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Position Summary…
What you’ll do…
As part of the Sam’s Club Common Data Platform team, you will be responsible for driving the strategy, development, and implementation of our data platform solutions. You will be building scalable, highly available, enterprise-grade level data platform that allows our internal as well as external partners to create products and processes that drives value for our members. The successful candidate will have a deep understanding of data management, analytics, and technical expertise in building scalable and reliable data platforms. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, including data engineers, data scientists, business analysts, and stakeholders, to deliver innovative data solutions that optimize operations, enable data-driven decision-making, and enhance the overall member experience.
What you’ll do:
• Define the long-term vision, strategy, and roadmap for the data platform, aligned with the company’s objectives and growth plans.
• Establish business cases and projected return on investment (ROI) to identify and prioritize opportunities.
• Develop and execute a member-focused product roadmap via close collaboration with Senior Leadership, Engineering, Business, Product, Data Science, Marketing, Analytics, and Design teams.
• Lead end-to-end product development lifecycle, including ideation, requirement gathering, prioritization, and execution of initiatives related to the data platform.
• Work closely with stakeholders from various business units to understand their data needs, identify opportunities, and define requirements for data platform enhancements.
• Establish and enforce data governance policies, data quality standards, and best practices to ensure the accuracy, integrity, and security of the data platform.
• Enable advanced analytics and data insights by providing scalable infrastructure, tools, and frameworks for data scientists and analysts.
• Monitor and optimize the performance of the data platform, ensuring scalability, reliability, and high availability to support business operations.
• Become a champion of data platforms to spread awareness throughout the company.
• Stay abreast of the latest trends and advancements in data management, big data technologies, cloud platforms, and analytics, and apply relevant innovations to the data platform.
• Define the strategies for your product family, using domain expertise, internal and external best practices, identifying market opportunities, building business cases, and approving objectives.
• Drive business plans and projects by identifying the member and operational needs of the product.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of your products and initiatives to improve efficiency and cost effectiveness with participating stakeholders .
What you’ll bring:
• Sound business judgment as well as ability to think clearly, analyze quantitatively, problem-solve, scope technical requirements, and prioritize.
• Ability to think and act strategically and tactically.
• Strong oral and written communication skills are crucial, proven ability to influence others internally and externally.
• Systems-oriented thinking that can easily align cross-functional teams.
• Background influencing others, leading teams, managing stakeholders, and communicating clearly.
Preferred Qualifications
• An understanding of ML, and the ability to map customer problems to ML solutions with direct experience working with machine learning teams.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a Computer Science or Engineering
• 9 + years in product management or related area
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.
About the Sam’s Club Product Team
The Sam’s Club Product Team is focused on creating an incredible omnichannel shopping experience, bringing members the best products at the best prices. Collectively, our associates’ skills range from data analysis to computer engineering to marketing. We are a nimble group that comes from a vast background yet are guided by the same north star: to work quickly, cost effectively and with vast foresight. Together, we innovate and drive the future of retail by anticipating the needs of our members.
Success in a career on the Product Team requires the ability to identify problems and offer solutions – quickly, autonomously and with vast foresight. Bring your ability to see projects end to end and envision the full picture. Engage your analytical mind to decipher data and ignite your communication skills to work collaboratively and sell big ideas.
As the biggest player in the game, we trust our associates to innovate the future of shopping. If you are motivated by complex, purposeful challenges, a Product Manager role at Sam’s Club could be the fit you’ve been looking for.
Perks and Benefits
Beyond competitive pay, you can receive incentive awards for your performance. Other great perks include 401(k) match, stock purchase plan, paid maternity and parental leave, PTO, multiple health plans, and much more.
Who We Are
Join Walmart and your work could help over 275 million global customers live better every week. Yes, we are the Fortune #1 company. But you’ll quickly find we’re a company who wants you to feel comfortable bringing your whole self to work. A career at Walmart is where the world’s most complex challenges meet a kinder way of life. Our mission spreads far beyond the walls of our stores. Join us and you’ll discover why we are a world leader in diversity and inclusion, sustainability, and community involvement. From day one, you’ll be empowered and equipped to do the best work of your life.
Equal Opportunity Employer
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, ideas and opinions – while being inclusive of all people.
At Sam’s Club, 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, 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 at https://bit.ly/3iOOb1J .
The annual salary range for this position is $126,000.00-$216,000.00
Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance incentives.
Additional compensation for certain positions may also include:
– Regional Pay Zone (RPZ) (based on location)
– Stock equity incentives
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
Masters: Business Administration, Masters: Computer Engineering, Masters: Computer Science
Primary Location… 640 W California Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94086-4828, United States of America
About Sam’s Club
Sam Walton opened the first Sam’s Club in 1983 to meet a growing need among customers who wanted to buy merchandise in bulk. Since then, Sam’s Club has grown rapidly, opening more than 600 clubs in the U.S. and 100 clubs internationally. By offering affordable, wholesale merchandise to members, Sam’s Club helps make saving simple for families and small business owners.
Sam’s Club employs about 110,000 associates in the U.S. The average club is 134,000 square feet and offers bulk groceries and general merchandise. Most clubs also have specialty services, such as a pharmacy, an optical department, a photo center, or a tire and battery center.
Sam’s Club 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.
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