Senior Distinguished I, Product Manager - Agentic Advertising

Reference: R-2573767Posted: 2026-07-16Location: SUNNYVALE, CA, United States; BENTONVILLE, ARSalary: $208000 - $416000/yearType: Full time / Regular/PermanentCompany: WalmartBusiness Segment: Home OfficeRole summary: This Agentic Advertising, Sr Distinguished Product Manager to define and scale new advertising experiences within AI-powered shopping journeys. This role will sit at the intersection of retail media, conversational commerce, product discovery, marketplace quality, and customer trust. About the team: The AI Shopping team leads strategic AI initiatives to drive innovation and market growth. It collaborates with internal and external partners to develop product roadmaps, execute go-to-market strategies, and manage stakeholder relationships effectively. What you'll do:Lead the product strategy, roadmap, and execution for advertising experiences within AI-powered commerce surfaces. Pioneer new AI-native ad formats that move beyond the sponsored product playbook, using shopper intent, mission context, product relevance, basket signal, and closed-loop commerce outcomes to create useful, transparent sponsored experiences. Define how sponsored products, recommendations, and brand experiences should appear in conversational and agentic shopping journeys. Partner with advertising, ecommerce, search, personalization, design, engineering, data science, analytics, legal, privacy, and policy teams to bring new monetization experiences to market. Develop customer-first principles for sponsored experiences in AI shopping, including relevance, transparency, disclosure, measurement, and ranking integrity. Identify high-value surfaces and moments where sponsored recommendations can improve customer decision-making, basket completion, and product discovery. Build and scale experimentation frameworks to measure customer engagement, advertiser value, incremental sales, conversion, basket impact, and long-term trust. Translate advertiser needs into scalable product capabilities, including targeting signals, placement logic, reporting, attribution, and performance optimization. Establish product requirements for ad serving, event instrumentation, auction eligibility, quality controls, and closed-loop measurement. Balance monetization goals with customer experience quality, ensuring sponsored content is helpful, relevant, and clearly differentiated. Help define how retail media evolves as AI assistants become more involved in shopping decisions. What you'll bring:15+ years of product management experience, with meaningful experience in ecommerce, digital advertising, and/or retail media.Strong understanding of advertising products, sponsored listings, auction-based marketplaces, campaign performance, measurement, and attribution.Experience with agentic commerce, AI/ML personalization, recommendation systems, or conversational interfaces.Proven ability to lead complex, cross-functional initiatives across engineering, design, data science, business, legal, privacy, and operations.Strong analytical skills, including experience defining success metrics, experimentation plans, dashboards, and business impact models.Ability to operate in ambiguous, fast-moving environments and turn emerging technology shifts into clear product strategies.Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to influence senior stakeholders and align diverse teams.Preferred QualificationsExperience in marketplace advertising, sponsored search, display advertising, or performance marketing platforms.Experience building products that require policy, privacy, brand safety, or trust-and-safety considerations.Experience launching zero-to-one products or monetization models in emerging consumer technology spaces. 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 . 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. Sunnyvale, California US-11656: The annual salary range for this position is $208,000.00 - $416,000.00 Bentonville, Arkansas US-30008: The annual salary range for this position is $160,000.00 - $320,000.00 Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses. Additional compensation for certain positions may also include : - StockMinimum qualifications["Option 1: Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or related area and 13 years’ experience in product management. Option 2: 15 years’ experience in product management or related area."]Preferred qualifications["Supervisory experience", "Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business Administration, or related area and 12 years’ experience as a product manager, ideally working on consumer-facing, large-scale, highly complex B2B/C products", "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."]