Senior Manager, Delivery Search, Arrival & Matching (Last Mile Delivery)

Role summary

Join Walmart as a Senior Manager, Data Science, leading advanced analytical modeling and data visualization initiatives to drive strategic business decisions. This role requires expertise in machine learning, statistical methods, and programming languages to develop and deploy scalable models that address complex business challenges.

The position involves collaborating cross-functionally to translate business needs into actionable insights, mentoring team members, and ensuring alignment with organizational goals. The successful candidate will apply rigorous validation techniques and innovative data strategies to enhance operational efficiency and support continuous improvement across multiple business domains.

What you'll do

• Lead business case development for roadmap investments - quantifying opportunity, sizing tradeoffs, and establishing success criteria
• Own the analytical and strategic layer for components of driver search, arrival staggering, and trip matching - serving as the business voice alongside technical partners
• Apply AI tools as a core part of daily workflow - accelerating analysis, synthesizing signals, and scaling analytical output across the org.
• Translate complex model outputs, experiment results, and platform telemetry into clear recommendations for senior leadership.
• Lead cross-functional workstreams - align engineers, scientists, and operators around a shared plan and hold the work accountable to outcomes.

What you'll bring

• 9+ years of experience in analytics, strategy, product development, or business operations in a technology-driven organization. Business or tech product development experience preferred.
• Demonstrated fluency with AI tools - you use them daily, you know their limits, and you build workflows around them.
• Strong quantitative skills and statistical understanding - uses SQL, builds analytical models, and derives original insights from data.
• Clear, structured communicator - able to compress complex analysis into an exec-ready narrative without losing precision.
• Track record of making and defending business recommendations under ambiguity.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams or workstreams and drive outcomes through influence and clarity of direction.

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 $110,000.00 - $220,000.00

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.

Option 1: Bachelors degree in Statistics, Economics, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Information Technology or related field and 5 years' experience in an analytics related field. Option 2: Masters degree in Statistics, Economics, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Information Technology or related field and 3 years' experience in an analytics related field. Option 3: 7 years' experience in an analytics or related field.

Preferred Qualifications

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

Data science, machine learning, optimization models, PhD in Machine Learning, Computer Science, Information Technology, Operations Research, Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Econometrics, Successful completion of one or more assessments in Python, Spark, Scala, or R, Supervisory experience, Using open source frameworks (for example, scikit learn, tensorflow, torch), We value candidates with a background in creating inclusive digital experiences, demonstrating knowledge in implementing Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA standards, assistive technologies, and integrating digital accessibility seamlessly.

The ideal candidate would have knowledge of accessibility best practices and join us as we continue to create accessible products and services following Walmart's accessibility standards and guidelines for supporting an inclusive culture.

Primary Location

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