(USA) Senior Manager, Advanced Analytics
Position Summary
The Senior Manager, Advanced Analytics role at Walmart involves leading a team to deliver data-driven insights that support strategic business objectives. This includes collaborating with senior leadership and cross-functional partners to develop and implement advanced analytical models and prototypes to address complex challenges. The role also entails guiding project execution from concept through validation, fostering continuous improvement and innovation, mentoring team members, promoting operational excellence, and ensuring analytics solutions drive measurable business value aligned with organizational goals.
What you'll do
- Lead advanced analytics initiatives to address complex business challenges and support data-driven decision making.
- Collaborate with senior leadership and cross-functional teams to develop strategic plans and actionable recommendations.
- Build, mentor, and manage a high-performing analytics team, fostering skill development and engagement.
- Oversee end-to-end project management, including risk assessment and solution implementation.
- Develop and validate data models and prototypes to drive business value and innovation.
- Partner with internal and external stakeholders to ensure alignment and successful execution of analytics solutions.
- Continuously evaluate and improve analytics processes to enhance efficiency and impact.
About the team
The Merch Transformation team at Walmart empowers merchants to operate with enhanced speed, consistency, and confidence by delivering essential tools, support, process improvements, and insights. This team collaborates across product, business, technology, and merchant organizations to drive adoption, stabilize key platforms, and improve user experience. Their efforts ensure transformation initiatives generate measurable business value. The team values advanced analytics, data analysis, leadership, project management, collaboration, and business process expertise to support strategic decision-making and continuous improvement in merchandising operations.
What you'll bring
- Extensive experience in advanced analytics, data modeling, and algorithm development to drive business results.
- Proven leadership skills with the ability to build, mentor, and develop high-performing teams.
- Strong project management expertise managing complex, end-to-end initiatives with cross-functional collaboration.
- Ability to consult with senior leadership and translate business challenges into actionable analytics solutions.
- Proficiency in data collection, analysis, and strategic recommendation to support data-driven decision making.
- Excellent collaboration skills working with internal and external partners to implement innovative solutions.
- Commitment to ethical standards, integrity, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement and learning.
Benefits
- Competitive pay as well as performance-based bonus awards.
- Health benefits including medical, vision, and dental coverage.
- Financial benefits such as 401(k), stock purchase, and company-paid life insurance.
- Paid time off benefits including PTO (including sick leave), parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting.
- Other benefits like short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, military leave pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Statistics, or related field and 4 years' experience in data analytics or related field OR 6 years' experience in data analytics or related field.
Preferred Qualifications
- Certificate in business analytics, data mining, or statistical analysis.
- Statistical programming languages (for example, SAS, R).
- Masters: Business Administration, Masters: Information Systems, Masters: Statistics.