Principal, Product Manager

Position Summary...

What you'll do...

About the Role We are seeking a Principal Product Manager (PPM) for Supplier APIs to lead the strategy, evolution, and adoption of a large-scale API ecosystem that underpins critical internal and external integrations.

This is a high-visibility, high-impact leadership role responsible for shaping how APIs are designed, governed, and consumed across the organization. You will operate as a senior individual contributor, influencing multiple product domains and technology teams, and setting the bar for API product excellence.

Key Responsibilities API Strategy & Platform Vision

* Define and own the long-term vision, principles, and roadmap for the Supplier API and broader connected ecosystem, collaborating with other domain leaders for a holistic and best-in-class experience for our external partners

* Establish organization-wide standards for API design, lifecycle management, and backward compatibility

* Identify strategic opportunities where APIs can unlock reuse, scale, and faster product delivery and business impact

Product Leadership & Execution

* Own product definition for foundational API capabilities across multiple domains

* Partner closely with engineering, architecture, and security to deliver scalable, resilient APIs

* Drive prioritization decisions that balance platform health, developer needs, and business outcomes

Developer Experience (DX)

* Champion developers as primary users-both internal and external

* Improve API usability through clear contracts, documentation, tooling, and onboarding experiences

* Reduce time-to-value for API consumers and improve integration success rates

Platform Governance & Enablement

* Define standards and best practices for API consistency, security, and access control

* Guide versioning, deprecation, and change management strategies

* Influence teams toward platform-first and reuse-oriented solutions

Cross-Functional Influence & Thought Leadership

* Operate as the domain expert and trusted advisor to senior product, engineering, and business leaders

* Provide guidance and mentorship to product managers on API and platform best practices

* Represent the supplier API platform in executive forums and strategic planning discussions

Measurement & Communication

* Define and track success metrics for API adoption, reliability, and developer satisfaction

* Translate technical platform investments into clear business value narratives

* Communicate roadmap, progress, and risks to executive stakeholders

What Success Looks Like A Best-in-Class Supplier API

Experience:

* Suppliers and partners experience Walmart's APIs as a cohesive, intuitive, and dependable extension of our platform, regardless of domain or integration method. APIs feel intentionally designed, consistent, and easy to work with-earning trust as the preferred way to integrate and automate at scale.

A Unified, End-to-End Platform Vision Brought to Life

* A clear API vision and strategy is not only defined, but realized through execution, aligning teams around a shared direction while translating strategy into tangible improvements suppliers can feel. The ecosystem evolves deliberately rather than incrementally or inconsistently.

Seamless Integration Across Internal Teams and External Partners

* Internal product teams and external partners build against APIs that are connected, predictable, and interoperable, reducing friction at integration boundaries. APIs act as a unifying layer that enables faster delivery, smoother partnerships, and easier extension of core capabilities.

APIs as a Strategic Growth and Scale Lever

* APIs are recognized and managed as long-term strategic assets, enabling new capabilities, automation, and partnerships without introducing fragility. The platform scales confidently as volume, complexity, and use cases expand.

Required Qualifications

* 10+ years of product management experience, including ownership of platform or API products

* Proven experience defining and scaling APIs used by multiple teams or external partners

* Experience leading API or developer platforms at enterprise scale

* Prior ownership of public or partner-facing APIs with strong adoption

* Strong…