Senior Manager, Business Strategy

Position Summary...

What you'll do...

As a Senior Manager, Business Strategy, you will play a critical role in supporting Project Firefly, a large-scale, hardware-enabled initiative transforming how data is captured and used across suppliers, distribution centers, transportation teams and stores. You’ll lead cross-functional efforts that translate operational and customer needs into executable strategies, scalable programs, and repeatable processes—driving delivery from pilot through enterprise rollout while ensuring alignment across Product, Tech, Supply Chain, Store Ops, and external partners. What you’ll do

• Drive business execution for IoT initiatives by setting priorities, removing operational and organizational barriers, defining performance standards, tracking progress, and adapting plans as pilots scale to enterprise deployment.
• Partner closely with Product, Engineering, Operations, and external vendors to ensure IoT solutions meet real-world operational needs and are deployable at Walmart scale.
• Ensure business and operational outcomes are met by evaluating program effectiveness, leveraging data and field feedback, and continuously improving efficiency, reliability, and cost-to-serve.
• Identify and resolve execution gaps by analyzing operational data, diagnosing root causes, and collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders to implement scalable, repeatable solutions.
• Drive change management and adoption by defining success metrics, validating business value, managing readiness, supporting training and communications, and ensuring smooth transitions from pilot to steady-state operations.
• Oversee process improvement across multiple workstreams, incorporating learnings from pilots, benchmarking external solutions, and addressing systemic barriers impacting supplier, DC, and store execution.
• Provide clear recommendations to senior leadership by assessing risks, surfacing tradeoffs, incorporating stakeholder input, and communicating progress, performance trends, and strategic direction.
• Support enterprise communications and enablement by contributing to rollout plans, operational playbooks, associate training materials, and executive updates related to Project Firefly.

What you’ll bring

• Proven experience leading complex, cross-functional programs, ideally involving technology, operations, and external partners.
• Strong ability to plan, prioritize, and execute across multiple concurrent initiatives in fast-moving, ambiguous environments.
• Demonstrated success using data, field insights, and stakeholder input to diagnose problems and deliver measurable operational improvements.
• Experience leading and developing teams, fostering accountability, collaboration, and high performance.
• Strength in change management, including driving adoption of new tools or processes at scale.
• Clear, confident communication skills with the ability to influence senior leaders and cross-functional stakeholders.

At Walmart, we offer competitive pay as well as performance-based bonus 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.
The annual salary range for this position is $90,000.00 - $180,000.00 Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses. Additional compensation for certain positions may also include :
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Minimum Qualifications...

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

Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.

Leading cross-functional teams, Supervisory experience

Masters: Business Administration, Masters: Computer Engineering, Masters: Computer Science

Primary Location...

802 Respect Dr, Bentonville, AR 72716, United States of America

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