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What you'll do...

Vertical** **Marketing** **Manager – Walmart Connect** **Location:** Hoboken, NJ (preferred) | San Bruno, CA **About Walmart Connect** At Walmart Connect, we connect brands with Walmart’s 150 million weekly shoppers — helping advertisers reach customers where and when it matters most. We bring together Walmart’s scale, data, and omnichannel capabilities to create meaningful, measurable connections between brands and consumers. As part of the Walmart U.S. Growth organization, Walmart Connect enables advertisers to tell their stories through retail media, in-store experiences, and digital touchpoints across our ecosystem. We’re looking for bold thinkers and strategic storytellers who want to redefine the future of retail media — transforming insights into impactful narratives that drive real business growth. **About the Role** We are seeking a **strategic storyteller and marketing leader** to serve as a **Vertical Marketing Manager** for Walmart Connect. In this role, you will **develop and lead category-specific marketing strategies** that transform insights and industry trends into compelling narratives and go-to-market materials. Acting as a critical link between **data, storytelling, and sales enablement** , you will shape how Walmart Connect communicates its unique value proposition across key verticals and audiences. You’ll collaborate across Sales, Media Insights, Product, Marketing, and Creative teams to create high-impact materials that empower our sales organization and inspire our advertisers. This position sits within a team that supports Food and Beverage accounts, and you’ll report to the **Senior Manager,** **Vertical** **Marketing** within Walmart Connect Enterprise Marketing. **Key Responsibilities** **Shape Category Narratives

+ Build vertical-specific stories that highlight WalmartConnect’s **differentiated value proposition** through the lens of your assignedindustry categories.

+ Translate complex data and insights into cohesive, actionable stories that demonstrate WalmartConnect’simpact across the path to purchase.

Enable Sales Success

+ Partner with Sales to design **category decks, case studies, and insight-driven toolkits** that empower teams to have richer client conversations and accelerate revenue growth.

+ Ensuremessagingdeveloped for assigned categories is consistent with Walmart Connectmarketplace positioning acrossall sales materials and enablement channels.

Influence** **Thought Leadership

+ •Collaborate on **research and insights initiatives** — including **agency studies, advertiser perception reports, and category analyses** — that position Walmart Connect as a trusted retail media authority.

+ Develop materials that elevate WalmartConnect’srole in shaping the broader advertising and retail ecosystem.

Deliver Actionable Insights

+ Make use of 1stand 3rdparty data sources and tools to provide **seasonal and category-level insights** that inform enterprise marketing campaigns, long-term business planning, and client strategy.

+ Surface and package key trends to support vertical growth narratives and internal alignment.

Integrate Enterprise Storytelling

+ Collaborate with **Content Strategy, Events, and Brand Marketing** teams to ensure vertical narratives align with WalmartConnect’soverarching story and visual identity.

+ Partner with Design and Creative Studio teams to develop cohesive, visually compelling assets.

Core Skills** Strategic Storytelling · Category Marketing · B2B Marketing · Insights Translation · Sales Presentation Development · Cross-Functional Collaboration · Sales Enablement · Thought Leadership Development **Key Outputs

+ **Foundational sales toolkits** for priority verticals

+ **Category growth narratives** for advertiser engagement

+ **Case studies and success stories** demonstrating measurable impact

Minimum Qualifications

+ 5+ years of professional experience in **advertising, product marketing, insights, or category marketing**

+ Proven experience developing **messaging frameworks, go-to-market materials, and thought leadership content**

+ Visual storytelling and presentation design skills (PowerPoint, Keynote, or similar)

+ Bachelor’s degree in marketing, communications, business, or related field

Preferred Qualifications

+ Strong understanding of the **U.S. advertising and retail media landscape** , including full-funnel measurement principles

+ Demonstrated ability to translate complex data into actionable insights and compelling stories

+ Experience collaborating across **Sales, Product, Marketing, Insights, and Design** teams

+ Proficiency usingconsumerand mediaresearchdatabases(Nielsen,MRI,ComScore, etc.),including **AI-driven tools** for content development and insight generation

+ Experience supporting **category marketing** for Food, Consumables, or Retail sector

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 https://one.walmart.com/notices . 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 (https://one.walmart.com/) .

Hoboken, New Jersey US-10279: The annual salary range for this position is $96,000.00 - $186,000.00

San Bruno, California US-08848: The annual salary range for this position is $104,000.00 - $202,000.00 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 1 year's experience in marketing or related field OR 5 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._

Marketing or related field

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.

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.