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Principal Product Manager, Tech, Sponsored Search

About the Team

As a part of Advertiser experience team for Sponsored Search Ads team , you'll build industry defining ad platforms at scale that enable Walmart suppliers and sellers to reach shoppers with relevant ads and high performing campaigns while helping shoppers discover products to enhance their shopping journey.

If you are motivated by complex, purposeful challenges , this role at Walmart Connect could be the fit you've been looking for. We are looking for Principal Product Manager of Sponsored Search Ads Platform to help reimagine the way we help Marketplace Sellers to create, optimize and report on their advertising campaign, and achieve great results in line with their marketing objectives .

• You have deep knowledge and experience in Digital or Retail Media Advertising (Paid Search, Sponsored Products)

• You're excited about solving complex , ambiguous, open-ended challenges

• You're comfortable influencing others without authority , managing cross-functional stakeholders , getting buy-in from leadership, and communicating clearly and effectively

• You balance business needs with customer needs and pain points to craft strategy to increas e demand and impact of your produc ts

• You are resourceful, disciplined for execution , and have a can-do attitude

• You like digging into quantitative and qualitative data and us ing metrics to assess and improve the performance of your products

• You have a test and learn mentality and an agile way of working to improve your product s

• Develop ing the vision , strateg y and roadmap for your product s , leveraging your domain expertise , research and analytics , focusing on capturing top market opportunities and addressing advertiser needs and pain points

• Provide thought leadership on best practices to drive product adoption, business and advertiser performance

• Rally ing cross-functional stakeholders - including Engineering, UX Design, Product Marketing, Product Analytics - behind your vision , influencing without authority and gaining commitment from key partners to deliver on your roadmap

• Partnering with Walmart retail teams such as Marketplace teams to create unique, compelling experiences that benefit shoppers and our advertising clients

• Driving product lifecycle , including ideation , consumer research , competitive intelligence, quantitative analysis , requirements definition, target setting, technical specifications, development, testing, and post- launch efforts

• Leading conversations with Engineering on solution design, UX Design on user experience, Product Analytics on performance and target setting, Research on user needs and pain points, Product Marketing on go-to-market plans, and other stakeholders as needed

• Ensur ing fluid communication with senior leadership , cross-functional stakeholders and peers , adapting your communication style to the audience and crafting your message accordingly

• Be ing nimble and pragmatic , willing to update your plans and requirements as new information becomes available or priorities shift

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science , Engineering, Business Administration , or related field and

• 4+ years of experience in Ad-Tech or Mar-Tech , with focus on Performance Marketing, Sponsored, Products, Sponsored Search

• 9+ years of experience in P roduct M anagement , Product Strategy, Product Analytics, Data Science or comparable work experience

• 7+ years of experience in driving end-to-end product delivery , from ideation to launch and post-launch optimization , scop ing and prioritiz ing technical requirements

• 7 + years of experience working cross-functionally with Engineering, UX Design , Analytics , Marketing to achieve alignment on product requirements, launch and go-to-market plans

• Excellent oral and written communication and story-telling skills , proven ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders and leadership without authority

• Demonstrated ability to develop product strategy and translate it into a prioritized roadmap

• Sound business acumen , demonstrated ability to tackle complex, ambiguous, open-ended problems

• Execution rigor , proven project management skills and ability to t hin through end-to-end operations

• PM experience with a major AdTech player

• Management consulting experience