Group Director, Technology Operations - LocalFinds

Walmart • Hoboken, NJ, United States • $200k - $250k / year • 3w ago

Position Summary

The Walmart LocalFinds team is a new venture that builds on Walmart's leading omni-channel platform as we continue our mission to revolutionize the local shopping experience. As the Group Director, you will develop business and product strategies to partner with local retailers in cities across the world, starting with the US, to make their businesses and products discoverable to customers and available for same-day in-store pickup, local delivery and then help scale them nationally and more.

In this role, you will build and scale innovative ways for customers to discover and engage with local sellers seamlessly, boosting product assortment and speed on site, helping local businesses grow, and powering our hyperlocal and the Walmart flywheel. You will play a general management function and have ultimate responsibility for LocalFinds' business success as you create a best-in-class experience for Walmart Customers and Subscribers, Local Sellers, and Delivery Drivers.

Ownership areas include:

Manage and Grow business: Managing and optimizing the P&L, with ultimate responsibility for top and bottom-line financial performance. Overseeing all aspects of budgetary management, including unit economic optimization, headcount and SG&A spend, and contracts with vendors for professional services.
Creating business and product strategies: Building a 0 to 1 business and product by crafting the vision for local 3rd party shopping within Walmart. Galvanizing support and enthusiasm from leadership and stakeholders across the broader company to bring this vision to life.
Growth Mindset: Crafting new business cases and presenting recommendations for category and geographic expansion for executive-level buy-in.
Build and Develop High Performing Teams: Growing, leading and inspiring a large, multi-functional organization.
Marketing and Branding: Developing marketing, branding and positioning for raising awareness and consideration for both B2C and B2B marketing.
Building Experiences that Customers Love: Co-creating the product roadmap with Tech teams to develop beloved customer and seller experiences.
Relationship Builder: Forging strategic relationships with sellers of all sizes.
Operator and Continuous Improvement mindset: Leading marketplace management strategy to increase perfect order rates and improve NPS.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in business administration, engineering, operations or related field and 7 years' experience in operations, project management, or related area.
10 years' supervisory experience.
10+ years' experience using intermediate functionality of Microsoft Office.
10+ years' experience building and leading cross-functional teams.

Preferred Qualifications

Master's degree in Business Administration, Engineering Operations, or related area and 10+ years' experience as a Business GM or Product Manager.
Project management certification.

The above information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed in the role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

Benefits & Perks

Beyond competitive pay, you can receive incentive awards for your performance. Other great perks include 401(k) match, stock purchase plan, paid maternity and parental leave, PTO, multiple health plans, and much more.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Walmart, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer - By Choice. We believe we are best equipped to help our associates, customers and the communities we serve live better when we really know them.