(USA) Director, Product Management

Position Summary...

What you'll do...

You'll join Walmarts Global Technology Platforms organization as part of our Strategy team supporting internal platforms and infrastructure. This team is responsible for crafting, facilitating, and campaigning strategies spanning a range of technical subject areas such as data, artificial intelligence, infrastructure, developer tools, and much more.

The difference you'll make

You'll join us as a Director of Product Strategy, where you'll play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our internal platforms on a global scale. As a member of a small team of organizational and product strategists, you'll partner with, and advise, technology leaders and executives across a broad range of technical topics such as AI and machine learning, developer tooling, infrastructure, runtime platforms, and more. Through these engagements, you will play a critical role as a trusted advisor in product visioning, road-mapping, growth strategies, and much more.

You will be challenged with synthesizing insights from several internal and external sources to craft high-visibility, high-impact product strategies on a global scale. In this role, you must be able to dissect complex, technical concepts and translate them for a broad range of audiences, including non-technical associates and business executives. You must be comfortable in challenging assumptions, facilitating difficult decisions, and working on multi-disciplinary technical topics. You will play the pivotal role of bridging the gap between technology, strategy, and our associates from around the world.

About Team:
Building the right technology foundation for Infrastructure ; platforms is vital to success at the scale of Walmart. Our team builds and maintains the foundational technologies that support the tech organization. Included in this are data platforms, enterprise architecture, DevOps, cloud computing, and infrastructure. All of these products and services are supported by scalable and powerful infrastructure, ensuring a secure and seamless employee and customer experience across stores, digital channels, and distribution centers.

What you'll do:

• Lead cross-functional product strategy efforts, aligning with Walmarts technology, business, and operational goals.
• Craft and socialize clear, concise, and engaging product stories and strategies, including visioning, road-mapping, long-range planning, and whitepapers.
• Collaborate with strategic communications partners to craft product marketing resources that elevate and reinforce a cohesive brand identity, both internal and external to Walmart.
• Oversee the articulation, creation, and delivery of executive-level communications, such as product demos, whitepapers, and strategy campaigns.
• Partner with cross-functional leaders and subject-matter-experts to frame, design, and plan innovative solutions to complex, high-impact challenges.
• Develop a deep understanding of Walmarts technical landscape to proactively identify challenges and opportunities to deepen competitive advantages and improve experiences for our customers and associates.
• Apply a continuous improvement mindset to enhancing the methods, systems, and tools used to generate organizational and product strategies.

What you'll bring:

• Product Experience: Proven track record in product management, particularly within technology platforms and infrastructure. Experience in leading cross-functional teams and driving product strategy at a global scale.
• Technical Acumen: Broad understanding of technical subject areas such as AI, machine learning, developer tools, infrastructure, and data platforms. Ability to translate complex technical co