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Group Director, Global People Strategy…
- Walmart (Bentonville, AR)
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Position Summary...
As a key advisor and partner to the Global Chief People Officer, and the Global People Leadership team, this role is integral in shaping and executing the Global People strategy impacting our 2.1 million associates around the world. This role sits at the center of all people functions, enabling collaborative decision-making and effective ways of working to drive business outcomes and deliver an exceptional associate experience.
What you'll do...
1. Strategic Planning & Execution
+ Serve as a thought partner to the CPO on driving workforce strategy and organizational transformation, with a focus on digital ways of working, emerging technology and future-of-work trends.
+ Partner with the People Leadership Team to accelerate People strategies and priorities to enable business objectives and associate experience.
+ Serve as a liaison between the CPO and People Leadership Team to ensure alignment, remove roadblocks, and drive accountability.
2. Operational & Business Rhythm Management
+ Develop reporting dashboards and facilitate recurring business reviews to drive accountability towards strategic goals. This includes tracking key people metrics, initiatives, and progress toward goals and preparing executive level status updates.
+ Plan and facilitate recurring operating mechanisms including PLT team meeting cadences and offsites with clear agendas, follow-ups, and action tracking.
+ Own and manage board updates and cross-functional executive reporting.
+ Prepare materials for key meetings including recurring annual documents (e.g., CPO objectives, Board presentations).
+ Plan and manage Global People Admin budget, contracts and external partnerships.
4. Communications & Stakeholder Management
+ Collaborate with Corporate Affairs to build and execute comprehensive communication strategy (internal and external) to improve associate engagement, build external employer brand and navigate responses to socio-political events.
+ Serve as a trusted point of contact between the CPO and other executives, associates, and external partners.
+ Leverage data and insights to maintain a pulse on culture and associate sentiment and ensure the CPO and PLT are aware of key themes.
5. Enterprise Project Management
+ Lead or coordinate strategic enterprise projects across People teams.
+ Own and manage ad hoc projects or urgent problem areas that require focused attention of the CPO (e.g., crisis response, benchmarking visits with peer CPOs).
+ Conduct research, synthesize insights, and recommend solutions on emerging trends.
+ Serve as an extension of the CPO in driving initiatives when direct involvement isn’t possible.
6. Governance, Risk & Compliance Oversight
+ Support the CPO in ensuring People policies and practices comply with relevant laws and internal standards.
+ Partner with legal, finance, corporate affairs and audit teams to mitigate risk and ensure readiness for audits, reviews and external disclosure reporting.
What you’ll bring...
+ Seven to ten years of progressive experience in human capital or workforce strategy consulting with C-level executives, with at least 5 years in a senior/executive-level role overseeing digital transformation or HR strategy.
+ Deep understanding of emerging technology and how it can accelerate organizational effectiveness.
+ Proven track record in leading cross-functional, enterprise-scale change and transformation efforts.
+ Strategic talent acumen as it relates to driving high performance and identifying and accelerating associate growth.
+ A proven track record of successfully working as a business partner with a C-level management team, building trusting and effective relationships with leaders across the enterprise.
+ Experience managing and developing a team, implementing programs that attract and develop talent and organizational capabilities.
**Note** : We value real-world business expertise. Candidates who bring rich, applied experience—especially in high-impact, decision-making roles—are encouraged to apply in lieu of a formal MBA degree.
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 (https://bit.ly/3iOOb1J) .
The annual salary range for this position is $160,000.00-$320,000.00
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._
Preferred Qualifications...
_Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications._
Primary Location...
508 Sw 8Th St, Bentonville, AR 72712, 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.
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