(USA) Principal, UX Designer - Data Experiences
Walmart

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Principal UX Designer, Data Experiences

About the Team

Join our award-winning design team and help us shape the future of retail. Our mission is to bring dignity and access to all through design excellence to all regardless of zip code or bank account. We design richly compelling experiences that improve the daily lives of millions of customers - whether they are at home, in our stores, or on the go. We also craft world-class experiences that enable our merchants, suppliers, sellers and 2.1 million in-store associates to deliver great value to our customers on a daily basis.

As a Principal UX Designer on the Data Experiences team, you will act as an accelerant, helping articulate the strategy and design for our internal data products and experiences. You will bring together and synthesize both familiar and forward-looking design for data practices for our partners across the business and help deliver clear and explainable data tooling and visualization. This work will allow you to innovate around design patterns that directly impact millions of customers via key financial, analytics, data science, ML, and operations systems. Whether working directly with data scientists on predictive models or realizing the necessary approach and structure of interactive information design, this role will help shape our direction when it comes to producing explainable UI, AI, and ML models that users understand and trust. Our goal is to streamline the B2B encounter with data informed decision-making processes and bring a consumer software grade sensibility to every Partner and Associate at Walmart. We want to optimize the data experiences that enable us to enable millions of households and families to save money and live better.

You'll set the vision for best enterprise data experiences practice and create a space for cross-functional colleagues to collaborate. You'll set structure and context for the design team and they'll look to you for your expertise, empathetic approach, holding your work as the standard.

You are a systems thinker who has an aptitude for anticipating problem-solution loops with partner teams, can facilitate conversations, create concepts, run design sprints, build and deploy rapid prototypes to leverage the collective creativity of a fast, stakeholder-rich environment. You'll employ your great strengths in storytelling to present your vision and product design rationale in a compelling, convincing manner to the wider team.While working with partners to determine a shared plan forward that balances business and technology considerations, you will create and champion an experience that is highly engaging and usable and deliver pixel-perfect detailed design, shoulder-to-shoulder with your team.

By innovating on the world's biggest stage, you will have the chance to shape the future of retail and beyond. If you are motivated by complex, purposeful challenges, being Principal UX Designer at Walmart could be the fit you've been looking for.

In the Principal role we expect...

• An ability to communicate concepts in a clear and compelling way to audiences of all levels of understanding and levels of seniority.
  

• Excellent interaction, visual and prototyping skills with a keen understanding of trends in design practice.
  

• Adeptness at leading user research (both qualitative and quantitative), forming a design strategy and influencing the product roadmap for your team.
  

• Comfort with thinking at a high level about product strategy and articulating that vision to the broader team.
  

• Deep experience with business requirement gathering, end-to-journey mapping, facilitating sessions like Design Sprints, conducting competitive analysis, and leading rapid concepting and prototyping.
  

• Excellent oral and written communication skills, including the ability to articulate the rationale behind your design decisions.
  

• Designers look to you for expertise in crafting scalable systems and managing stakeholders.
  

• A self-starter mindset, well organized and always looking to improve things.
  

• Experience defining processes and frameworks for the design team and your cross functional partners.
  

You'll sweep us off our feet if you have...

• Domain experience in data, analytics, or AI tools...and a keen eye towards industry trends.
  

• A demonstrable understanding of enterprise data ecologies and deep exposure building experiences that can drive coherent and user-friendly utility.
  

• A strong design aesthetic, paired with excellent visual and interaction design skills; you can bring data to life in a familiar and compelling way.
  

• Comfort with ambiguity along with an ability to motivate teams and partners.
  

• Ability to consume deep strategic data and insights to produce meaningful experiences for business partners and associates.
  

• A demonstrable track record working cross-functionally with shipping successful products in a fast-paced B2B environment.
  

• A strategic mindset and systemsthinking approach to embracing complex information and interaction design problems, transforming and delivering them as simple and delightful experiences.
  

• A knack for connecting the dots across the organization with other related initiatives across the company while driving collaboration.
  

• You thrive in an ever-changing environment and find joy in leading by doing. You inspire, coach, and contribute to our team culture.
  

You'll make an impact by:

• Designing at the highest level of craftfor a broad population of Walmart customers.
  

• Facilitating creative problem-solving across cross-functional partners to drive best-in-class thinking from all parts of the organization and seamlessly integrating competitive organizational goals.
  

• Proactively soliciting, leveraging, and sharing design research, competitive research, data, and analytics to create full-featured and strategic products.
  

• Owning and driving a program of work and collaborating seamlessly with cross-functional partners.
  

• Recruiting the best design talent and mentoring our growing team.
  

• Thinking holistically so that we build true end-to-end experiences.
  

• Multitasking across different projects and adapting to changing priorities.
  

• Championing the Design Thinking philosophy throughout the business.
  

• Communicating effectively with kindness and empathy.
  

Preferred qualifications:

• DegreeinHCI,Information Architecture,DigitalDesign,Graphic Design or similar and 7+ years of experience in UX design.
  

• Have afantastic portfolio of elegant design solutions.
  

• Excellent written and verbal communication.
  

The above information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed in the role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. The full Job Description can be made available as part of the hiring process.

Perks and Benefits

Beyond competitive pay, you can receive incentive awards for your performance. Other great perks include 401(k) match, stock purchase plan, paid maternity and parental leave, PTO, multiple health plans, and much more.

Equal Opportunity Employer

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, ideas and opinions - while being inclusive of all people.

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.
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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.
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For information about PTO, see https://one.walmart.com/notices.

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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.
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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.
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For information about benefits and eligibility, see One.Walmart.

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The annual salary range for this position is $143,000.00-$286,000.00
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Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses.
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Additional compensation for certain positions may also include:
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- Stock
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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 UI/UX design, graphic design, visual communication, product design, computer science, information technology, or related area and 5 years' experience in UI/UX, interactive and visual design, electronics art, multimedia design, or related area. Option 2: 7 years' experience in UI/UX, interactive and visual design, electronics art, multimedia design, or related area.

Preferred Qualifications...

Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.

Design certification (for example, IDEOU - Foundations in Design Thinking Certificate), Driving product development in a user experience area, Master's degree in UI/UX Design, Interactive and Visual Design, Product Design, or related area, Related industry experience (for example, retail, supply chain, eCommerce, healthcare), UI/UX, Interactive and Visual Design, Electronics Art, Multimedia Design, or related area, We value candidates with a background in creating inclusive digital experiences, demonstrating knowledge in implementing Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA standards, assistive technologies, and integrating digital accessibility seamlessly. The ideal candidate would have knowledge of accessibility best practices and join us as we continue to create accessible products and services following Walmart's accessibility standards and guidelines for supporting an inclusive culture.

Masters: Architecture, Masters: Artificial Intelligence, Masters: Business, Masters: Cognitive Science, Masters: Computer Science

Primary Location...

850 Cherry Avenue, San Bruno, CA 94066-3031, United States of America

About Walmart

At Walmart, we help people save money so they can live better. This mission serves as the foundation for every decision we make, from responsible sourcing to sustainability-and everything in between. As a Walmart associate, you will play an integral role in shaping the future of retail, tech, merchandising, finance and hundreds of other industries-all while affecting the lives of millions of customers all over the world. Here, your work makes an impact every day. What are you waiting for?

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.

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