Senior Manager, Data Development

Walmart Walmart · Retail · Mississauga, ON

Senior Manager, Data Development role focused on applying data, analytics, and technical expertise to solve business problems. Responsibilities include translating complex requirements into practical solutions, identifying appropriate methods and use cases, interpreting business needs into actionable insights, assessing data sources, performing data transformation and integration, supporting the development of scalable pipelines and models, and contributing to solution design, testing, and deployment. Requires advanced Python, Spark, and SQL skills, with knowledge of Kafka and BI tools. The role emphasizes leadership, respect, integrity, customer focus, and continuous improvement.

What you'd actually do

  1. The role may support the operation of a function through the formulation of complex analytical or technical problems into data‑driven solutions.
  2. This role may apply business understanding and analytical techniques to identify appropriate methods, tools, and use cases, and also interpret business needs into actionable insights that inform decision making.
  3. The role may provide recommendations by understanding business context, metrics, and priorities across multiple domains.
  4. The role may translate requirements into projects, activities, and artifacts aligned to broader objectives, and also act as a conduit between business needs and practical solutions while identifying relevant insights within the scope of work.
  5. The role may identify and assess data sources to ensure suitability, quality, and alignment with requirements.

Skills

Required

  • Advanced Python
  • Advanced Spark
  • Advanced SQL
  • Kafka
  • Business Warehouse technologies
  • BSc or similar
  • 7 - 10 years of experience

Nice to have

  • 1-2 Business Intelligence tools
  • Dashboard optimization
  • Tableau or similar data visualization software