(IND) DIRECTOR, PRODUCT MANAGEMENT

Posted:
10/13/2024, 5:00:00 PM

Location(s):
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India ⋅ Karnataka, India ⋅ Indianapolis, Indiana, United States ⋅ Indiana, United States

Experience Level(s):
Senior

Field(s):
Product

Workplace Type:
Hybrid

Position Summary...

Provides overall direction by analyzing business objectives and customer needs; developing, communicating, building support for, and implementing business strategies, plans, and practice; analyzing costs and forecasts and incorporating them into business plans; determining and supporting resource requirements; evaluating operational processes; measuring outcomes to ensure desired results; identifying and capitalizing on improvement opportunities; promoting a customer environment ; and demonstrating adaptability and sponsoring continuous learning. Develops and implements strategies to attract and maintain a highly skilled and engaged workforce by diagnosing capability gaps; recruiting, selecting, and developing talent; supporting mentorship, workforce development, and succession planning; and leveraging the capabilities of new and existing talent. Cultivates an environment where associates respect and adhere to company standards of integrity and ethics by integrating these values into all programs and practices; developing consequences for violations or non-compliance; and supporting the Open Door Policy. Develops and leverages internal and external partnerships and networks to maximize the achievement of business goals by sponsoring and leading key community outreach and involvement initiatives; engaging key stakeholders in the development, execution, and evaluation of appropriate business plans and initiatives; and supporting associate efforts in these areas. Product Vision and Strategy: Requires knowledge of: Problem formulation and solutioning; Hypothesis framing; Business strategies; Business
management practices across multiple domains; Customer segments and needs; Domain-specific knowledge; "Go to Market" strategies; Industry,
environmental, and economic factors and competitors; Product discovery process, product vision, product strategy and challenges; Rapid prototyping
and Lean experimentation methodologies; Concepts of "First Principle," "Whole Product," and "Crossing the Chasm" . To own a complex customer
problem and/or product requirement/need, as well as upstream and downstream impacts. Builds new ideas and strategies using "Whole Product"
concepts. Identifies new/uncharted areas for value creation. Independently articulates problem statements and defines success metrics (for example,
key performance indicators). Promotes product strategies and vision to stakeholders. Drives "Go-to-Market" strategies to ensure mass adoption.
Driving Customer/ Client Needs: Requires knowledge of: Customer and business problems; Design thinking; Dependencies and impacts on
product processes/ways of working; Journey mapping; Process optimization; Communication and influencing techniques. To build and maintain
consistent relationships with customers and proactively identifies customer needs. Creates scalable processes to gather and analyze customer
experiences. Demonstrates a deep understanding of customer needs to make decisions. Designs and implements new, barrier-free processes.
Coaches team members to improve focus on the customer.
Product Roadmap and Development : Requires knowledge of: Product roadmap development techniques; Roadmap presentation; Roadmap
features and items; Project management techniques; Modern business practice (for example, Agile methodologies, Scrum); Minimum Viable Product
(MVP) creation; Product development lifecycles; Product development concepts (for example, "Crossing the Chasm") To develop and own roadmaps
across a complex product. Ensures and drives communication for internal and external stakeholders. Interfaces with and influences partners to
secure resources and alignment. Mentors team members on product roadmap and development. Establishes product roadmap expectations,
performance measures, and goals. Drives alignment of features for a complex product by navigating through organizational/ market constraints.
Manages roll out and scaling (using an MVP approach) of complex products/features. Data Driven Product Decisions : Requires knowledge of: Product and feature analytics; Data analysis tools and techniques; Research for analysis
activities; Documentation procedures (for example, data logs); Modern industry practices and emerging trends. To extract insights and promote the
value of insight extraction from complex data analytics. Guides and extracts relevant data to drive effective product decisions. Demonstrates
awareness of best practices in insight extraction from databases techniques. Independently drives product/feature analytics. Influencing and Building Stakeholder Consensus : Requires knowledge of: Verbal/non-verbal behaviors ; Application and allocation of business
communication styles/techniques in ambiguous and challenging situations; Situational awareness; Elements of Emotional Intelligence and Influencing
Styles; Communication channels/mediums; Interpersonal skills and universal relationship building. To lead discussions with varying viewpoints and
influences diverse audiences. Leverages fact-based data and analytics insights to build a cohesive narrative. Demonstrates decision and coordination
skills. Serves as a trusted advisor to diverse stakeholders on the product/technology matters. Provides timely feedback and seeks, internalizes, and
utilizes feedback received.
Technology Orientation: Requires knowledge of: Competitive technology landscapes; Existing portfolio of enterprise systems, technologies, services,
and architecture; Common PaaS and IaaS technologies and environments; Software quality assurance methodologies, tools, processes, and
checkpoints; Emerging technology and industry trends; Product and technology innovation. To drive business and user acceptance testing for
complex products. Manages the adoption of new and emerging technologies. Possesses an understanding of complete systems architecture,
services involved, and the database and cloud technologies used. Demonstrates awareness of system architectural principles. Demonstrates awareness of technical topics at a conceptual level, as well as the systems and data that enable major capabilities, and drives innovation.
In-Depth Domain Expertise: Requires knowledge of: Domain-specific methodologies, tools, and processes; Domain-specific products; Domainspecific best practices; Domain-specific market standards in product/platform architecture To demonstrate awareness of various principles, ways of
working, and terminologies across a domain. Compares and contrasts the latest developments and emerging trends and issues in a domain.
Identifies areas of innovation within a domain while understanding downstream impacts on subdomains. Identifies areas for the implementation of
new processes, automation techniques, and updated ways of working while understanding downstream impacts on subdomains.

What you'll do...

About Team:


US Omni Tech at Walmart Global Tech, Bengaluru, is focused on improving Walmart customer experience across both physical & digital and making Walmart the most exciting place to shop. With 4000+ brick and mortar stores and thousands of other suppliers fulfilling Walmart's online/in-store orders for over 1 billion customers - the challenge and complexity is pronounced! We work within the world’s largest retailer yet maintain a startup feel working in small agile teams to revolutionize the fulfilment landscape. As a leader in the supply chain group, you are accountable and responsible for several critical products/platforms that helps serve our customers in the most cost-effective manner in multiple geographies and businesses.

What you'll do:

  • You will present and clearly articulate product strategy to company leadership
  • You will manage a high-performing team, and would need to coach, guide

               mentor them to build supply chain products that solves complex problems

  • You will develop and champion a product vision, product strategy and product roadmap for multiple products in the supply chain space
  • You will work with multiple functions to build and evaluate business cases to support product investment decisions, working across time zones and frequently traveling to build customer closeness and stakeholder relationships
  • You will build and own scalable platforms that are multi-tenant and can be leveraged across geographies and business units
  • You and your team will leverage data to make more informed product decisions
  • You and your team will prioritize, design and implement projects and enhancements 

What you'll bring:

  • Advanced/master’s degree in engineering or management is preferred.
  • You come with 15+ years of software product management experience and with 3-4 yrs. experience of leading product teams and product portfolio
  • Effective communicator to act as an advisor to senior leadership and partners
  • Flexible and adaptive in ambiguous environments

Our Ideal Candidate

Our ideal candidate is an energetic, self-motivated individual focused on solving customer problems. He/she has a strong sense of product ownership and commitment to grow PM talent, coupled with a strong passion for technology and innovation.

About Walmart Global Tech

Imagine working in an environment where one line of code can make life easier for hundreds of millions of people. That’s what we do at Walmart Global Tech. We’re a team of software engineers, data scientists, cybersecurity experts and service professionals within the world’s leading retailer who make an epic impact and are at the forefront of the next retail disruption. People are why we innovate, and people power our innovations. We are people-led and tech-empowered. We train our team in the skillsets of the future and bring in experts like you to help us grow. We have roles for those chasing their first opportunity as well as those looking for the opportunity that will define their career. Here, you can kickstart a great career in tech, gain new skills and experience for virtually every industry, or leverage your expertise to innovate at scale, impact millions and reimagine the future of retail.

Flexible, hybrid work:
We use a hybrid way of working that is primarily in office coupled with virtual when not onsite. Our campuses serve as a hub to enhance collaboration, bring us together for purpose and deliver on business needs. This approach helps us make quicker decisions, remove location barriers across our global team and be more flexible in our personal lives.


Benefits:
Benefits Beyond our great compensation package, you can receive incentive awards for your performance. Other great perks include a host of best-in-class benefits maternity and parental leave, PTO, health benefits, and much more.

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.

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 responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. The full Job Description can be made available as part of the hiring process.

Minimum Qualifications...

Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications.

Minimum Qualifications:Option 1: Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or related area and 11 years’ experience in product management. Option 2: 13 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 10 years’ experience as a product manager, ideally working on consumer-facing, large-scale, highly complex B2B/C products, Supervisory experience

Primary Location...

4,5,6, 7 Floor, Building 10, Sez, Cessna Business Park, Kadubeesanahalli Village, Varthur Hobli , India

Walmart

Website: http://www.walmart.com/

Headquarter Location: Bentonville, Arkansas, United States

Employee Count: 10001+

Year Founded: 1962

IPO Status: Public

Last Funding Type: Post-IPO Debt

Industries: E-Commerce ⋅ Grocery ⋅ Retail ⋅ Retail Technology ⋅ Shopping