Senior Director, Talent Acquisition, Global Tech
Location:
Bentonville, Arkansas
Introduction/Overview
Walmart is a people-led, tech-powered, omni channel retailer committed to helping people save money and live better. At Walmart Global Tech, we are building the future of retail by delivering innovative technology solutions that simplify and optimize Walmart’s operations, providing a seamless customer experience for millions of people worldwide, including for our 2.1MM associates. Guided by our Purpose and Values, Walmart is transforming our industry and leading the way in adaptive retail.
Our Talent Acquisition team is transforming the way we hire and attract the world’s top technical talent. We are seeking a Senior Director of Talent Acquisition, based at our company headquarters in Bentonville, Arkansas, to support several of our largest businesses within Global Tech. This leader will be responsible for leading critical recruitment initiatives to help us scale and deliver a world class hiring experience. You will have the opportunity to develop a recruitment team focusing on some of our most critical hiring needs and influence the way Walmart hires at scale. Reporting into the Head of Talent Acquisition for Global Tech and Corporate Functions, this is a highly visible and impactful leadership position, that will play a pivotal role shaping and driving the processes and experiences to attract top-tier technical talent to Walmart Global Tech. If you are a leader who is passionate about building, transforming, and making an impact at massive scale, we’d love to talk with you.
What You’ll Do (Responsibilities)
Strategy Development: Build and implement innovative and transformative strategies and supporting processes for technical recruiting for multiple global businesses within Walmart Global Tech.Recruitment Delivery: Lead a team of recruiting leaders and recruiters focused on building strategic talent pipelines and critical delivery for niche skill sets including Software Engineering, Machine Learning Engineers, and Data Scientists.Process Optimization: Reimagine and improve current recruiting processes, identify opportunities to drive efficiency and streamline processes. Leverage technology and automation (including GenAI) wherever possible to drive consistency and eliminate unnecessary steps and provide a seamless hiring experience.Operational Leadership: Embody a spirit of continuous improvement for all aspects of the hiring process. Establish the right operational mechanisms to inspect the business and recruiting performance at scale, including leveraging data and actionable insights to drive positive business outcomes.Candidate Experience: Deliver a world-class experience for candidates, hiring managers, and recruiting teams at all phases of the hiring process.Change Management: Lead change management initiatives, communication, and drive adoption of new ways of working.Leadership: Hire, develop, coach and manage a team of recruiting leaders and senior level individual contributors, while collaborating with cross-functional partners to ensure the success of recruitment initiatives.What You’ll Bring (Requirements)
Extensive experience in talent acquisition, particularly in complex, global, technical environments focusing on software engineering roles, and at scale. Experience recruiting for Software Engineers at scale, as well as expertise developing recruiting strategies for Machine Learning (ML), Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Data Science roles preferred.Depth of expertise in workforce planning best practices and processes, as well as strong knowledge of how to leverage internal and external talent market data and trends to inform talent acquisition strategies. Ability to see the big picture and connect talent acquisition strategies to a broader talent lifecycle.Strong capability in using data to inform and influence decision-making processes. Experience creating baseline metrics and developing the right measures of success.Proven ability to build strong relationships and collaborate effectively. Experience working elegantly through a complex, global matrix, including building effective relationships with partner teams around the world, demonstrating global competence and cultural awareness.Demonstrated experience in people leadership, including building and leading high-performing teams and developing and leading leaders. Exceptional judgment and decision-making skills to put the needs of the business, customers, and associates first.Proficiency in process improvement methodologies (examples include Lean and/or Six Sigma.) Ability to make the complex simple and bring fresh perspective to solving problems.Skilled at presenting and influencing executive leaders and scaling communications to all levels and audiences.Location & Travel
This position is based in Bentonville, Arkansas. Travel to our global tech hubs periodically will be required.
Benefits & Perks
At Walmart, we offer competitive pay as well as performance-based incentive 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, education assistance with college degrees, company discounts, military service pay, adoption expense reimbursement, and more.
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.com/Health
Equal Opportunity Employer
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, ideas and opinions – while being inclusive of all people.
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 $130,000.00-$260,000.00
Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses.
Additional compensation for certain positions may also include:
- Stock
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, human resources, or related area and 6 years’ experience in human resources, talent acquisition, orrelated area.
Option 2: 8 years’ experience in human resources, talent acquisition, or related area.
4 years’ supervisory experience or experience leading cross-functional teams.Preferred Qualifications...
Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.
Masters: Business, Masters: Human ResourcesHuman Resources - Professional HR (PHR) CERTIFICATION - CertificationPrimary Location...508 Sw 8Th St, Bentonville, AR 72712, United States of America