Director, Digital Strategy & Acceleration

Position Summary...
The Director, Strategy & Digital Acceleration - Global Talent Portfolio, will be dedicated to driving the end-to-end digital activation across the associate lifecycle. This role is instrumental in shaping the global talent and learning portfolio efforts. The ideal candidate will possess the understanding of the internal ways of working, and who possesses knowledge of the Global Talent and Learning portfolio, strategic objectives, and can hold various stakeholders accountable to operationalize digital delivery. This role will ensure broad socialization of tech initiatives both within and outside the organization, ensuring a healthy operating model between business, technology, UX, and product partners.

What you'll do...

• Optimized Operating Model: foster collaboration with technology and product partners by creating a healthy operating model.
• Resource and Capacity Management: ensure accountability for resourcing and capacity management across key GTL digital initiatives.
• Digital Storyline/Narrative: create and socialize the narrative and campaign around.
• Digital Acceleration: Deliver optimized operational effectiveness, supported by Business owners across GTL overseeing key initiatives aligned to digital PMO activities.
• Surface and Challenge Innovation Boundaries: Deliver innovative digital solutions (evoking and surfacing use cases across the associate life cycle).

Optimize Operating Model

• Optimize execution of the digital strategy for the Global Talent and Learning portfolio, ensuring alignment with GTL's strategy across the associate lifecycle.
• Partner with senior executives, technology, and product leaders to identify and capitalize on digital opportunities across the talent space.
• Champion innovation and test-and-learn approaches to drive meaningful improvements in talent engagement, talent acquisition, digital learning, and performance.

Operational Excellence

• Oversee the monitoring and execution of digital initiatives in collaboration with internal teams and external partners, focusing on:
• Digital Talent Experience: Enhance the end-to-end associate experience.
• Manage resourcing and capacity to ensure efficient delivery of initiatives across the portfolio.
• Drive accountability with technology and product teams to meet project goals, timelines, and quality standards.

Socialization & Communication

• Lead efforts to socialize and align digital initiatives across business units, ensuring broad awareness and understanding both within and outside the organization.
• Act as the primary advocate for talent technology solutions, ensuring effective stakeholder engagement and adoption of portfolio management / tracking mechanisms.

Key Success Indicators

• Successful delivery of innovative digital solutions with measurable impact on the associate lifecycle.
• Effective collaboration with technology and product partners to achieve business objectives.

What you'll bring...

• Strong strategic thinking with the ability to drive accountability across the GTL portfolio.
• Proven ability to manage resourcing, capacity planning, and cross-functional accountability.
• Expertise in project management frameworks aligned to digital transformation.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills with experience in stakeholder engagement and alignment.
• Proficiency in navigating complex organizational ecosystems and building consensus.

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 $110,000.00-$220,000.00

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.

Bachelor's degree in Communications, Marketing, Business, or related field and 5 years' experience in public relations, communications or related field OR 7 years' experience in public relations, communications or related field.
2 years' supervisory experience.

Preferred Qualifications...

Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.

experience developing and implementing issue advocacy or grassroots projects., experience in developing digital communication channels., experience in Walmart Communications, Marketing, or related field., experience managing digital platforms or social networks.

Primary Location...

702 Sw 8Th St, Bentonville, AR 72716, United States of America