Principal, Data Analyst (Data Ventures)

Principal, Data Analyst (Data Ventures) Location: (USA) Upstream Building AR Bentonville Home Office Position Summary... As a Senior Manager, Data Analytics, you will play a pivotal role in managing and optimizing Walmart Data Ventures' technical and business data assets. Your primary responsibility will be to ensure data accuracy, consistency, and accessibility across the organization. Collaborating with cross-functional teams—including Data Stewards, Analysts, Product Managers, Engineers, and Scientists, you will help design, implement, and maintain data solutions that meet business needs and support data-driven decision-making. What you'll do... Analyze product use cases, identify the right data sources, and assess data for accuracy, completeness, and consistency. Partner with data modelers to design data structures, mappings, and transformations that align with business requirements, and reconcile data after implementation. Collaborate with Data Stewards and Security teams to uphold consistent data policies and standards across the organization. Work with the data quality team to define and implement data quality rules. Build automated, reusable frameworks and reports or dashboards using Python, SQL, and related tools to support analysis and reconciliation. Provide guidance on data architecture, including column data types and scalable design decisions. Validate and sign off on data assets post-implementation by Data Engineers. Interpret and document code (SQL, Scala, PySpark, Python, ETL) and data lineage at a high level. Create and validate data mappings, document data lineage, and maintain comprehensive metadata. Support business data stewards, analysts, and support teams in understanding data design and resolving data issues. Document all stewardship activities in enterprise data catalog and metadata management tools. Guide stakeholders and junior associates on data governance best practices and regulatory compliance. Promote organizational adoption of data management practices and educate teams on data accountability. What you'll bring... Strong SQL skills, including experience with stored procedures, nested queries, and advanced functions. Experience working with databases, data warehouses, or big data platforms such as SQL Server, Oracle, Teradata, Hive, Presto, BigQuery, Redshift, Synapse, or Snowflake. Experience with data visualization tools such as Power BI, Tableau, or similar platforms. Familiarity with ETL, cloud, and big data tools such as Informatica, SSIS, Spark, Hive, or Airflow. Proficiency in Python or a similar object-oriented programming language. Strong understanding of data governance, data management best practices, and tools such as Collibra, data catalogs, lineage, and metadata management. Familiarity with software product lifecycles, data architecture, and agile ways of working. Knowledge of business domains such as Finance, Supply Chain, Sales, or Marketing, including relevant metrics and performance indicators. Experience working with retail, point-of-sale, basket, consumer insights, or syndicated data is a plus. About the team... The Walmart Data Ventures Data Readiness team ensures the accuracy, consistency, and accessibility of essential data assets. Collaborating with Data Stewards, Analysts, Product Managers, Engineers, and Scientists, the team develops and maintains data solutions aligned with business goals. Their work supports data-driven decision-making by delivering reliable insights and promoting effective data governance. Operating in a collaborative environment, the team emphasizes precision, strategic alignment, and continuous improvement to enhance Walmart’s data capabilities and drive meaningful business outcomes. 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. The annual salary range for this position is $90,000.00 - $180,000.00 Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses. Additional compensation for certain positions may also include : - Stock ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ‎ 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 Business, Engineering, Statistics, Economics, Analytics, Mathematics, Arts, Finance or related field and 4 years' experience in data analysis, data science, statistics, or related field. Option 2: Master's degree in Business, Engineering, Statistics, Economics, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Information Technology or related field and 2 years' experience in data analysis, data science, statistics, or related field. Option 3: 6 years' experience in data analysis, data science, statistics, or related field. Preferred Qualifications... Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications. Data science, data analysis, statistics, or related field, Master’s degree in Business, Computer Science, Engineering, Statistics, Economics, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Information Technology or related field, Related industry experience (for example, retail, merchandising, healthcare, eCommerce), Successful completion of assessments in data analysis and Business Intelligence tools and scripting languages (for example, SQL, Python, Spark, Scala, R, Power BI, or Tableau) Primary Location... 1601 SE 10th St, Bentonville, AR 72716, 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.