Senior Manager, Strategist

What you’ll do...

• Lead experience strategy for Member’s Mark and trend‑driven product development:
  Shape how insights from members, markets, and competitors inform private brand creation and physical product decisions across Sam’s Club.
• Define and evolve the experience that supports product creation:
  Design end‑to‑end experiences that help merchants and partners discover trends, gather insights, evaluate opportunities, and make confident decisions—focusing on ways of working, not just systems.
• Partner deeply with merchandising, brand, and analytics teams:
  Work side‑by‑side with merchants, researchers, and data partners to translate qualitative and quantitative insights into clear direction for product development and brand strategy.
• Drive concepting, ideation, and prototyping at a strategic level:
  Lead teams through ambiguity by framing problems, exploring concepts, and rapidly prototyping experiences that test assumptions and clarify direction.
• Embed research and analytics into decision‑making:
  Guide research strategy, synthesize findings from multiple sources, and ensure insights are actionable, credible, and directly connected to business and member outcomes.
• Influence without relying on formal authority:
  Act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders by clearly communicating narratives grounded in insight, aligning diverse perspectives, and driving alignment on what to build and why.
• Lead and develop design talent:
  Manage and mentor a Senior UX Designer embedded on the team, setting clear expectations, providing feedback, and elevating craft, confidence, and impact.
• Champion clarity in ambiguous spaces:
  Help teams navigate change in processes, roles, and ways of working by focusing on the experience being delivered and the outcomes it enables.

• Senior‑level UX leadership experience, with a track record of influencing strategy and outcomes in complex, cross‑functional environments.
• Strong background in concepting, ideation, and problem framing, especially in early, ambiguous stages of work.
• Experience partnering closely with research and analytics, translating insights into direction for product, brand, or experience strategy.
• Understanding of private brands, branding research, or product trends—including how insights shape physical products and brand positioning.
• Exceptional communication and storytelling skills, able to align executives, merchants, and partners around a shared vision.
• Comfort operating beyond screens, designing experiences that include workflows, behaviors, decision‑making, and collaboration.
• People leadership experience, with the ability to coach, develop, and elevate designers embedded in business‑facing teams.
• A systems and experience mindset, focused on enabling better outcomes rather than delivering isolated artifacts.

• Annual salary range: $ – $
• Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses.
• Additional compensation for certain positions may also include Regional Pay Zone (RPZ) based on location.

• Health benefits:
  
  medical, vision, and dental coverage.
• Financial benefits:
  
  401(k), stock purchase plan, and company‑paid life insurance.
• Paid time off: PTO, parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting leave; PTO and/or PPTO may be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes.
• Other benefits: short‑term and long‑term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement.
• Live Better U: company‑paid education benefit program for full‑time and part‑time associates in Walmart and Sam’s Club facilities, covering tuition, books, and fees.
• Benefits are subject to change and may vary by job classification and length of employment; eligibility requirements apply to some benefits.

2101 Se Simple Savings Dr, Bentonville, AR 72712‑4304, United States of America

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