(USA) Senior Manager, Business Strategy (Strategic Planning & Execution)

About the role

Walmart Connect (WMC) is a key pillar of Walmart’s enterprise growth strategy. As the retail media arm of the world’s largest omnichannel retailer, Walmart Connect operates a multi-billion-dollar closed-loop advertising business that connects brands to customers across digital and in-store touchpoints. Walmart Connect delivers measurable outcomes for suppliers, sellers, merchants, and brand advertisers through full-funnel advertising solutions powered by Walmart’s first-party data. As Walmart Connect continues expanding its advertising capabilities across international markets and in close coordination with Sam’s Club Connect, we are creating a central Business Planning capability to accelerate advertising growth.

As the Senior Manager, Strategic Planning & Execution, you will be the central architect of how planning happens — translating long-range strategy into executable annual plans, OKRs, and the planning artifacts that align our markets, our teams, and our leadership. You will operate at the intersection of strategy and execution, partnering closely with local market teams, Finance, Business Insights & Analysis, and Enablement to translate ambitious plans into delivered outcomes. This is a builder role — you will stand up the planning capabilities that scale our business.

Responsibilities

• Build and operationalize the AOP planning process — cadence, working team, market alignment, and planning toolkit — that translates LRP strategy into actionable annual plans.
• Establish, cascade, and document the annual OKR framework across the team and markets to align goals from leadership through execution.
• Lead the creation of planning artifacts — LRP / AOP / OKR narratives, executive decks, and papers — that align leadership and drive decision-making.
• Partner directly with international markets and Sam’s Club Connect to land aligned, executable plans that account for local context.
• Define and run planning governance — decision rights, milestones, and the planning operating rhythm.

Requirements

• A strategic planning leader with 6+ years of experience in management consulting, corporate strategy, or business planning roles, ideally within tech, retail media, or platform contexts.
• Strong process design and operational discipline — proven ability to stand up repeatable planning rhythms that scale.
• Exceptional written communication, with a track record of producing executive-ready narratives, decks, and papers that drive decisions.
• A skilled cross-functional facilitator who navigates complex stakeholder landscapes — markets, Finance, Insights & Analysis, and Enablement.
• Strong project and program management skills.
• A builder mindset — eager to stand up planning capabilities from zero-to-one, not just maintain what exists.

Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in Business, Statistics, Social Science, Communications, or related field and 4 years’ experience in retail merchandising, operations management, or related area OR 6 years’ experience in retail merchandising, operations management, or related area.

Preferred Qualifications

• Leading cross-functional teams.
• Supervisory experience.

Benefits

• 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.
• Live Better U: Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates. 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.

Pay

The annual salary range for this position is $108,000.00 - $216,000.00. Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses and stock for certain positions.

Schedule

Paid time off (PTO) and/or Protected Paid Time Off (PPTO) is provided and can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes. The amount depends on job classification and length of employment and will meet or exceed the requirements of paid sick leave laws, where applicable.

Primary Location: 221 River St, Hoboken, NJ 07030, United States of America