(USA) Principal, Product Manager

Position Summary...

What you'll do...

Role summary:
The Principal, Product Manager leads product strategy across multiple related products, driving organization-wide decisions through deep expertise and data-driven insights. This role shapes long-term product vision, manages complex customer challenges, and oversees product lifecycle from concept to launch. Collaborating cross-functionally, the position influences senior stakeholders and advances innovation by applying emerging technologies and analytics. The Principal Product Manager mentors peers, promotes best practices, and ensures alignment with business priorities to deliver measurable value and scalable solutions within a dynamic and evolving environment.
About the team:
Our team is dedicated to transforming how millions of customers pay, identify, and engage with Walmart across all channels. The global payments team leads the end-to-end product strategy for Walmart’s Payments, Directed Spend, and Unified Wallet platforms, delivering seamless experiences across eCommerce, Stores, Clubs, Fuel, and AI-powered commerce. Operating at the intersection of customer experience, commerce, and financial technology, we develop platforms for authentication, payment orchestration, digital wallets, and identity. Collaborating with cross-functional and external partners, we drive strategic initiatives that simplify, secure, and enhance payment experiences worldwide.
What you'll do:

• Define and evolve product strategies across multiple related products, leveraging domain expertise and data-driven insights to identify market opportunities.
• Lead development and management of product roadmaps, ensuring alignment with business goals, technical feasibility, and resource prioritization.
• Drive customer and problem understanding through design thinking, journey mapping, and scalable feedback mechanisms to inform product decisions.
• Guide cross-functional teams in setting success metrics, validating assumptions, and optimizing product lifecycle from MVP to long-term evolution.
• Influence enterprise prioritization and strategic direction through compelling data-backed storytelling and stakeholder engagement.
• Mentor product managers and promote best practices to elevate product management discipline and organizational capability.

What you'll bring:

• Extensive experience in product strategy and roadmap development across multiple related products or sizable product areas.
• Proven ability to leverage data-driven decision making and advanced analytics to guide product direction and prioritize initiatives.
• Strong expertise in stakeholder management and cross-functional influence at senior leadership levels.
• Deep understanding of product lifecycle management, including MVP creation, rollout planning, and long-term evolution.
• Demonstrated leadership in mentoring product managers and elevating product management practices.
• Knowledge of emerging technologies and innovation within the payments industry and payment processing.
• Skilled in translating customer insights into measurable problem statements and strategic opportunities.

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...

815 Eleventh Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94089-4731, 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.