Senior Manager, Data Stewardship - Merchandising, Customer and Site Experience

Position Summary...

What you'll do...

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Manager, Data Steward to join our Data Enablement team at Walmart. In this role, you will be responsible for understanding the business value and relevance of data and data-enabled insights/decisions. You will collaborate closely with data providers, engineering teams, and business stakeholders to ensure the best data assets are selected, enriched, and made available for Merchandising needs.

Your knowledge in eCommerce and customer insight metrics will be key to ensure the right data fuels decision-making and innovation. You will have a deep understanding of the data ecosystem, including data management, data quality standards, data governance, accessibility, storage, and scalability. Additionally, you should have a strong understanding of the methods and applications that unlock the monetary value of data assets.

What you’ll do…

• Understand, articulate, interpret and apply the principles of our defined strategy to unique, moderately complex business problems that may span multiple functions or domains.
• You will be responsible for data source identification, data governance, data quality management, and master data and metadata management.
• Identify suitable data sources, perform data quality checks, establish and implement data governance practices, manage data quality issues, and maintain master data and metadata.
• You will provide recommendations to business stakeholders to solve complex business issues, develop business cases for projects, and translate business requirements into projects, activities, and tasks aligned with the overall business strategy.

The above information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed in the role.  It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. The full Job Description can be made available as part of the hiring process. 

You’ll sweep us off our feet if…

• You have a strong understanding of the business context, including industry and environmental factors, business practices, and relevant business metrics.
• You have foundational practical knowledge of data governance, compliance and stewardship best practices
• You have knowledge in analytics, big data analytics, and automation techniques, as well as a solid understanding of business requirements and insights.
• You can demonstrate up-to-date expertise and apply it to the development, execution, and improvement of action plans.
• You are a data-driven professional with a strong understanding of the business value of data and a passion for driving data-enabled insights and decisions.
• You have experience in eComm analytics or online pickup and delivery performance measurement.  
• You are experienced with customer insight analysis or have worked with Nielsen, IRI, Numerator, Experian, 1010, etc.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong understanding of organization’s needs and ability to drive change
• Strong leadership and communication skills as well as the ability to influence key decision-makers and understand their points of view 
• Must be able to work effectively both on teams as well as be self-motivated, task oriented, and organized.
• Experience with data analysis, data documentation, data quality monitoring and improvement, including SQL experience.
• Strong customer focus and obsession with quality
• Ability to work in a fast-paced and agile development environment