Group Director, Advanced Analytics - Marketplace at Walmart in San Bruno, California

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Walmart's U.S. Ecommerce Marketplace is a fast-growing and vibrant place that connects millions of customers to 100s of millions of products offered by our Marketplace sellers. If you are a dynamic analytics leader, looking to operate and drive analytical and strategic insights at the scale of a Fortune 1 company, then this role may be for you. We seek a Group Director of Advanced Analytics to lead our Marketplace Growth, Optimization, & Product Analytics functions. This role will report to the VP of Marketplace Analytics & Data Science and will directly manage a team of top-notch Directors and Senior Directors across these functions. We're looking for an individual with expansive Ecommerce analytics experience that includes seller & assortment acquisition, seller retention, catalog/category management, marketing, search, user generated content, order fulfillment & delivery, and product.


In this role, you'll partner with multiple Marketplace business VPs to help shape and drive business strategies, and ensure their teams have the data they need to succeed. You'll be successful if you are equally adept at driving topline strategies & scaling teams while also being able to go deep into problems to understand and fix root cause issues. No issue is too big, and none is too small. You'll roll up your sleeves to help drive improvements that will benefit both customers and sellers alike at massive scale. If you enjoy leading teams with far-reaching scope that solve complex problems, working at a fast pace while having fun, and influencing the future of Ecommerce shopping at Walmart then please apply.



What you'll do...

• Provide strategic guidance to senior business leadership and acts as trusted advisor and organizational expert for the business.
  
  


• Influence business strategy by identifying new business issues and answering complex business questions to articulate the future needs of the Walmart customer.
  
  


• Develop and drive long-term customer strategies to drive business by working with cross-functional executive leadership to align customer strategies with the long-term corporate vision.
  
  


• Lead all advanced analytics projects for a highly complex business area, category or prototype across platforms based on broad industry and organizational knowledge.
  
  


• Ensure solution and analytical plans reflect business and enterprise priorities.
  
  


• Direct the development and implementation of data models for all projects within a highly complex business area or category.
  
  


• Lead the development of highly complex modeling algorithms and approaches by evaluating industry trends. Live our Values.
  
  

You'll make an impact by...

• Modeling the Walmart values to foster our culture; holds oneself and others accountable; and supports Walmart's commitment to communities, social justice, corporate social responsibility, and sustainability; maintains and promotes the highest standards of integrity, ethics and compliance.
  
  


• Being a servant leader - Acts as an altruistic servant leader and is consistently humble, self-aware, honest, and transparent.
  
  


• Embracing Change - Demonstrates curiosity and a growth mindset; fosters an environment that supports learning, innovation, and intelligent risk-taking; and exhibits resilience in the face of setbacks.
  
  


• Fostering Digital Transformation & Change - Drives continuous improvements, supervises the adoption of new technology, and supports digital disruption in line with Walmart's business model.
  
  


• Delivering for the Customer / Having a Customer Focus - Delivers expected business results while putting the customer first and consistently applying an omni-merchant mindset and the EDLP and EDLC business models to all plans and initiatives.
  
  


• Being a Strategic Thinker - Adopts a holistic perspective that considers data, analytics, customer insights, and different parts of the business when making plans and implementing strategies.
  
  


• Focusing on our associates
  
  


• Being a Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Champion - Supports strategies and drives initiatives that attract and retain diverse and inclusive talent; builds high-performing teams; embraces diversity in all its forms; and actively supports diversity goal programs.
  
  


• Collaborating & Influencing - Builds strong and trusting relationships with team members and business partners; works collaboratively and cross-functionally to achieve objectives; and communicates with energy and positivity to motivate, influence, and inspire commitment and action.
  
  


• Focusing on Talent - Creates a discipline and focus around developing talent, builds the talent pipeline, fosters an environment allowing everyone to bring their best selves to work, empowers associates and partners to act in the best interest of the customer and company, and regularly recognizes others' contributions and accomplishments.
  
  

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. The full Job Description can be made available as part of the hiring process.


At Walmart, we offer competitive pay as well as performance-based incentive 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. For information about PTO, see https://one.walmart.com/notices .


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 at https://bit.ly/3iOOb1J .


The annual salary range for this position is $208,000.00-$416,000.00


Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance incentives.


Additional compensation for certain positions may also include:


- Regional Pay Zone (RPZ) (based on location)


- Stock equity incentives




Minimum Qualifications...



Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications.


Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Statistics, or related field and 7 years' experience in data analytics or related field OR 9 years' experience in data analytics or related field.
7 years' supervisory experience OR experience leading cross-functional teams.




Preferred Qualifications...



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


Using cluster analysis techniques, simulation, inferential statistics, neural networks, or data mining techniques


Masters: Business Administration, Masters: Information Systems, Masters: Statistics




Primary Location...

850 Cherry Avenue, San Bruno, CA 94066-3031, United States of America



About Walmart



At Walmart, we help people save money so they can live better. This mission serves as the foundation for every decision we make, from responsible sourcing to sustainability-and everything in between. As a Walmart associate, you will play an integral role in shaping the future of retail, tech, merchandising, finance and hundreds of other industries-all while affecting the lives of millions of customers all over the world. Here, your work makes an impact every day. What are you waiting for?


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. That means understanding, respecting, and valuing diversity- unique styles, experiences, identities, abilities, ideas and opinions- while being inclusive of all people.


"At Walmart, we get the opportunity to grow professionally and personally-all while improving how we work and what we deliver to consumers." - Lola, Project Analyst



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