2027 FT Manager, Economist

Position Summary...

What you'll do...

Walmart sells hundreds of billions of dollars a year in merchandise and employs more than one million people. The scale and the complexity of its problems necessitate careful, sophisticated analysis. The Walmart Economics team is responsible for applying the latest insights and methods from academia to drive Walmart’s decision making and use a scientific approach to solve problems across the business.

The Walmart Economics team is growing quickly. Economists on the team work with the Chief Economist on projects across the company, including:

• Optimizing Pricing

• Growing membership and subscriptions

• Increasing our sustainability

• Developing a thriving marketplace

You will partner with business and tech teams in our Home Office to use tools from Economics to understand the causal impact of decisions, identify and optimize tradeoffs, and drive strategy using first principles. Walmart Economics team members work on projects with real-world impact while gaining experience working at one of the largest companies in the world.

Responsibilities:

• Designing and analyzing experiments – Guide decision making by ensuring we understand the impact of potential changes through careful experimentation

• Performing causal inference – Leverage the latest in econometrics and statistics to understand the effect of changes we cannot run experimentally

• Framing and evaluating trade-offs – Define and weigh business trade-offs to drive strategic decisions under uncertainty

• Applying behavioral economics – Use an understanding of behavioral economics to inform user experience design

Minimum Qualifications:

• Must be actively enrolled in a Bachelor’s degree program.

• Expected graduation date between December 2026 - August 2027.

• Experience with analyzing large datasets (ideally coding in SQL, R, or Python) is a plus

• Passion for economics or experience assisting with academic research

• You’re curious and a self-starter, naturally interested in learning more

• You’re collaborative and uplift your team when you partner with others

• You enjoy hard problems

• You have knowledge of experimentation and causal inference methods

Job Location:

This role is in Hoboken, NJ.

Walmart and Sams Club does offer housing and relocation benefits to students that meet qualifications.

A successful candidate will not require sponsorship from Walmart for authorization to work now or in the future.

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 (https://one.walmart.com/) .

The annual salary range for this position is $108,000.00 - $216,000.00 Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses. Additional compensation for certain positions may also include :

• Stock

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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 economics, math, statistics, engineering, computer science, or related area and 2 years’ experience in a role using

data, statistics, or economics. Option 2: Doctoral degree in economics, math, statistics, engineering, computer science, or related area

Preferred Qualifications...

Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.

Prior work experience analyzing large datasets (preferably coding in SQL, R, or Python)., Prior work experience assisting with academic research.

Primary Location...

121 River St, Hoboken, NJ 07030-5989, 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.

Walmart, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer- By Choice. We believe we are best equipped to help our associates, customers, and the communities we serve live better when we really know them. That means understanding, respecting, and valuing diversity- unique styles, experiences, identities, abilities, ideas and opinions- while being inclusive of all people.