At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead a team to transform data into actionable insights and drive business decisions.
- Company: Join Walmart, a leader in retail innovation and analytics.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, career growth, and a supportive work environment.
- Other info: Dynamic workplace focused on collaboration and continuous improvement.
- Why this job: Make a real impact by leveraging data to enhance customer experiences.
- Qualifications: 7+ years in data analytics with strong leadership and technical skills.
The predicted salary is between 108000 - 132000 $ per year.
Position Summary: The Senior Manager, Data Analytics will lead a high-performing team that turns data into clear business decisions and measurable action. This role blends strong analytical and technical expertise with deep business acumen, partnering with leaders across the business to identify opportunities and solve complex problems.
What you’ll do:
- Lead the development of actionable analytics, reporting, and decision-support products that improve sales, margin, customer experience, and operational performance.
- Lead the adoption and implementation of AI-enabled analytics solutions, identifying high-value retail use cases and embedding responsible, scalable capabilities into business processes and decision-making.
- Translate business priorities into clear analytical questions, requirements, and measurable outcomes.
- Partner with senior stakeholders to interpret performance trends, uncover root causes, and recommend practical actions.
- Lead a team of analysts, creating strong standards for data quality, storytelling, stakeholder engagement, and delivery.
- Define and monitor retail KPIs across sales, transactions, margin, inventory, customer behavior, digital performance, and operational execution.
- Drive adoption of self-service reporting and trusted data assets while simplifying and rationalizing duplicative reporting.
- Champion data governance, ensuring analytics products are accurate, scalable, timely, and aligned to enterprise definitions.
- Communicate insights in a concise and compelling manner for executive audiences.
What You’ll Bring:
- 7+ years of experience in data analytics, business intelligence, strategy, consulting, or a related field; retail, eCommerce, or consumer-facing experience preferred.
- Advanced experience with analytical and visualization tools such as SQL, Tableau, Power BI, BigQuery, Python, or similar platforms.
- Proven ability to lead AI implementation and adoption that delivers measurable business value.
- Demonstrated ability to connect data insights to commercial decisions and operational actions.
- Strong understanding of retail performance drivers.
- Proven people leadership experience, including coaching, developing, and managing high-performing analytical teams.
- Strong business judgment and the ability to work through ambiguity, balance competing priorities, and focus teams on the highest-value opportunities.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills, with the ability to influence decisions across functions and levels.
- A practical, action-oriented mindset: able to move beyond reporting what happened to recommending what should happen next.
What Success Looks Like:
Success in this role means the business has greater confidence in its data, leaders have faster access to meaningful insights, and teams take clearer actions that improve performance. The Senior Manager will build strong partnerships, develop talent, and establish analytics as a trusted driver of retail decisions.
Leadership Expectations:
- Respect the Individual: Demonstrates and encourages respect for all; builds a high-performing team; seeks, and embraces differences in people, cultures, ideas and experiences; creates a workplace and experiences where all associates feel seen, supported and connected through culture of belonging so associates thrive and perform; drives a positive associate and customer experience for all; identifies, attracts, and retains the best team members.
- Acts with Integrity: Maintains and promotes the highest standards of integrity, ethics and compliance; models the Walmart values and leads by example to foster our culture; supports Walmart’s goal of becoming a regenerative company by making a positive impact for associates, customers, and the world around us.
- Serve our Customers: Delivers expected business results while putting the customer first and consistently applying an omni-merchant mindset.
- Strive for Excellence: Consistently raises the bar and seeks to improve; demonstrates curiosity and a growth mindset; seeks feedback, asks thoughtful questions, fosters an environment that supports learning, innovation, and learning from mistakes.
The pay range for this position is $109,400.00 - $150,480.00. Pay will be determined based on relevant experience.
Walmart will accommodate the disability-related needs of applicants and associates as required by law.
Primary Location: 1940 Argentia Rd, Mississauga, ON L5N 1P9, Canada.
Senior Manager, Data Analytics employer: Walmart Canada
Walmart Canada is an exceptional employer that prioritizes employee growth and development, offering a dynamic work culture where respect, integrity, and collaboration are at the forefront. Located in Mississauga, ON, this role as Manager, Business Development not only provides competitive compensation but also fosters a sense of belonging and encourages innovation, making it an ideal place for individuals seeking meaningful and rewarding careers. With a commitment to continuous learning and a focus on customer satisfaction, Walmart Canada empowers its associates to thrive and make a positive impact in their communities.
