary...

Role summary: The Senior Manager, Project Management leads portfolio management and coordinated execution of transformation initiatives. The role provides visibility across the portfolio, connects related workstreams, and keeps owners aligned to priorities, milestones, dependencies, risks, decisions, and expected outcomes. This role serves as the central coordination point across automation, Digital Accountant, governance, product, technology, and business. The role creates the structure, operating rhythm, and follow-through needed to keep the portfolio moving and provide leadership with a clear view of progress, issues, decisions, and value. Success requires strong portfolio and program management, disciplined execution, executive communication, judgment, and the ability to drive accountability and influence.

About the team:
The AI Transformation and Controls team partners across Finance, Product, Technology, and Enterprise Business Services to automate accounting processes, improve productivity, strengthen controls, and improve the associate experience. The team manages a portfolio that includes automation, AI-enabled solutions, Digital Accountant capabilities, governance, process improvement, and related transformation efforts. Project Management connects those efforts through integrated planning, governance, dependency management, portfolio reporting, and escalation.

What you'll do...

• Manage the integrated transformation portfolio across automation, governance, product, technology, and business workstreams.
• Build portfolio plans with clear owners, priorities, milestones, dependencies, risks, decisions, and expected benefits.
• Drive practical governance, including intake, prioritization, status reviews, escalation, decision tracking, and follow-up.
• Partner with workstream owners to maintain visibility, resolve dependencies, remove blockers, and sustain accountability.
• Prepare concise executive updates, portfolio reviews, recommendations, and decision materials.
• Improve portfolio tools, reporting, and routines to increase transparency, speed, and execution discipline.

What you'll bring:

• Experience in portfolio, program, project management, transformation, PMO, or similar roles.
• Ability to manage complex, cross-functional initiatives with competing priorities, risks, dependencies, decisions, and escalations.
• Strong planning, execution, accountability, follow-through, judgment, ownership, organization, and attention to detail.
• Excellent executive communication, storytelling, PowerPoint, presentation, and status-reporting skills.
• Ability to turn incomplete information into clear plans, recommendations, and next steps.
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders, facilitate alignment, and establish effective operating rhythms across business, product, technology, automation, and governance partners.
• Experience with automation, AI-enabled, digital product, finance, or accounting transformation is preferred.

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 $80,000.00 - $155,000.00 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.

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Computer Science, or related field and 4 years' experience in business, operations, analytics, or related area OR 6 years' experience in business, operations, analytics, or related area.
2 years’ supervisory experience.
3 years’ project management experience.

Preferred Qualifications...

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

Managing small or medium scale change initiatives, Master’s degree in Business Administration, Economics, or related field, Project Management Certification, Six Sigma certification

Primary Location...

2914 Se I St, Bentonville, AR 72712-3148, 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.