Manager, Strategic Partnerships (Internal Consulting & Special Projects)

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What you'll do...

ABOUT WALMART CONNECT (WMC)

Walmart Connect is key to Walmart's growth strategy. Walmart has built a ~$3 billion dollar closed-loop media business division of America's largest omnichannel retailer. It offers unparalleled opportunities for brands to reach their desired customers, no matter where, how and when they shop.

Walmart Connect is dedicated to driving measurable outcomes for our suppliers, sellers, merchants, stores, GMs, brand advertisers, and agencies using our full funnel ad solutions that leverage Walmart's in-store and online data. With a range of flexible pricing and buying models, including self-service, these solutions help businesses build brand awareness, engage with Walmart consumers, and convert Walmart consumers to shoppers.

This is a unique opportunity to join a high-visibility team within the largest company in the world.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

We are seeking an experienced and driven Manager to be a key contributor within the Internal Consulting & Special Projects team. This team focuses on leading strategic initiatives to solve business challenges, ranging from operational to people based workstreams, to help shape our growth strategy in the immediate future.

As a Manager, you will own workstreams similar to those in management consulting, identifying and enabling transformation change across the business. You will exhibit a consultative approach and influence in driving cross-functional collaboration and partnerships with leaders; this will often require driving consensus or decision-making against competing priorities.

You will bring intellectual curiosity, an ability to work with data to uncover key strategic insights, and an appetite to push data-driven transformation. If you are passionate about problem solving and thrive in dynamic environments, this role is for you!

KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

This role will be part of the internal consulting arm for Walmart Connect, who is responsible for crafting data-driven narratives to influence cross-functional stakeholders up and down the organization. The goal is to put together all the pieces to solve both the present and future challenges in a strategic way - all in an environment of ongoing change and transformation. Key components of the role are below:

• Strategic Thinking: Utilize your strategic mindset to assess and address a wide range of complex business challenges, including developing and implementing business strategies that drive growth and operational excellence. This role will require the ability to undertake difficult and ambiguous business challenges within an ever-evolving business environment.
• Problem Solving: Tackle business problems with an "answer first" approach, demonstrating a proactive and results-oriented mindset. Navigate ambiguity with confidence, putting a stake in the ground to drive decisions even in the absence of perfect data.
• Data Proficiency: In a world with imperfect data and tight timelines, proficiency in Excel (or other tools) and modeling is required. This role will require you to be hypothesis-driven, often engaging with different data sets and models, to help make recommendations to guide and support WMC leadership.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborate and build strong relationships with various departments, including Finance, Sales, Marketing, and Product, to drive alignment, streamline workflows, and support the achievement of company objectives.
• Business Connectivity and Implications: Strategically connect the dots between various business functions and priorities, ensuring a holistic understanding of how initiatives impact the overall business. Tie project outcomes back to tangible business implications and key performance indicators.
• Executive Stakeholder Management: Engage with senior-level stakeholders to understand business needs and priorities and drive consensus. Cultivate and maintain trust and rapport with senior level leadership with the ability to effectively collaborate and influence.
• Ability to manage multiple initiatives & prioritize accordingly: Oversee the execution of strategic initiatives, ensuring timely completion and successful implementation. Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and effectively prioritize, reprioritize, and manage multiple initiatives and projects simultaneously and deliver results within deadlines.

• Exceptional strategic thinking and analytical skills with an “answer first” approach.
• Comfort and confidence working in ambiguous situations.
• Strong ability to make decisions and take a stand based on limited information.
• Stakeholder management and relationship-building expertise.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to convey complex ideas in a clear and concise manner.
• Robust modeling skills, including creating financial models and also taking over existing ones.

• Education & professional experience:
  • Bachelor's degree in a field of study relevant to this role.
  • 3+ years experience in top-tier strategy consulting, corporate strategy at a large company, private equity investing or portfolio operations, or investment banking. As a bonus, previous experience applying this expertise at a media organization.
• Problem solving & critical thinking:
  • Strong analytical, strategic thinking and problem-solving skills, with the ability to understand complex business drivers.
  • Ability to think creatively, identify needle-moving solutions, deal with ambiguity, manage changing priorities within a matrixed organization.
  • Proficiency in data analysis tools and techniques, including SQL, Excel, and BI platforms (e.g., Tableau, Power BI).
• Business and people leadership:
  • High degree of professional confidence and credibility with effective presence, strong written and verbal skills to present complex information in a clear and concise manner to a variety of audiences, including executive levels in the company.
  • Bring a sense of “fun” that inspires others and creates a healthy team environment.