• Director, Business Strategy

    Walmart (Bentonville, AR)


    Position Summary...

     

    The Director, Strategic Initiatives & Executive Engagement is a key partner to the Chief of Staff, responsible for synthesizing and elevating CES strategic priorities into executive-facing narratives, dashboards, and engagement moments. Unlike the Transformation team, which owns delivery of strategic initiatives, this role focuses on how CES tells the story of its progress, priorities, and enterprise value—both internally and externally.

     

    This leader ensures that the VP of CES and other senior stakeholders are equipped with compelling, accurate, and insight-driven materials that support enterprise alignment, leadership credibility, and long-range planning. By translating operational and transformation inputs into executive-ready outputs, this role plays a central part in how CES is perceived, supported, and positioned across Walmart Inc.

     

    What you'll do...

     

    Director, Business Strategy, Strategic Initiatives & Executive Engagement

     

    The Director, Strategic Initiatives & Executive Engagement is a key partner to the Chief of Staff, responsible for synthesizing and elevating CES strategic priorities into executive-facing narratives, dashboards, and engagement moments. Unlike the Transformation team, which owns delivery of strategic initiatives, this role focuses on how CES tells the story of its progress, priorities, and enterprise value—both internally and externally.

     

    This leader ensures that the VP of CES and other senior stakeholders are equipped with compelling, accurate, and insight-driven materials that support enterprise alignment, leadership credibility, and long-range planning. By translating operational and transformation inputs into executive-ready outputs, this role plays a central part in how CES is perceived, supported, and positioned across Walmart Inc.

     

    You’ll make an impact by...

     

    Turning Strategy into Executive Storytelling

     

    Translating CES strategy, operational progress, and transformation outcomes into executive-ready materials—narratives, dashboards, and briefings that shape how CES is understood and supported across Walmart.

     

    Driving Executive Engagement Moments

     

    Designing and orchestrating high-impact engagement opportunities for the VP of CES and other senior leaders—ensuring every interaction conveys credibility, insight, and enterprise alignment.

     

    Owning the CES Narrative

     

    Crafting compelling internal and external messaging that elevates CES’s mission, momentum, and value proposition within the Walmart ecosystem.

     

    Equipping Leadership with Insight-Driven Tools

     

    Creating frameworks and artifacts that help leaders confidently communicate CES priorities, anticipate cross-functional questions, and align on long-range planning.

     

    Connecting the Dots Across Transformation & Ops

     

    Synthesizing input from across CES transformation, operations, and analytics teams—ensuring a unified, strategic, and forward-looking POV emerges in all executive materials.

     

    You’ll sweep us off our feet if...

     

    + You’ve built executive-level narratives and reporting tools that influence senior decision-making in complex, matrixed organizations.

    + You can translate technical or operational detail into crisp, story-driven insights.

    + You’ve supported C-suite or senior leaders in enterprise-level communications and engagement.

    + You balance strategy with execution—building frameworks and routines that scale.

    + You bring empathy and energy into the room—anticipating needs, spotting signals, and elevating team momentum.

    Performance Metrics

    + **Executive Confidence & Readiness:** Quality, timeliness, and clarity of executive-facing materials

    + **Leadership Engagement & Reach:** Quantity and quality of VP-led moments across the enterprise

    + **Narrative Consistency & Impact:** Alignment of CES messaging across channels, partners, and forums

    + **Operational Translation:** Accuracy and resonance of transformation progress updates in strategic comms

    + **Scalability of Toolkits:** Quality and adoption of templates, dashboards, and frameworks

    Minimum Qualifications

    + Bachelor’s degree in Business, Communications, Strategy, or related field

    + 7+ years of experience in executive communications, business strategy, or enterprise engagement roles

    + Strong storytelling, data synthesis, and stakeholder management skills

    + Experience supporting or directly engaging executive leadership in large organizations

    + Proven ability to align diverse workstreams into a unified, enterprise-facing narrative

     

    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.

     

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    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.

     

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    For information about PTO, see https://one.walmart.com/notices .

     

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    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.

     

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    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.

     

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    For information about benefits and eligibility, see One.Walmart (https://bit.ly/3iOOb1J) .

     

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    The annual salary range for this position is $110,000.00-$220,000.00

     

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    Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses.

     

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    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._

    Minimum Qualifications

    Bachelor’s degree in Business, Statistics, Social Science, Communications, or related field and 6 years’ experience in retail merchandising, operations management, or related area OR 8 years’ experience in retail merchandising, operations management, or related area.

     

    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._

     

    Leading a cross-functional team

     

    Masters: Computer Engineering, Masters: Computer Science, Masters: Mathematics, Masters: Supply Chain, Masters: Transportation

     

    Primary Location...

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

    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.