(USA) Vice President, Product Analytics

Walmart•Bentonville, AR

5d•$225,000 - $500,000

About The Position

The Vice President, Product Analytics is the enterprise leader accountable for building and scaling Walmart’s product analytics function—defining how data informs product decisions across the full digital portfolio (eCommerce, App, Walmart+, Financial Services, Health & Wellness, Marketplace, and Walmart Connect). Reporting to the EVP, Product, Design & AI Acceleration, this VP leads a ~60-80 person organization across five pillars: Product Measurement & KPIs, Experimentation & Causal Inference, Growth & Monetization Analytics, Data Science & Advanced Modeling, and Instrumentation & Data Quality. The role owns a $15-25M analytics platform budget and directly influences $500M+ in annual product investment decisions through measurement frameworks, experimentation governance, and analytics-driven insights. The VP serves as the single point of accountability for product measurement standards, experimentation rigor, and KPI governance across 200+ product teams—connecting product health metrics to enterprise financial performance at Fortune 1 scale.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field (Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Economics, Engineering, Data Science, or related)
12+ years of progressive experience in analytics, data science, or quantitative strategy roles
5+ years leading analytics or data science teams within a product-led or digital-first organization at scale
3+ years managing senior leaders (Director+ level) with organizations of 30+ analytics professionals
Demonstrated experience building experimentation and measurement capabilities at enterprise scale
Deep expertise in product metrics (activation, engagement, retention, conversion, NPS, LTV) and statistical methodology

Nice To Haves

Analytics leadership in retail, eCommerce, technology, or consumer-facing industries
Experience building experimentation platforms at Fortune 100 scale with track record of $100M+ measurable business impact
Experience with analytics for marketplace, advertising, or subscription/membership business models
MBA or advanced degree (MS/PhD) in Statistics, Data Science, Economics, or related quantitative field

Responsibilities

Analytics Vision & Strategy Define and execute the multi-year product analytics strategy and roadmap aligned with enterprise product and company objectives
Translate enterprise strategy into measurable product KPIs that connect product health to financial outcomes
Present analytics strategy and portfolio impact to EVP, C-suite, and board stakeholders quarterly Measurement & KPI Governance
Establish enterprise product measurement frameworks aligning product performance with business value and customer outcomes
Own the metric governance process—ensuring KPIs are consistently defined, instrumented, and reported across all digital products
Define the product health scorecard used by all product GMs to track activation, engagement, retention, conversion, and NPS
Experimentation & Causal Inference Scale experimentation frameworks (A/B, multivariate, quasi-experimental) supporting thousands of concurrent tests across web, app, and omnichannel
Establish experimentation governance: statistical rigor standards, guardrail metrics, and launch/no-launch criteria
Elevate causal inference and econometric modeling to de-risk major product investment decisions
Data Science & Advanced Modeling Lead predictive and prescriptive modeling for segmentation, recommendation, churn prediction, and lifetime value estimation
Build ML pipelines that operationalize models at Walmart scale, serving real-time predictions to product surfaces
Evaluate and adopt emerging techniques (LLM-powered analytics, automated insight generation) to accelerate capability maturity
Instrumentation & Data Quality Define standards for event taxonomy, instrumentation, tracking, and data quality across all digital products
Partner with engineering on data architecture, pipeline reliability, and latency requirements for real-time analytics
Ensure compliance with privacy and regulatory requirements (CCPA, GDPR, internal data governance)
Talent & Organization Build and scale a high-performing team of analysts, data scientists, and experimentation engineers across 5 Senior Director-led pillars
Establish clear operating models between Product Analytics, Data Engineering, Business Reporting, and UX Research
Drive career frameworks, succession planning, and a culture of intellectual curiosity and methodological rigor
Respect for the Individual Demonstrates and encourages respect for others; Builds high performing, diverse teams; seeks and embraces differences in people, cultures, ideas and experiences; creates a workplace and equitable experiences where associates feel seen, supported and connected through culture of belonging so associates thrive and perform; drives a positive associate and customer/member experience for all; serves as a talent scout who identifies, attracts, and retains best, diverse talent. Creates a discipline and focus around developing talent through feedback, coaching, mentoring, and developmental opportunities; builds the talent pipeline; creates an environment allowing everyone to bring their best selves to work; empowers associates and partners to act in the best interest of the customer/member and company; and regularly recognizes others’ contributions and accomplishments. Builds strong and trusting relationships with team members and business partners; works collaboratively and cross-functionally to achieve business objectives; and communicates and listens attentively, with energy and positivity to motivate, influence, and inspire commitment and action.
Acts with Integrity Maintains and promotes the highest standards of integrity, ethics and compliance; models the Walmart values and leads by example to support and reinforce our culture; supports Walmart’s goal of becoming a regenerative company by making a positive impact for associates, customers, members, and the world around us. Ensures that organizations follow the law, our code of conduct and company policies,; drives an environment where associates feel comfortable sharing concerns, and models our culture of non-retaliation; proactively gathers concerns raised by associates and takes action , and models this for others; holds self and organization accountable for achieving results in a way that is consistent with our values. Acts as an altruistic servant leader and is consistently humble, self-aware, honest, and transparent.
Service to the Customer/Member Delivers expected business results while putting the customer/member first and consistently applying an omni-merchant mindset and acts with an Every Day Low Cost mindset to drive value and Every Day Low Prices for customers/members. Adopts a holistic, end-to-end perspective that considers data, analytics, customer/member insights, and different parts of the business when making plans and designing or executing strategies to capitalize on opportunities with global impact.
Strive for Excellence Consistently raises the bar and seeks to improve; demonstrates curiosity and a growth mindset; creates an environment that supports learning, innovation, learning from mistakes, and intelligent risk-taking; and models resilience in the face of setbacks. Acts as a change agent to drive continuous improvements; supports others through change; and guides the adoption of new technology and supports digital disruption in line with Walmart’s business model.

Benefits

At Walmart, we offer competitive pay as well as performance-based bonus 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 .
The annual salary range for this position is $225,000.00 - $500,000.00 Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses.
Additional compensation for certain positions may also include : - Regional Pay Zone (RPZ) (based on location) - Stock