(USA) Principal, Product Manager - Planning and Forecasting

Position Summary...

What you'll do...

The (USA) Principal, Product Manager leads strategy and execution for Walmart’s global financial planning and forecasting products. This role owns complex customer problems, maintains a business-critical finance platform, and shapes its long-term vision and evolution.

Working across business, engineering, data, and UX, this role will turn customer needs and product insights into scalable, AI-enabled capabilities that improve planning, forecasting, and decision-making. Success requires strong product judgment, cross-functional leadership, and the ability to deliver measurable value through complex transformation.

About the team:

The Enterprise Planning and Forecasting Product team develops AI-driven financial forecasting and planning solutions that enhance Walmart’s FP&A operations. By integrating operational and financial planning systems with advanced AI, the team creates a connected ecosystem supporting data-driven decision-making. Collaborating with business, engineering, and data science partners, the team delivers scalable products that automate financial processes and improve planning accuracy. This group leads product strategy, roadmap execution, and cross-functional alignment to deliver measurable business value and seamless user experiences across the enterprise.

What you'll do:

• Own strategy, roadmap, prioritization, and measurable outcomes for global planning and forecasting products.

• Maintain and enhance the current finance product while partnering with business and engineering to resolve issues and protect critical operations.

• Lead the product evolution by defining the phased approach, requirements, and delivery plan.

• Use customer insight, product data, and experimentation to deliver scalable solutions that improve daily finance and planning work.

• Partner with engineering, data, UX, and domain experts to deliver reliable, AI-enabled capabilities.

• Influence senior stakeholders, mentor product managers, and strengthen product-management practices.

What you'll bring:

• Experience owning complex, enterprise-scale products from discovery through launch, adoption, and long-term evolution.

• Strong product strategy, customer discovery, requirements, roadmapping, and stakeholder management skills.

• Strong leadership skills, with experience guiding cross-functional teams and influencing senior stakeholders.

• Ability to translate customer needs through design thinking, journey mapping, and process analysis into clear product direction.

• Proficiency in data-driven decision-making, advanced analytics, and emerging technologies, including AI, to inform product direction and innovation.

• Experience leading complex product modernization, migration, or transformation efforts while sustaining a business-critical product is preferred.

• Planning, forecasting, finance, retail, or comparable decision-support domain experience is preferred.

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 $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...

905 Customer Dr, Bentonville, AR 72716, 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.