Position Summary...
Walmart Connect is seeking a dynamic and relationship-driven Senior Manager to lead agency partnership strategy across a major Holding Company. This leader will steward a high-value portfolio, driving growth through thoughtful planning, operational excellence, and deep collaboration with agency leadership. You will shape the long-term roadmap, elevate best-in-class partnership models, and empower your team to deliver measurable results that ladder into broader joint business goals.
As a senior voice within the Partnerships organization, you will operate with a client-service mindset, a collaborative spirit, and a strong appreciation for how agencies mobilize, influence investment, and scale solutions across markets. You will represent Walmart Connect at senior levels within the Holding Company, champion internal alignment, and contribute to a culture grounded in transparency, accountability, and innovation.
What you'll do...
Set the strategic vision for a high-impact agency portfolio, crafting near-term and long-term partnership plans that drive incremental revenue and deepen agency engagement.
Lead, mentor, and inspire a team, ensuring clarity of direction, prioritization of resources, and development of high-performing talent.
Build strong senior relationships with agency leadership across Investment, Strategy, Data, and Commerce teams to unlock cross-agency collaboration and alignment on joint priorities.
Develop scalable playbooks and frameworks that enable consistency, efficiency, and excellence across multiple agency groups and client profiles.
Translate insights into action by synthesizing market trends, platform performance, and agency feedback to inform partnership growth strategies.
Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Marketing, GTM, Sales, and Operations to ensure seamless activation, accelerate adoption, and champion agency needs throughout Walmart Connect.
Inform product and solutions development, providing structured feedback to Product Marketing and Product orgs on features, integrations, and tools that enhance agency workflows and value delivery.
Act as an external ambassador, representing Walmart Connect at industry conferences, agency summits, leadership forums, and thought leadership opportunities. ??
?Preferred Qualifications:
14+ years of strategic partnerships, business leadership, or agency experience within digital media, commerce, or ad-tech.
3+ years of experience leading and developing teams within high-growth, fast-paced environments.
Experience working across multiple Holding Companies with deep familiarity of Publicis, Omnicom, IPG, Dentsu, and WPP operating models.
Demonstrated success managing global or multi-market agency relationships and navigating complex organizational structures.
Deep subject-matter expertise in retail media, programmatic, and CTV ecosystems, including measurement, data strategies, investment activation, and cross-channel optimization.
Hands-on experience with technical enablement solutions, including APIs, product integrations, data clean rooms, measurement tools, and platforms that support scaled agency adoption.
Strong analytical and operational rigor with a proven ability to diagnose challenges, develop data-backed insights, and define measurable business outcomes.
Strong influencing skills with the ability to collaborate effectively with VP+ stakeholders, both internally and externally.
A proactive, solution-oriented leader who excels in collaborative environments and balances strategic vision with hands-on execution.
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 (https://one.walmart.com/) .
Hoboken, New Jersey US-10279: The annual salary range for this position is $108,000.00 - $216,000.00
Chicago, Illinois US-10276: The annual salary range for this position is $99,000.00 - $198,000.00 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.
Option 1: Bachelor's degree in business, marketing, communication, digital media/advertising, or related area and 3 years' experience in campaign management, business development, market development, or related area.
Option 2: 5 years' experience in campaign management, business development, market development, or related area.
Preferred Qualifications...
Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.
5 years' experience in account management., 5 years' experience in channel/partner sales., 5 years' experience in digital media., Leading cross-functional teams, Master's degree in business, marketing, communication, digital media/advertising or related area and 3 year's experience in campaign management, business development, market development, or related area., With CRM.
Primary Location...
221 River St, Hoboken, NJ 07030, 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.
Walmart, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer- By Choice. We believe we are best equipped to help our associates, customers, and the communities we serve live better when we really know them. That means understanding, respecting, and valuing diversity- unique styles, experiences, identities, abilities, ideas and opinions- while being inclusive of all people.
