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Walmart Group Director, Product Management - International in Sunnyvale, California
Position Summary...
What you'll do...
Group Director of Product Management for eCommerce within Walmart International
If you're thinking 'scale', think bigger and don't stop there. A regular day at Walmart International involves super powering our markets with innovative products that deliver simple and delightful experience for our customers and associates. With 260 million customers a week, 11,695 stores, under 59 banners in 28 countries, you can have an impact at massive scale. Our product talent solves the biggest and most complex problems. We're changing what customers can expect from the experience of shopping, from the physical stores, to mobile social and even online; we're not just ready for the future of retail, we are creating it.
Role responsibilities:
This position is accountable for developing and leading the long-term strategic direction and product delivery for our eCommerce experience, from discovery, search, personalization, to cart and checkout. This includes the end-to-end customer journey in those areas for our international websites and mobile applications. You are responsible for the vision, strategic direction, outcomes, roadmaps, roll-out, budget and managing the product teams that develop and leverage digital systems for participating Walmart International markets. To achieve this, this role connects individual market strategies to common initiatives, builds and owns digital products, tracks and manages customer satisfaction, obsesses about business and customer health metrics, ensures successful delivery of major programs, and manages budget targets set against aggressive goals.
Researching and evaluating current customer, market, and industry trends; building data-driven insights that guide decisions; identifying and testing new approaches that build sustainable competitive advantages; creating innovative solutions; developing and executing pilot programs; estimating potential financial impact to the business; determining internal and external resource requirements to achieve plans; partnering with cross-functional senior leadership to gain alignment; collaborating with key stakeholders to support implementation plans; and presenting recommendations and strategic direction to senior leadership.
Key customers include the market eCommerce leadership teams, market product leaders and market technology leaders. The role is expected to partner with a wide array of stakeholders, both in business and technology.
Key partners include UX Design, Engineering and other Product teams to deliver on strategic initiatives with shared goals and clear outcomes.
Ensure our markets' digital strategic priorities are achieved through roadmap development of products and services. Provide a compelling vision for the eCommerce platform and establish a suitable roadmap to achieve that platform strategy.
Collaborate across the Product leadership team for shared accountability with product management common processes, practices, and disciplines.
Coordination and alignment with US product partners on shared platforms, transparency to roadmaps and strategic goals.
Responsible for co-managing a significant annual budget.
Our Best Leaders:
Build & Develop Talent - Build a management team that has the right balance of skills, experiences, and values. Drive associate engagement and commitment. Create a discipline and focus around developing talent. Build organizations that set aggressive goals and achieve results. Build the talent pipeline in a way that contributes to the company's business and talent objectives.
Focus on Diversity & Inclusion - Promote diversity of ideas and perspectives. Improve value of diverse teams by encouraging objectivity, open communication, and respect. Support strategies and initiatives that attract/retain diverse and inclusive talent. Actively support diversity goal programs.
Think globally - recognizes the impact of global forces on the business (e.g., economic, political, technological, etc.) Communicate a clear vision and strategy for the business. Understand the next generation customer and competition. Pursue opportunities for global leverage. Understand and apply customer insights and analysis in driving change. Act with agility and speed to put new insights into practice while minimizing disruption and rework. Apply merchant mindset with a specific focus on digital trends/technologies to meet emerging consumer needs in the marketplace.
Live our values - Model company culture in everyday behavior. Create an environment of trust and collaboration. Earn the trust and respect of others. Practice servant leadership by putting the interests of others before self. Communicate the company culture through storytelling and teaching. Promote the highest standards of ethics, integrity, and compliance. Encourage experimentation to drive innovation as the marketplace changes.
Innovate & grow - Create an environment that supports innovation and reasonable risk taking. Actively and rapidly embrace change by experimenting with and prototyping new tools and methods. Leverage data and analytics to generate insights and make informed decisions. Drive the removal of redundancy from processes while minimizing the ability to revisit finalized decisions.
Accelerate digital transformation - Demonstrates understanding of how digital trends affect our business. Stays up to date on digital trends while proactively identifying new ways to solve business problems using technology and other digital tools. Leads by example by using new digital tools in the day-to-day management of the business. Provides access to leading technology innovations to their organization.
Position Requirements:
15+ years of progressive product management experience in software, web, and mobile environments
10+ years of experience leading product management organizations
5+ years of experience leading product management in an ecommerce focused team
Product leadership experience delivering in a large-scale software development environment
Expert knowledge of user-centered design methodology and creating experiences that delight customers
Strong communicator and influencer
Ability to bring together product thinking, user insights, business needs and create a compelling product strategy and roadmap
Drive for innovation and the ability to inspire that in others
Ability to unblock, identify solutions, and move teams forward quickly
Collaborative mindset and comfort partnering and delivering with different groups across a global organization
Expert at building diverse teams, goal setting, coaching, & developing individuals to exceed expectations
The above information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed in the role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. The full Job Description can be made available as part of the hiring process.
Benefits & perks:
Beyond a great compensation package, you can receive incentive awards for your performance. Other great perks include 401(k) match, stock purchase plan, paid maternity and parental leave, PTO, multiple health plans, and much more.
Who we are :
At Walmart, we help people save money so they can live better. This mission serves as the foundation for every decision we make, from responsible sourcing to sustainability-and everything in between. As a Walmart associate, you will play an integral role in shaping the future of retail, tech, merchandising, finance and hundreds of other industries-all while affecting the lives of millions of customers all over the world. Here, your work makes an impact every day. What are you waiting for?
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 $254,000.00-$481,000.00
Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses.
Additional compensation for certain positions may also include:
- Stock
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 15 years' experience in product management. Option 2: 17 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 14 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...
640 W California Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94086-4828, United States of America
Walmart, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer- By Choice. We believe we are best equipped to help our associates, customers, and the communities we serve live better when we really know them. That means understanding, respecting, and valuing diversity- unique styles, experiences, identities, abilities, ideas and opinions- while being inclusive of all people.