Senior Manager, Marketing Planning And Strategy

Position Summary...

What you'll do...

Senior Manager, Editorial Operations – Walmart Connect

About Walmart Connect
Walmart Connect helps brands reach Walmart's 150 million weekly shoppers through powerful omnichannel media solutions. By combining Walmart's scale, data, and retail expertise, we create meaningful connections between advertisers and customers.

As our retail media business accelerates, we're expanding the systems, infrastructure, and operational rigor that enable teams to deliver consistent, compelling storytelling at scale. We are investing in a content engine that unifies strategy across vertical, industry, and centralized content teams—empowering the organization to move faster, smarter, and more efficiently.

Role Overview

The Senior Manager, Editorial Operations leads the editorial engine that ensures all Walmart Connect content is accurate, on-brand, compliant, and execution-ready at scale. This role owns editorial strategy, operational rigor, and cross-functional alignment—partnering closely with vertical, industry, brand, legal, and sales stakeholders.

This leader sets the standards, systems, and operating rhythms that enable consistent quality while supporting speed and flexibility across teams.

Key Responsibilities

Editorial Strategy & Governance

• Define and own editorial standards, style guides, and quality benchmarks across all content types.
• Establish governance frameworks for content review, approvals, and lifecycle management.
• Act as the final editorial authority for high-visibility, enterprise-level content.

Operational Leadership

• Design and manage scalable editorial workflows, intake models, and prioritization frameworks.
• Set SLAs and capacity models to support predictable delivery across vertical and industry teams.
• Lead process optimization efforts to reduce rework and accelerate time-to-market.

People & Team Leadership

• Lead and develop a team of Editorial Operations managers and editors.
• Coach managers on stakeholder management, operational excellence, and decision-making.
• Foster a culture of accountability, quality, and continuous improvement.

Cross-Functional Partnership

• Partner with Legal, Brand, Compliance, Marketing Ops, and Sales Enablement to ensure alignment.
• Translate business and go-to-market needs into clear editorial plans and execution models.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to vertical and industry leaders on content readiness and quality.

Measurement & Optimization

• Define KPIs for editorial efficiency, quality, and throughput.
• Use data and insights to identify bottlenecks, inform resourcing decisions, and improve workflows.

Qualifications

• 8–10+ years of experience in editorial operations, content strategy, or marketing operations.
• Proven experience leading editorial teams in a complex, matrixed organization.
• Strong understanding of brand governance, compliance, and enterprise content standards.
• Exceptional stakeholder management and operational leadership skills.
• Experience supporting sales enablement or B2B marketing organizations preferred.

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. 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. For information about PTO, see 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.

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.

For Information About Benefits And Eligibility, See One.Walmart.
Hoboken, New Jersey US-10279: The annual salary range for this position is $108, $216,000.00

San Bruno, California US-08848: The annual salary range for this position is $117, $234,000.00 Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses. Additional compensation for certain positions may also include :

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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.
Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, Communications, or related field and 3 years' experience in marketing or related field OR 7 years'

experience in marketing or related field.

Preferred Qualifications...
Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.
Leading cross-functional projects, Marketing or related field, Supervisory experience

Masters: Business Administration

Primary Location...

221 River St, Hoboken, NJ 07030, United States of America

Walmart and its subsidiaries are committed to maintaining a drug-free workplace and has a no tolerance policy regarding the use of illegal drugs and alcohol on the job. This policy applies to all employees and aims to create a safe and productive work environment.