Position: Staff Product Manager 

Job Location: 10500 NE 8th Street (13th floor), Bellevue, WA 98004 

Duties: Drives the execution of multiple business plans and projects by identifying customer and operational needs; developing and communicating business plans and priorities; removing barriers and obstacles that impact performance; providing resources; identifying performance standards; measuring progress and adjusting performance accordingly; developing contingency plans; and demonstrating adaptability and supporting continuous learning. Provides supervision and development opportunities for associates by selecting and training; mentoring; assigning duties; building a team-based work environment; and ensuring diversity awareness. Promotes and supports company policies, procedures, mission, values, and standards of ethics and integrity by training and providing direction to others in their use and application; ensuring compliance with them; and utilizing and supporting the Open Door Policy. Ensures business needs are being met by evaluating the ongoing effectiveness of current plans, programs, and initiatives; consulting with business partners, managers, co-workers, or other key stakeholders; soliciting, evaluating, and applying suggestions for improving efficiency and cost effectiveness; and participating in and supporting community outreach events. Demonstrate an understanding of InfoSec policies and process. Owns business and user acceptance testing for simple products/features. Independently represents technology requirements and drives technology design outcomes. Demonstrates an understanding of product architecture, services involved, and the database and cloud technologies used. Leverages knowledge of competitor products/services for assigned products. Drives informed discussions with engineering teams and stakeholders to assess feasibility and risks and prioritize efforts, features, and capabilities. Build and own a simple product roadmap with proper phasing. Communicates with cross-functional partners and stakeholders. Explores alternative avenues to identify resources while navigating through organizational constraints and dependencies. Builds stakeholder alignment. Independently (or with minimal guidance) manages backlog/priority tradeoff decisions and communications. Manages product/feature rollouts and scaling (using an MVP approach) and iteratively optimizes the product. Research and verify customer needs and expectations. Delivers customer value within the parameters of profitability and other targets. Builds and maintains consistent customer connections and solicits customer feedback. Creates customer journeys and identifies customer touchpoints. Addresses gaps/risks in product experiences. Simplifies and improves processes to drive customer satisfaction. Own a simple Customer problem and/or product requirements/needs. Assists in building new ideas/products. Explores new focus areas/unchartered areas for value creation leveraging first principles and develops a long-term vision. Articulates problem statements and hypotheses. Guides team members towards prototypes. Effectively communicates product strategy and vision and the unit economics of a product. Understand the need for "Go-to- Market" strategies and levers for user adoption. This position does not supervise other employees. 

Minimum education and experience required: Master’s degree or equivalent in Business Administration, Computer Science, Engineering (any), Management Science, or related area and 5 years of experience in product management; OR Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Business Administration, Computer Science, Engineering (any), Management Science, or related area and 7 years of experience in product management. 

Skills required: Experience developing product strategy considering market research, differentiation, competitive landscape, feasibility testing, customer value proposition, product development, quantitative opportunity sizing, organizational design, and gap assessments. Experience monitoring market trends. Experience developing sophisticated business models and forecasts, considering optimal resource allocation and researched or tested assumptions. Experience with datasets and guiding analytical projects and SQL queries to assist business decisions and write user stories from customer and user perspectives to help define product requirements. Experience identifying new business opportunities, developing and executing growth strategies, and developing sophisticated business models, effective metrics, go-to-market strategies, and assessments for emerging products. Experience identifying new market opportunities and new programs through primary and secondary research, trends assessments, and rapid iteration through test-and-learn approaches. Experience evaluating programs developed to increase value. Experience with incubation processes, leading ideation sessions with a customer-focus, and evaluating ideas based on market impact, feasibility, and customer value proposition. Experience working with subject matter experts and product teams to get viability assessments on potential opportunity assessments. Experience managing development of executive communication material for company leadership. Experience partnering closely with company business units and tech to build and optimize product strategy and own relationships with external parties to accelerate growth towards strategic priorities. Experience developing pharmacy and healthcare strategy. Employer will accept any amount of experience with the required skills. 

Salary Range: $146,994/year to $264,000/year.  Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance incentives.   Additional compensation for certain positions may also include: Regional Pay Zone (RPZ) (based on location) and Stock equity incentives. 

Benefits: At Walmart, we offer competitive pay as well as performance-based incentive 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, education assistance with 100% company paid college degrees, company discounts, military service pay, adoption expense reimbursement, and more. 

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.com. 

Wal-Mart is an Equal Opportunity Employer. 

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