Director, Talent Acquisition - Business Retail
Walmart•Bentonville, AR
•$110,000 - $220,000•Onsite
About The Position
The Director oversees multiple recruiting teams or functions, building hiring strategies directly tied to product roadmaps and execution milestones. This role advises VPs on speed vs. cost vs. quality trade-offs, builds bench strength and succession depth, and anticipates capability gaps tied to growth initiatives.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in business, human resources, or related area and 5 years’ experience in human resources, talent acquisition, or related area.
- OR 7 years’ experience in human resources, talent acquisition, or other area.
- 3 years’ supervisory experience or experience leading cross-functional teams.
Nice To Haves
- Master's degree in Business, Human Resources, or related field
- Professional in Human Resources certification
- Masters: Business
- Masters: Human Resources
- Human Resources - Professional HR (PHR) CERTIFICATION - Certification
Responsibilities
- Builds hiring strategies directly tied to product roadmaps and execution milestones.
- Builds bench strength and succession depth across the team.
- Builds hiring forecasts based on historical trends and evolving business demand.
- Leads cross-team workflow improvements that remove recurring bottlenecks.
- Advises VPs on speed vs. cost vs. quality trade-offs in hiring.
- Anticipates capability gaps tied to growth initiatives or transformation efforts.
- Aligns talent direction to business outcomes and translates enterprise priorities into focused, executable hiring plans.
- Advises leaders on skill mix, sequencing, build vs. buy trade-offs, and location implications.
- Surfaces capability gaps before they slow delivery or create operational risk.
- Uses market data to test whether hiring goals are achievable.
- Integrates workforce planning into business reviews and investment discussions.
- Builds, coaches, and scales recruiting teams that consistently deliver high-quality hiring outcomes.
- Raises capability standards across sourcing, assessment, and executive partnership.
- Addresses performance gaps quickly and clearly.
- Creates defined growth paths that strengthen long-term team capability.
- Drives consistent expectations across regions or business units.
- Uses recruiting data, market intelligence, and performance signals to guide decisions, challenge assumptions, and improve hiring outcomes.
- Defines quality indicators beyond time-to-fill (conversion health, calibration drift, offer stability).
- Uses data to push back when expectations do not match market reality.
- Connects funnel performance and hiring outcomes to delivery risk and team productivity.
- Designs, improves, and evolves recruiting processes and systems that deliver speed, quality, and consistency at scale.
- Implements tools or automation that meaningfully improve speed or quality.
- Tests new approaches when existing processes limit performance.
- Standardizes best practices across teams or regions.
- Balances efficiency gains with hiring quality and candidate experience.
- Operates effectively in senior forums, challenges assumptions with evidence, and influences enterprise talent decisions.
- Pushes back when timelines or expectations do not align with market supply.
- Leads talent discussions in business reviews with confidence and clarity.
- Helps leaders prioritize when budget or capacity is constrained.
- Assesses current and future skill needs, identifies structural capability gaps, and aligns hiring direction to evolving business priorities.
- Advises leaders on skill mix, sequencing, and hiring implications of business shifts.
- Aligns hiring plans to changing investment priorities.
- Brings talent data and market signals into workforce planning discussions.
Benefits
- Competitive pay
- Performance-based bonus awards
- 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
- PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes
- Live Better U (Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
