The Role
Leads strategy, innovation, commercialization, and performance for a complex Member’s Mark product portfolio. Develops high-performing teams, influences senior stakeholders, and partners with merchandising, sourcing, quality, operations, and suppliers. Translates member insights, market trends, and business priorities into differentiated products while balancing quality, value, cost, speed to market, and financial outcomes. Drives transformation, operational excellence, continuous improvement, and organizational capability building.
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Position Summary...What you'll do...Role summary:
The Director, Product Development is a strategic leader responsible for shaping innovative products that delight our members and drive business growth. This role leads complex product portfolios from strategy through commercialization, translating member insights, market trends, and business priorities into differentiated products and experiences. Partnering across Merchandising, Sourcing, Quality, Operations, and suppliers, the Director sets product strategy, solves complex challenges, accelerates speed to market, and delivers against quality, value, and financial expectations. This leader also builds and develops high-performing teams, fosters a culture of innovation and accountability, and influences across the organization to shape the future of Walmart’s private brands.
About the team:
The Member’s Mark Product Development team brings innovative, high-quality products to life across Freezer, Cooler, and Adult Beverage. We are a collaborative, member-obsessed team that combines culinary and product expertise, consumer insights, market trends, and commercial acumen to create differentiated products our members love. Working closely with Merchandising, Sourcing, Quality, suppliers, and other cross-functional partners, we lead products from concept through commercialization while delivering on quality, value, and business performance. Our team thrives on solving complex challenges, challenging what’s possible, and continuously raising the bar for Member’s Mark through innovation, strong partnerships, and an unwavering commitment to our members.
What you'll do:
What you'll bring:
-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, parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting. 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.
- Other benefits include short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more.
Live Better U is a company 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 $130,000.00 - $260,000.00 Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses. Additional compensation for certain positions may also include Regional Pay Zone (RPZ) (based on location).
Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Marketing, Design, or related field and 5 years’ experience in design, merchandising, marketing, or
related area OR 7 years’ experience in design, merchandising, marketing, or related area.
1 year’s supervisory experience.Preferred Qualifications...
The Director, Product Development is a strategic leader responsible for shaping innovative products that delight our members and drive business growth. This role leads complex product portfolios from strategy through commercialization, translating member insights, market trends, and business priorities into differentiated products and experiences. Partnering across Merchandising, Sourcing, Quality, Operations, and suppliers, the Director sets product strategy, solves complex challenges, accelerates speed to market, and delivers against quality, value, and financial expectations. This leader also builds and develops high-performing teams, fosters a culture of innovation and accountability, and influences across the organization to shape the future of Walmart’s private brands.
About the team:
The Member’s Mark Product Development team brings innovative, high-quality products to life across Freezer, Cooler, and Adult Beverage. We are a collaborative, member-obsessed team that combines culinary and product expertise, consumer insights, market trends, and commercial acumen to create differentiated products our members love. Working closely with Merchandising, Sourcing, Quality, suppliers, and other cross-functional partners, we lead products from concept through commercialization while delivering on quality, value, and business performance. Our team thrives on solving complex challenges, challenging what’s possible, and continuously raising the bar for Member’s Mark through innovation, strong partnerships, and an unwavering commitment to our members.
What you'll do:
- Set the vision and product development strategy for a complex Member’s Mark portfolio, aligning member needs, brand strategy, and business priorities.
- Lead, inspire, and develop a high-performing team while building organizational capabilities and future leaders.
- Influence senior leaders and cross-functional partners to align priorities, navigate tradeoffs, and accelerate decisions.
- Shape a differentiated innovation pipeline informed by member insights, market trends, and competitive intelligence.
- Drive portfolio performance by balancing quality, innovation, value, cost, and speed to market.
- Champion transformation, operational excellence, and continuous improvement across the organization.
- Model leadership through integrity, accountability, collaboration, and member obsession.
What you'll bring:
- Proven leadership experience setting product strategy, leading complex portfolios, and delivering meaningful business results.
- A track record of building, inspiring, and developing high-performing teams and future leaders.
- Strong executive presence with the ability to influence, challenge, and align senior leaders and cross-functional partners.
- Strategic and commercial acumen, with the ability to translate member insights, market trends, and data into growth opportunities.
- Experience navigating ambiguity, making sound decisions, and leading through change.
- A passion for innovation and raising the bar on quality, value, and the member experience.
- A collaborative, accountable leadership style grounded in integrity and operational excellence.
-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, parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting. 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.
- Other benefits include short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more.
Live Better U is a company 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 $130,000.00 - $260,000.00 Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses. Additional compensation for certain positions may also include Regional Pay Zone (RPZ) (based on location).
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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.
Minimum QualificationsBachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Marketing, Design, or related field and 5 years’ experience in design, merchandising, marketing, or
related area OR 7 years’ experience in design, merchandising, marketing, or related area.
1 year’s supervisory experience.Preferred Qualifications...
Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.
Application development experience with emphasis on VBA and SQL programming languages, Creative design software, Cross-functional project management, Financial modeling, Manufacturing, product development, or packaging, Microsoft OfficeMasters: Arts, Masters: Business, Masters: ScienceProject Management - Project Management Professional - Certification, Six Sigma - CertificationPrimary Location...2101 Se Simple Savings Dr, Bentonville, AR 72712-4304, United States of AmericaWalmart and its subsidiaries are committed to maintaining a drug-free workplace and has a no tolerance policy regarding the use of illegal drugs and alcohol on the job. This policy applies to all employees and aims to create a safe and productive work environment.Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Marketing, Design, or a related field and 5 years of experience in design, merchandising, marketing, or a related area
- Alternatively, 7 years of experience in design, merchandising, marketing, or a related area
- At least 1 year of supervisory experience
- Application development experience with emphasis on VBA and SQL programming languages
- Experience with creative design software
- Cross-functional project management experience
- Financial modeling experience
- Manufacturing, product development, or packaging experience
- Microsoft Office experience
- Master's degree in Arts, Business, or Science
- Project Management Professional certification
- Six Sigma certification
Walmart Global Tech Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Walmart Global Tech and has not been reviewed or approved by Walmart Global Tech.
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Strong & Reliable Incentives — Compensation packages typically include base pay, performance bonuses, and stock awards, with access to an employee stock purchase plan. Feedback suggests annual bonus structures and stock grants are a consistent part of total compensation in many roles.
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Retirement Support — Retirement offerings include a company 401(k) match and stock purchase options that support long‑term savings. Feedback suggests these programs are a notable strength within the overall package.
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Parental & Family Support — Family benefits feature paid parental leave and adoption assistance, alongside tax‑advantaged accounts for healthcare spending. Feedback suggests these supports contribute meaningfully to perceived total rewards value.
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The Company
What We Do
Walmart has a long history of transforming retail and using technology to deliver innovations that improve how the world shops and empower our 2.2 million associates. It began with Sam Walton and continues today with Global Tech associates working together to power Walmart and lead the next retail disruption. We’re a high-performing, primarily virtual workforce that is human-led and tech-empowered. Our world-class software engineers, data scientists and engineers, cybersecurity professionals, product managers and business service professionals work with top talent on cutting-edge technologies that create unique and innovative experiences for our associates, customers and members across Walmart, Sam’s Club and Walmart International. At Walmart Global Tech, one line of code or bold idea can make life easier for hundreds of millions of people – talk about epic impact at a global scale.
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