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Position Summary...

Director, Talent Acquisition Technology & Optimization

This role serves as the strategic and operational leader driving the advancement of our Talent Acquisition (TA) technology ecosystem. Acting as both a primary business owner and, at times, a product owner, this leader plays a key role in aligning our TA tech stack with broader enterprise goals while championing user experience and operational excellence across recruiting, hiring, and onboarding processes.

What you'll do...

Current Scope & Focus Areas:

• ATS Optimization (e.g., Workday and Career Preference (CP):
  Lead continuous improvement efforts to enhance recruiter workflows, hiring manager engagement, and candidate experience within the current ATS. This includes configuration refinement, UI enhancements, automation of manual tasks, and reducing time-to-fill and friction points in requisition, screening, scheduling, and offer workflows.
• System Integrations:
  Oversee seamless integrations across the TA ecosystem—career sites, CRM, interview scheduling platforms, assessment tools, and internal mobility systems—ensuring data flow, system stability, and reporting integrity.
• Career Site & Candidate Experience:
  Prioritize the evolution of our career preferences for mass hiring at the WMUS retail and supply chain business segment, to reflect employer brand, personalization, and accessibility, creating an engaging, intuitive journey for external candidates and internal associates exploring new opportunities.

Strategic Influence & Future Enhancements:

• Tech Roadmap Development:
  Build and manage the TA tech roadmap in alignment with enterprise HRIS and Digital roadmaps, ensuring timing and sequencing of tools support talent priorities.
• Center of Excellence Collaboration:
  Act as a key broker between TA operations, HRIS, legal/compliance, vendor partners, and the COEs Center of Excellence. Facilitates alignment on business needs, tool governance, and change management across the TA lifecycle.
• Product Ownership Mindset:
  In moments of rapid transformation, this role may assume a product owner role—leading sprints, gathering business requirements, managing vendor relationships, and piloting features with end users to ensure the right problems are being solved
• Redesigns initiatives and processes for key business functions to drive business goals objectives and programs by working cross functionally, analyzing data and evaluating key business components in order to assess current performance baselines

What you'll bring...

• Proven experience (10+ years) in talent acquisition leadership roles, with a strong background in HR Tech Stack.
• Experience leading large, cross-functional teams (i.e. Product Management, Engineering) and working with senior leaders across the organization.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to influence and inspire at all levels of the organization.
• Experience in a fast-paced, global environment, managing complex, large-scale initiatives.

• Respect the individual: Builds high performing teams seeks and embraces differences in people cultures ideas and experiences creates a workplace where all associates feel seen supported and connected through culture of belonging so associates thrive and perform drives a positive associate and customer member experience for all
• Act with Integrity: Maintains and promotes the highest standards of integrity ethics and compliance models the Walmart values and leads by example to foster our culture.
• Serve our Customers and members Adopts a holistic perspective that considers data analytics customer member insights and different parts of the business when making plans and implementing strategies
• Strive for Excellence: Drives continuous improvements supervises the adoption of new technology and supports digital disruption in line with Walmarts business model

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 .

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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 .

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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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- Stock

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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 Finance, Human Resources, Engineering, Supply Chain, or related field and 5 years’ experience in consulting, project management, business strategy, or related area OR 7 years’ experience in consulting, project management, business strategy, or related area. 2 years’ 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.

Project Management, Strategic Planning

Masters, Masters: Human Resources, Masters: Supply Chain

Lean Six Sigma Champion Certification - Certification, Project Management - Project Management Professional - Certification

Primary Location...

508 Sw 8Th St, Bentonville, AR 72712, United States of America

Job Tags

Permanent employment, Full time, Temporary work, Part time,

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