Staff, Product Manager -Vertical Search

Position Summary

Drive Walmart’s mission of Save Money, Live Better through product management, focusing on driving category-specific growth by building differentiated, customer-first experiences that improve discoverability, relevance, and trust.

What you'll do...

• Define and champion a compelling product vision, strategy, and roadmap for Search, aligning relevance, ranking, and personalization investments with business goals.
• Lead large, ambiguous discovery initiatives using customer research, competitive insights, and query-level analytics to identify opportunities and prioritize high-impact improvements.
• Drive alignment across a highly matrixed organization, influencing stakeholders across Product, Engineering, Data Science, and Business.
• Partner deeply with ML and engineering teams to ship scalable search or recommendation systems that improve relevance and performance.
• Leverage AI and data-driven insights to power inspiration-led discovery and more meaningful customer experiences at scale.
• Translate business objectives into scalable, enterprise-ready solutions.
• Partner cross-functionally across Product, Engineering, Design, Data Science, and Business to deliver measurable impact.
• Build a collaborative, high-ownership environment focused on solving complex problems and delivering results.

About the Team

The Walmart’s Marketplace CX & Category Verticals team focuses on building differentiated, high-impact shopping experiences across some of their fastest-growing businesses. They combine strong commerce fundamentals with AI-driven innovation to deliver seamless, relevant, and inspiring customer journeys. Operating at the intersection of technology, design, and business, the team drives category-specific growth by improving findability, trust, and personalization.

What you'll bring

• 5+ years of product management experience, ideally in Search, Relevance, Personalization, or large-scale consumer platforms.
• Strong technical acumen with familiarity in search systems, ranking models, experimentation frameworks, and machine learning concepts.
• Proven ability to use data and experimentation to drive product decisions.
• Experience influencing cross-functional stakeholders in highly matrixed organizations.
• MBA, consulting background, or technical degree preferred for strategic and analytical depth.

Benefits

• Beyond our great compensation package, 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.
• Equal Opportunity Employer: Walmart, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer – By Choice.

Qualifications

• Minimum Qualifications:
• Option 1: Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or related area and 7 years’ experience in product management.
• Option 2: 9 years’ experience in product management or related area.
• Preferred Qualifications:
• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business Administration, or related area and 6 years’ experience as a product manager, ideally working on consumer-facing, large-scale, highly complex B2B/C products.
• Demonstrated knowledge in creating inclusive digital experiences, implementing Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA standards, assistive technologies, and integrating digital accessibility seamlessly.