Senior Manager, Business Strategy

Role summary

The Senior Manager, Business Strategy shapes the future of Walmart Business by developing strategy and long-range plans, identifying growth opportunities, and advancing strategic initiatives. This role uses data, customer insights, and market analysis to develop recommendations and inform senior leadership decisions.

The Senior Manager partners across Walmart to align on priorities, address challenges, and turn strategy into action. The role develops executive communications, builds enterprise partnerships, and explores AI-enabled ways of working to move faster and make better decisions. Through coaching, collaboration, and a commitment to Walmart's values, this leader supports associate development and sustainable business growth.

About the team: The Walmart Business Strategy team shapes the future of how organizations engage with Walmart Business by defining strategy and long-term plans. The team identifies growth opportunities and translates market insights into actionable priorities. Collaborating across Walmart Enterprise, they develop strategic recommendations and align priorities with senior leadership.

The team addresses complex challenges, builds cross-functional partnerships, and leverages advanced tools to enhance decision-making. This environment offers the chance to bring clarity to ambiguity and drive impactful initiatives that support Walmart Business's continued growth and innovation.

What you'll do

• Develop the Walmart Business strategy and long-range plan, translating priorities into actionable plans.
• Identify growth opportunities and strategic whitespace through customer insights, market trends, competitive intelligence, and data analysis.
• Lead cross-functional initiatives by aligning stakeholders, addressing obstacles, and tracking progress against business goals.
• Develop strategic recommendations and executive communications to inform leadership decisions.
• Build partnerships across Walmart to align priorities and bring together capabilities that support business growth.
• Explore and apply AI-enabled ways of working to accelerate analysis, improve decision-making, and increase team effectiveness.

What you'll bring

• Experience developing business strategies, evaluating growth opportunities, and building compelling business cases.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate data and customer insights into actionable recommendations.
• Executive communication skills, including the ability to simplify complex topics and influence senior leaders.
• Experience leading cross-functional initiatives, managing ambiguity, and turning strategy into action.
• Ability to build trusted partnerships and align stakeholders across a complex organization.
• Curiosity and comfort applying AI tools to improve how work gets done.
• A collaborative leadership style and commitment to developing others, acting with integrity, and delivering results.

Pay and benefits

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.

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

• Stock

Minimum Qualifications

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

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Business, Statistics, Social Science, Communications, or related field and 3 years' experience in retail merchandising, operations management, or relevant area OR 5 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.

• Supervising Associates, Working on cross-functional teams or projects
• Primary Location...
• 1601 SE 10th St, Bentonville, AR 72716, United States of America