Director, Communications Enablement

Walmart • Bentonville, AR

107d • $110,000 - $220,000

About The Position

Walmart is seeking a Director, Communications Enablement to elevate how we plan, deliver, measure, and evolve communications at scale. In this role, you'll act as a critical link between strategy and execution, ensuring all communications initiatives are cohesive, aligned to enterprise priorities, and continuously optimized through insights and innovation. Ultimately, you'll bring structure, add clarity and infuse innovation to help ensure that Walmart's earned and owned communication strategies are integrated, holistic and effective, resonating with key audiences and generating proven impact. The Communications Enablement team ensures Walmart's Global Communications function operates with discipline, agility, and consistency. We design and manage the systems, processes, and tools that align priorities, integrate measurement, and drive effectiveness across teams and partners. By blending strategic planning with data, insights, and emerging technologies, the team helps Walmart deliver communications that are globally aligned, audience-first, and continuously improving. We convene stakeholders to set and align priorities, enabling Global Communications to strengthen Walmart's reputation and amplify its voice with precision.

Requirements

• 10+ years' experience in communications, strategy, program management or related fields.
• Proven expertise in building and leading multi-channel communications for a large public entity.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to integrate data and insights into decision-making.
• Experience designing scalable governance models, processes and best practices within large, matrixed organizations.
• Excellent judgment, executive presence and ability to influence senior stakeholders.
• A balance of creativity and operational discipline, with curiosity for emerging technologies and the evolving communications landscape.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working as a staff member of a government official.
• Master's degree in Journalism, Communications, Public Relations, or related field.
• Working in a global environment.

Responsibilities

• Define communications priorities, OKRs and frameworks to align storytelling with enterprise goals.
• Establish scalable processes, operating models and tools that improve collaboration across internal functions and agency partners.
• Build and continually manage an enterprise editorial calendar that proactively aligns messages to strategy, ensuring communications are strategically sequenced and impactful.
• Partner with senior leaders and cross-functional teams to ensure communications are consistent and reputationally sound.
• Use measurement, research and analytics to evaluate performance, uncover insights and drive continuous improvement.
• Convene stakeholders to create alignment and amplify Walmart's key messages across earned and owned channels as well as ancillary platforms such as paid advertising.
• Harness emerging technologies, specifically AI, to modernize communications delivery and effectiveness.
• Serve as a trusted advisor and thought partner, inspiring teams to experiment and innovate while maintaining operational discipline.

Benefits

• Competitive pay and performance-based bonus awards.
• Health benefits including medical, vision and dental coverage.
• Financial benefits including 401(k), stock purchase and company-paid life insurance.
• Paid time off benefits including PTO (including sick leave), parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting.
• Short-term and long-term disability.
• Company discounts.
• Military Leave Pay.
• Adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement.
• Live Better U education benefit program for associates.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: General Merchandise Retailers
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree