(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 vision, manages complex customer problems, and oversees product lifecycle from concept to launch. By influencing cross-functional teams and senior stakeholders, the position ensures alignment with business priorities and market opportunities. The Principal fosters innovation, sets best practices, and mentors peers to elevate product management standards while delivering measurable value and optimizing product performance at scale.
About the team:
This team leads the development of new verticals within Walmart’s ecommerce platform by driving product strategy and roadmap execution across multiple products. Utilizing data-driven insights and emerging technologies, it addresses complex customer challenges and fosters innovation. The team collaborates closely with stakeholders to manage the full product lifecycle and set clear objectives, delivering scalable and impactful solutions. Members contribute to shaping advanced product strategies and enhancing product management practices, supporting continuous improvement and long-term value creation across the organization.
What you'll do:

• Define and evolve product strategies across multiple related products, leveraging data and domain expertise to identify market opportunities.
• Lead development and management of product roadmaps, ensuring alignment with business goals and technical feasibility.
• Drive organization-level decisions through data-driven insights, advanced analytics, and customer feedback mechanisms.
• Guide cross-functional teams in delivering scalable product solutions, managing risks, dependencies, and launch execution.
• Mentor product managers, promote best practices, and elevate product management standards across the organization.
• Influence senior leadership with compelling narratives grounded in customer needs and competitive insights.
• Establish metrics and optimization rhythms to ensure value realization post-launch.

What you'll bring:

• Extensive experience in product strategy and roadmap development across multiple related products.
• Proven ability to manage complex customer problems and translate insights into prioritized product requirements.
• Strong expertise in data-driven decision making, leveraging analytics and experimentation to guide product direction.
• Demonstrated skill in stakeholder management and cross-functional influence at the enterprise level.
• Deep knowledge of product lifecycle management, including MVP rollout and long-term optimization.
• Ability to lead and mentor product managers, promoting best practices and continuous improvement.
• Strategic mindset with experience shaping multi-pillar initiatives and innovation in product domains.

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.
Sunnyvale, California US-11789: The annual salary range for this position is $143,000.00 - $286,000.00
Bentonville, Arkansas US-09401: The annual salary range for this position is $110,000.00 - $220,000.00 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...

809 11th 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.