The Role
Lead expansion operations by managing multiple work streams to prepare markets for launch. Drive readiness, stakeholder alignment, onboarding, risk management, and post-launch stabilization. Use data to improve processes, manage budgets/P&L, and enable cross-functional teams to adopt new tools and workflows for scalable, efficient market expansion.
Summary Generated by Built In
Position Summary...What you'll do...Role summary:
The Senior Manager, Expansion Operations is a critical role within Data Ventures, serving as the connective tissue between Global Data Ventures and local market, banner, or business teams, ensuring successful expansion while balancing standardization with locally-specific requirements. This role will help drive readiness, engagement, and sustained value for large-scale business transformations, ensuring key user groups are prepared to successfully adopt new tools, workflows, and ways of working. This person will support merchants, internal associates, and external partners throughout discovery, deployment, and post-launch stabilization. They will support the engagement, communication, and readiness plans needed to enable successful launches at speed.
About the team:
The New Markets Expansion team drives market exploration and readiness to support startup scaling and deliver comprehensive expansion outcomes for Data Ventures. Managing multiple operational work streams, the team focuses on operational planning, resource allocation, and process improvements to enhance business efficiency and successful launch integration. Collaborating cross-functionally, they develop innovative solutions and tools aligned with business objectives. Committed to operational excellence, the team ensures timely execution, continuous learning, and accountability to achieve measurable results. Their success is reflected in launch completion, speed to profitability, integration efficiency, and leveraging learnings to accelerate future enterprise growth.
What you'll do:
What you'll bring:
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
The Senior Manager, Expansion Operations is a critical role within Data Ventures, serving as the connective tissue between Global Data Ventures and local market, banner, or business teams, ensuring successful expansion while balancing standardization with locally-specific requirements. This role will help drive readiness, engagement, and sustained value for large-scale business transformations, ensuring key user groups are prepared to successfully adopt new tools, workflows, and ways of working. This person will support merchants, internal associates, and external partners throughout discovery, deployment, and post-launch stabilization. They will support the engagement, communication, and readiness plans needed to enable successful launches at speed.
About the team:
The New Markets Expansion team drives market exploration and readiness to support startup scaling and deliver comprehensive expansion outcomes for Data Ventures. Managing multiple operational work streams, the team focuses on operational planning, resource allocation, and process improvements to enhance business efficiency and successful launch integration. Collaborating cross-functionally, they develop innovative solutions and tools aligned with business objectives. Committed to operational excellence, the team ensures timely execution, continuous learning, and accountability to achieve measurable results. Their success is reflected in launch completion, speed to profitability, integration efficiency, and leveraging learnings to accelerate future enterprise growth.
What you'll do:
- Oversee business and operational work streams to translate expansion strategies into executable change management initiatives; aligning stakeholders around priorities; and ensuring expansion objectives are successfully delivered.
- Lead operational readiness activities across expansion opportunities by identifying business requirements, understanding impacts to user persona needs, communicating across stakeholder groups, managing risks and dependencies, and ensuring successful activation.
- Equip cross-functional teams with the right messaging, onboarding, and support approaches to help both internal and external users succeed.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of current plans and initiatives; consulting cross-functionally to improve efficiency and effectiveness; and implement continuous improvement initiatives.
- Ensure successful launch and integration through strategic stakeholder management.
What you'll bring:
- Extensive experience in operations and/or project management with proven ability to lead complex initiatives and manage multiple work streams.
- Strong analytical skills to interpret data, identify trends, and translate insights into actionable business recommendations.
- Demonstrated success in driving business efficiency and cost reduction through innovative solutions and process improvements.
- Expertise in financial management, including budget oversight and profit and loss responsibility.
- Proven ability to lead and develop cross-functional teams, fostering collaboration and high performance.
- Excellent influencing and conflict resolution skills to build partnerships and drive execution.
- High business acumen and emotional intelligence that are leveraged to create shared understanding, structure, and accountability across cross-functional teams.
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
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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 Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Engineering, Operations , or related field and 3 years’ experience in operations, project management, or related area OR 5 years’ experience in operations, project management, 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.
Managing a budget, profit and loss statement, or relate financial process, Master’s degree in Business Administration or related field like (not limited to) project management, compliance, operations management, or related area, Project Management CertificationMasters, Masters: Operations ManagementProject Management - Project Management Professional - CertificationPrimary Location...1601 SE 10th St, Bentonville, AR 72716, 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, Engineering, Operations, or related field
- 3 years' experience in operations, project management, or related area OR 5 years' experience in operations, project management, or related area
- 1 year supervisory experience
- Experience managing a budget, profit and loss statement, or related financial process
- Master's degree (MBA or related field such as Operations Management)
- Project Management Certification (for example, PMP)
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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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