Principal, Product Manager

1345 Crossman Ave Sunnyvale, CA 94089-1114 R-2403810 $143,000 - $286,000/yr Regular/ Permanent Salaried

Position Summary...
We are seeking a Principal Product Manager (PPM) for Supplier APIs to lead the strategy, evolution, and adoption of a large-scale API ecosystem that underpins critical internal and external integrations. This is a high-visibility, high-impact leadership role responsible for shaping how APIs are designed, governed, and consumed across the organization. You will operate as a senior individual contributor, influencing multiple product domains and technology teams, and setting the bar for API product excellence.

What You'll Do...
About the Role

• Define and own the long-term vision, principles, and roadmap for the Supplier API and broader connected ecosystem, collaborating with other domain leaders for a holistic and best-in-class experience for our external partners
• Establish organization-wide standards for API design, lifecycle management, and backward compatibility
• Identify strategic opportunities where APIs can unlock reuse, scale, and faster product delivery and business impact

Product Leadership & Execution

• Own product definition for foundational API capabilities across multiple domains
• Partner closely with engineering, architecture, and security to deliver scalable, resilient APIs
• Drive prioritization decisions that balance platform health, developer needs, and business outcomes

Developer Experience (DX)

• Champion developers as primary users both internal and external
• Improve API usability through clear contracts, documentation, tooling, and onboarding experiences
• Reduce time-to-value for API consumers and improve integration success rates

Platform Governance & Enablement

• Define standards and best practices for API consistency, security, and access control
• Guide versioning, deprecation, and change management strategies
• Influence teams toward platform-first and reuse-oriented solutions

Cross-Functional Influence & Thought Leadership

• Operate as the domain expert and trusted advisor to senior product, engineering, and business leaders
• Provide guidance and mentorship to product managers on API and platform best practices
• Represent the supplier API platform in executive forums and strategic planning discussions

Measurement & Communication

• Define and track success metrics for API adoption, reliability, and developer satisfaction
• Translate technical platform investments into clear business value narratives
• Communicate roadmap, progress, and risks to executive stakeholders

What Success Looks Like...
A Best-in-Class Supplier API Experience:

• Suppliers and partners experience Walmart's APIs as a cohesive, intuitive, and dependable extension of our platform, regardless of domain or integration method. APIs feel intentionally designed, consistent, and easy to work with earning trust as the preferred way to integrate and automate at scale.

A Unified, End-to-End Platform Vision Brought to Life

• A clear API vision and strategy is not only defined, but realized through execution, aligning teams around a shared direction while translating strategy into tangible improvements suppliers can feel. The ecosystem evolves deliberately rather than incrementally or inconsistently.

Seamless Integration Across Internal Teams and External Partners

• Internal product teams and external partners build against APIs that are connected, predictable, and interoperable, reducing friction at integration boundaries. APIs act as a unifying layer that enables faster delivery, smoother partnerships, and easier extension of core capabilities.

APIs as a Strategic Growth and Scale Lever

• APIs are recognized and managed as long-term strategic assets, enabling new capabilities, automation, and partnerships without introducing fragility. The platform scales confidently as volume, complexity, and use cases expand.

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

• 10+ years of product management experience, including ownership of platform or API products
• Proven experience defining and scaling APIs used by multiple teams or external partners
• Experience leading API or developer platforms at enterprise scale
• Prior ownership of public or partner-facing APIs with strong adoption
• Strong technical fluency in distributed systems and integration architectures
• Demonstrated ability to influence across organizational boundaries without direct authority
• Exceptional communication skills with both technical and executive audiences
• Familiarity with event-driven and asynchronous architectures (e.g., web hooks, streaming)
• Background working with complex identity, authentication, and authorization systems
• Track record of improving developer experience through documentation, SDKs, or tooling
• Experience operating in highly matrixed organizations with significant cross-team dependencies
• Prior role as a principal- or staff-level product leader influencing multiple domains
• Comfort presenting platform strategy and tradeoffs to executive leadership
• Experience navigating regulated, security-conscious, or compliance-heavy environments

Minimum Qualifications...
Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications.
Option 1: Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or related area and 9 years' experience in product management. Option 2: 11 years' experience in product management or related area.

Preferred Qualifications...
Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.
Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business Administration, or related area and 8 years' experience as a product manager, ideally working on consumer-facing, large-scale, highly complex B2B/C products, Supervisory experience, We value candidates with a background in creating inclusive digital experiences, demonstrating knowledge in implementing Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA standards, assistive technologies, and integrating digital accessibility seamlessly. The ideal candidate would have knowledge of accessibility best practices and join us as we continue to create accessible products and services following Walmart's accessibility standards and guidelines for supporting an inclusive culture. Masters: Business Administration, Masters: Computer Engineering, Masters: Computer Science

Primary Location...
1345 Crossman Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94089-1114, United States of America Walmart 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.