Director, Strategic Initiatives - ESG Strategy - Human Capital

Walmart • Bentonville, AR

13d • Onsite

About The Position

The Director, Strategic Initiatives – ESG Strategy – Human Capital leads the shared value strategy and disclosure approach for an issue portfolio relating to people, including our associate workforce and supplier opportunity. This role is accountable for producing external disclosures (e.g., ESG report, stakeholder- and investor-facing disclosures, and responses to common ESG questionnaires/ratings), ensuring alignment with evolving reporting frameworks and regulatory expectation; advising colleagues on Walmart’s shared value agenda; assessing Walmart’s performance; and engaging external stakeholders to understand expectations, influence standards and ratings, and share Walmart performance. This position reports to the Senior Director, ESG Strategy. The ESG Strategy team helps shape Walmart’s approach to creating shared value, strengthening business resilience, and building stakeholder trust. We work across the enterprise to develop strategies, advance performance, and produce clear, decision-useful disclosures on Walmart’s priority ESG issues. This role will join a collaborative, high-performing team and partner closely with leaders across People, Supplier Opportunity, Investor Relations, Corporate Communications, Legal, and other functions.

Requirements

• Demonstrate expertise in one or more of Walmart’s shared value priority issues: human capital, workforce well-being and growth, supplier opportunity
• Strong corporate disclosure and report-writing experience: translating technical inputs into clear, concise, decision-useful narratives for external audiences (investors, raters, policymakers, NGOs).
• Visionary thinking backed by strong strategic and analytical framing
• Strength in leading through influence and aligning various stakeholders
• Collaborative mindset with strong project management skills
• The ability to pick up on new concepts quickly, synthesize information, and generate insights
• Curiosity and engagement with AI tools to enhance work
• Influencing perspectives through strong oral and written communication
• Experience working with retail, merchandising, sourcing, etc.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Social Science, Communications, or related field and 5 years’ experience managing cross-functional projects for governmental or non-governmental organizations, consulting firms, or corporations OR 7 years’ experience managing cross-functional projects for governmental or non-governmental organizations, consulting firms, or corporations.

Nice To Haves

• Developing and managing project budgets for governmental or non-governmental organizations, consulting firms, or corporations
• Managing project teams in a matrix environment
• Managing strategic initiatives
• Master's degree in International Business or related field

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and writing of assigned People-related sections of Walmart’s ESG report, from initial framing and drafting through review, validation, and final publication.
• Shape related disclosures and messaging for investors and thought leaders, ensuring alignment with evolving reporting standards.
• Advise colleagues on Walmart’s people-related shared value agenda and disclosures; track developments in the space; develop issue and reporting strategies; and guide aspirations, policies, practices, targets, metrics, and performance initiatives.
• Lead complex, cross-functional research, benchmarking, and policy projects.
• Engage investors, NGOs, standard setters, raters, suppliers, and coalitions to gather feedback, influence standards, and communicate Walmart’s performance.

Benefits

• Medical coverage
• Vision coverage
• Dental coverage
• 401(k)
• Stock purchase
• Company-paid life insurance
• PTO (including sick leave)
• Parental leave
• Family care leave
• Bereavement
• Jury duty
• Voting leave
• Short-term disability
• Long-term disability
• Company discounts
• Military Leave Pay
• Adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement
• Live Better U (Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director