Principal Product Strategy Manager Jobs (NOW HIRING)

Position Summary... What you'll do...Principal, Product Management Position Summary Walmart is seeking a Principal Product Manager to define product strategy and drive transformational outcomes across a portfolio of related products or a major product area. As a recognized product authority, you will influence organization-wide decisions through deep domain expertise, customer-centric thinking, data-driven insights, and cross-functional leadership. You will own complex customer problems, shape long-term product vision, and establish best practices that elevate the Product Management discipline across the organization. In this role, you will partner with Engineering, Design, Data Science, Operations, and Business leaders to deliver innovative, scalable solutions that create value for customers, members, and the business. What You'll Do Drive Customer Understanding and Problem Discovery

• Build deep insights into customer and business needs through research, design thinking, journey mapping, and process analysis.
• Establish scalable mechanisms for gathering customer feedback, analyzing product usage data, and identifying emerging opportunities.
• Translate insights into prioritized problem statements and measurable customer outcomes.
• Define product success metrics and ensure validation across customer, business, and product dimensions.
• Influence portfolio and enterprise prioritization through data-backed opportunity sizing and strategic recommendations.

Define Product Vision and Strategy

• Develop and evolve product strategies that align customer needs, business priorities, and technology investments.
• Identify market opportunities and shape multi-year strategic initiatives across a product portfolio.
• Apply Whole Product thinking and hypothesis-driven problem solving to guide product direction and investment decisions.
• Communicate compelling product visions and strategic narratives to senior leaders and stakeholders.
• Lead portfolio-level build, buy, and partner decisions and create scalable platforms or partnerships that deliver broad organizational value.

Lead Product Execution and Lifecycle Management

• Develop and manage roadmaps spanning multiple products and initiatives.
• Guide product development from concept through launch, adoption, and optimization.
• Drive prioritization, dependency management, risk mitigation, and resource alignment across teams.
• Establish and reinforce product management standards, governance models, and delivery excellence practices.
• Own post-launch success metrics and ensure continuous optimization through telemetry, experimentation, and customer feedback.

Leverage Data, Analytics, and Emerging Technologies

• Drive strategic product decisions through analytics, experimentation, and insight generation.
• Utilize data and feature analytics to validate assumptions and optimize business outcomes.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and AI opportunities to inform future product investments and innovation strategies.
• Assess technology feasibility, scalability, risks, and architectural implications of product decisions.
• Foster a culture of experimentation, measurement, and data fluency across product teams.

Influence Across the Enterprise

• Lead complex cross-functional discussions and align stakeholders on strategic decisions.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leaders on product, technology, and business strategy.
• Drive innovation through industry trend analysis, automation opportunities, and process improvements.
• Mentor and develop product managers while contributing to organizational capability building and talent development.
• Raise the strategic and technical standards of Product Management across Walmart.

What You'll Bring Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• Extensive experience developing and executing product strategies for complex digital products, platforms, or ecosystems.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams and influencing without direct authority.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a track record of leveraging data to drive product decisions.
• Demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders and navigate complex organizational environments.

Preferred Qualifications

• MBA, Master's degree, or equivalent advanced education.
• Experience managing large-scale product portfolios or platform-based products.
• Deep understanding of modern product management practices, experimentation, analytics, and AI-enabled capabilities.
• Proven track record of mentoring product managers and developing product management best practices.
• Experience in retail, eCommerce, marketplace, consumer technology, enterprise software, or related industries.

Key Skills

• Product Strategy
• Product Roadmaps
• Stakeholder Management
• Data-Driven Decision Making
• Product Lifecycle Management
• Customer-Centric Product Development
• Cross-Functional Leadership
• Market & Competitive Analysis
• AI & Emerging Technologies
• Strategic Planning and Execution

Leadership Expectations Respect the Individual Build inclusive, high-performing teams, embrace diverse perspectives, foster a culture of belonging, and create opportunities for associates to grow and succeed. Act with Integrity Demonstrate the highest standards of ethics and compliance, lead by example, promote transparency and accountability, and support Walmart's culture and values. Serve Our Customers and Members Deliver business results while putting customers and members first, leveraging data, insights, and an omni-channel mindset to create meaningful value. Strive for Excellence Continuously seek improvement, encourage innovation and learning, embrace new technologies, and drive operational excellence across the organization. Benefits At Walmart, we offer competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits to help associates thrive at work and in life, including:

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• 401(k) and stock purchase programs
• Company-paid life insurance
• Paid time off and parental leave
• Adoption and surrogacy assistance
• Disability coverage
• Associate discounts
• Live Better U educational benefits
• Additional wellbeing and financial support programs

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.
Bentonville, Arkansas US-30008: The annual salary range for this position is $110,000.00 - $220,000.00
San Bruno, California US-08848: 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...

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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... 1601 SE 10th St, Bentonville, AR 72716, 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.