Senior manager, product development - produce foods

Position Summary...

At Walmart, we help people save money so they can live better. As a Senior Manager, Food Product Development, you will help shape and grow Walmart’s Private Brand food businesses. Combining food science, culinary expertise, customer insights, and commercial judgment, you will develop differentiated, high-quality retail products customers love and can afford. From identifying innovation opportunities to leading product development and commercialization, you will influence what millions of customers experience on Walmart shelves and online.

About the team:

Walmart Brands Product Development brings together food scientists, culinary-minded innovators, and product experts to build brands customers trust. We partner closely with Merchandising, Sourcing, Quality, Packaging, Brand, and suppliers to translate customer needs into winning products. Our team blends technical expertise, commercial thinking, and a passion for food to deliver exceptional taste, quality, innovation, and value at Walmart scale. We challenge conventional thinking, embrace emerging technologies, and continuously improve how we develop products and grow our businesses.

What you'll do...

• Build customer-led product strategies, innovation pipelines, and actionable product briefs.
• Lead formulation, sensory evaluation, specifications, supplier development, testing, and commercialization.
• Integrate food safety, regulatory, labeling, quality, and shelf-life requirements from concept through launch.
• Drive cost optimization, value engineering, and informed technical and commercial trade-offs.
• Partner with Merchandising, Sourcing, and suppliers to deliver differentiated products and business results.
• Leverage customer insights, sales performance, quality data, analytics, and AI to improve products and accelerate development.
• Manage priorities, milestones, risks, and cross-functional decisions while strengthening team capabilities.

What you'll bring:

• Strong food product development expertise across ingredients, formulation, manufacturing, sensory, packaging, and commercialization.
• Culinary curiosity and a passion for flavor, texture, food trends, and consumer eating experiences.
• Customer-first thinking with the ability to translate insights and competitive intelligence into compelling product strategies.
• Commercial acumen to balance product quality, cost, margin, manufacturability, and customer value.
• Confidence using data, analytics, and emerging AI tools to improve decisions and simplify work.
• Proven ability to influence cross-functional partners, navigate ambiguity, and deliver results.
• A passion for building innovative products and successful food businesses.

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 $110,000.00 - $220,000.00 Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses. Additional compensation for certain positions may also include : Stock

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, Marketing, Design, or related field and 4 years’ experience in design, merchandising, marketing, or related area OR 6 years’ experience in design, merchandising, marketing, or related area.

Preferred Qualifications...

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

Preferred Qualifications

Application development experience with emphasis on VBA and SQL programming languages, Creative design software, Financial modeling, Leading and completing cross-functional projects, Manufacturing, product development, or packaging, Microsoft Office, Supervisory Masters: Arts, Masters: Business, Masters: Science Project Management - Project Management Professional - Certification, Six Sigma - Certification

Primary Location...

701 Respect Dr, Bentonville, AR 72716, 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.