Distinguished, Technology Strategy

Position Summary...

What you'll do...

Role summary:

The (USA) Distinguished, Technology Strategy role leads the operating rhythm, metrics, and communications that give leadership one consistent, data-backed view of execution while ensuring transformation lands with the associates living through it. This role owns WBR/MBR/QBR cadence, OKR governance, and KPI dashboarding alongside executive communications, All Hands, and pulse-survey-driven change management, translating both performance and change into a trusted narrative for the organization.
About the team:
The Marketplace Tech & AI Strategy team leads enterprise-wide execution by integrating technology, operations, people, and investment through a unified platform. The team establishes sustainable governance and operating rhythms to enable independent initiative advancement. Focused on strategic planning, risk management, and data-driven investment decisions, it aligns technology strategy with business goals to support lasting transformation. Emphasizing effective project management, financial oversight, and stakeholder collaboration, the team ensures streamlined delivery and continuous improvement across Walmart’s marketplace technology landscape, driving value creation and operational excellence.
What you'll do:

• Own the executive operating rhythm, giving leadership one consistent, data-backed view of execution.
• Lead organizational change management for platform consolidation and AI transformation, ensuring change lands well with associates regardless of whose technical decision drove it.
• Direct executive communications and messaging by translating strategy and performance into narratives associates understand.
• Design pulse surveys and adoption-measurement feedback loops, and build the source-of-truth reporting model leadership uses to answer "how are we tracking."
• Plan and facilitate  operating rhythm.
• Build and lead a team spanning analytics, reporting, and communications disciplines, setting standards for dashboarding, meeting facilitation, and change methodology.

What you'll bring:

• Proven strategic planning experience across complex business environments, identifying sustainable advantages and driving initiative implementation.
• Ability to apply macroeconomic analysis and strategic frameworks to devise plans and inform business decisions.
• Working knowledge of technology products and release cycles to communicate business needs to engineering teams.
• Strong stakeholder influence — leading discussions confidently and becoming a trusted advisor who drives action.
• Solid project management fundamentals — prioritizing work, tracking risk, and building clear communication plans.
• Deep business context expertise — building business cases and translating requirements into strategy and initiatives.
• Financial management proficiency — creating program budgets, providing AOP/LRP inputs, and projecting program ROI.

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 $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, information technology, engineering, business, finance, strategy, or related area and 8 years’ experience in retail, eCommerce, strategy, operations, technology, management consulting, or related area
Option 2: 10 years’ experience in retail, eCommerce, strategy, operations, technology, management consulting 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, information technology, engineering, business, finance, strategy, or related area and 9 Years of relevant experience in Retail, eCommerce, Strategy, Operations, Management Consulting or related area., Supervisory experience (if People Leadership is required by the role)

Primary Location...

2608 Se J St, Bentonville, AR 72716-3724, 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.