Vanathy Lakshmi

Product leader with the passion for solving the right problem, Vanathy has more than 13 years of experience working with Product Management. As a Senior Director of Product Management at Walmart, she is transforming and building world-class digital products for the merchandising organization. Vanathy has started her career as a Tech Support person and it helped her obsess over customer satisfaction, learn problem-solving and also getting to the right problem as well. Working as an IT Consultant she developed numerous applications for clients including Microsoft, Novartis, and Cisco. After that, she worked her way around the product lifecycle to learn what works and what doesn’t. She has also learned and grown from a manager to being a leader over the years of experience. Currently, she is proud to be part of a digital transformation team and learning the deep end of the retail world by leading product teams within Merchandising and strengthening my Omni, headless commerce of retail. Additionally, she has the capability to navigate ambiguity with grace and strategically align roadmaps to focus on short term and long term goals. Her colleagues describe Vanathy as an empathic listener and a talented, tenacious troubleshooter.