(USA) Staff, Product Manager - International Emerging Tech - Military veterans preferred

Position Summary...

The International Emerging Tech team is responsible for driving innovation for global leverage through exploration and development of new technology solutions and fostering the innovation mindset to Walmart International and Global Tech teams. We're a unique group, where Product, Engineering, and UX are together on the same team to rapidly develop, test, and transition next-gen solutions for scale.

What you'll do...

As a Staff Product Manager, you will own various aspects of new product development and market tests, centered to solve international market problems through emerging technologies.

What you will do:

• Continuous engagement with market stakeholders to understand key pain points to define opportunities
• Explore and leverage cutting edge technologies to transform store operations, associate, and customer experiences (CV / AI / IoT / AR / Robotics)
• Collaborate with engineers to turn the product opportunity into product vision, and drive the voice of the customer to establish the market test's development priority and scope
• Develop requirement docs, prioritize initiatives, conduct interviews and lab tests, and execute on delivering initiatives from ideation to launch
• Engage with key market stakeholders to define the product's criteria of success and develop a working plan for a successful transition to scale
• Take ownership of the product to drive the overall product strategy, ensuring alignment with overarching business objectives and the rest of the product portfolio
• Develop business cases that clearly define the problem, opportunity, and proposed solution with costs, benefits, expected ROI, roadmap, and risks
• Collaborate with multiple cross-functional teams and use your influencing skills to prioritize and execute on your vision

You'll thrive in this role if you:

• Fall in love with the problem, not the solution
• Utilize design thinking principles to foster a user-centric approach, to deeply understand user needs, validate ideas early, and create products that truly solve problems and meet expectations
• You are an experienced Product visionary and innovator with an entrepreneurial mindset
• Are a natural storyteller, capable of crafting compelling product visions, presentations, and strategies
• Create clear and impactful business cases for leadership decisions
• Possess a data-driven mindset, using insights to prioritize initiatives and build effective roadmaps
• Enjoy working collaboratively and building relationships across different markets and teams
• You like driving Product Development Cycle and present product to Sr Leadership & Executives
• Are passionate about solving complex challenges with a customer-centric focus
• Take ownership of your work and are driven to deliver tangible results
• You're passionate about emerging technologies
• You have experience in inspiring UX/UI and great customer experiences
• You’re comfortable influencing others, leading teams, managing stakeholders, securing buy-in from leadership, and communicating clearly in a global user community
• You have an agile way of working to improve your team’s products and services
• You possess the agility to navigate through evolving market trends, shifting customer needs, and internal transformations
• You possess a firm grasp of financial concepts, coupled with the capability to devise product strategies and evaluate solution ROI

What we are looking for:

• 5+ years of product management experience
• Strong presentation and storytelling skills
• Experience developing business cases
• Tech product development experience
• Design thinking experience
• Ability to navigate large organizations and influence others
• Customer research and market relationship experience
• Deep analytical, technical and problem-solving skills
• An avid listener who is focused on solving customer pain points
• Self-starter with the ability to succeed with little direction

Ideally, you'll also have:

• Walmart experience
• International experience preferred
• Media content skills
• UX/UI experience
• Project Mgmt. experience
• Hand-on implementation / launch (HW & SW) experience
• Tech trends research

Beyond the essentials, we’ll expect more from this role.

The individual must be able to successfully perform the essential functions of this position with or without a reasonable accommodation.

Leadership Expectations

An individual must be proficient in each of the competencies listed below to successfully perform the responsibilities of this position.

Servant Leadership: Acts as an altruistic servant leader and is consistently humble, self-aware, honest, and transparent.

Deliver for the Customer: Delivers expected business results while putting the customer first and consistently applying an omni merchant mindset and the EDLP and EDLC business models to all plans.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion: Identifies, attracts, and retains diverse and inclusive team members; builds a high-performing team; embraces diversity in all its forms; and actively supports diversity goal programs.

Culture Champion: Models the Walmart values to foster our culture; holds oneself and others accountable; and supports Walmart's commitment to communities, corporate social responsibility, and sustainability; maintains and promotes the highest standards of integrity, ethics and compliance.

Embrace Change: Seeks and implements continuous improvements and encourages the team to leverage new digital tools and ways of working.

Curiosity & Courage: Demonstrates curiosity and a growth mindset; fosters an environment that supports learning, innovation, and intelligent risk-taking; and exhibits resilience in the face of setbacks.

Strategic Thinking: Adopts a holistic perspective that considers data, analytics, customer insights, and different parts of the business when making plans and shaping the team's strategy.

Collaboration & Influence: Builds strong and trusting relationships with team members and business partners; works collaboratively and cross-functionally to achieve objectives; and communicates with energy and positivity to motivate, influence, and inspire commitment and action.

Talent Management: Creates a discipline and focus around developing talent, promotes an environment allowing everyone to bring their best selves to work, empowers associates and partners to act in the best interest of the customer and company, and regularly recognizes others' contributions and accomplishments.

Physical Activities

The following physical activities are necessary to perform one or more essential functions of this position.

• Observes associate, customer, or supplier behavior.
• Presents information to small or large groups and individuals.
• Communicates effectively in person or by using telecommunications equipment.
• Visually verifies information, often in small print.
• Reads information, often in small print.
• Creates documents, reports, etc., using a writing instrument (such as a pencil or pen) or electronic device.
• Enters and locates information on electronic device.

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.

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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.

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For information about PTO, see .

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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.

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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.

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For information about benefits and eligibility, see .

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The annual salary range for this position is $110,000.00-$220,000.00

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Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses.

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Additional compensation for certain positions may also include:

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- Stock

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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 7 years’ experience in product management. Option 2: 9 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 6 years’ experience as a product manager, ideally working on consumer-facing, large-scale, highly complex B2B/C products, 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.

Primary Location...

2901 Se I Street, Ste Tbd, Bentonville, AR 72712-0000, United States of America