Manager, Learning And Development

Walmart • Bentonville, AR

4d • Onsite

About The Position

Design the future of learning. Shape the growth of people who keep the supply chain moving. Are you passionate about building learning experiences that actually change behavior—not just check a box? Do you enjoy translating complex, fast‑moving operational realities into clear, practical learning? If so, this could be the role you’ve been waiting for. As a Manager, Learning & Development supporting a business area, you’ll design and develop learning experiences that support leadership, safety, performance, and capability across a critical, always‑on operation. You’ll own learning initiatives end to end, operating independently across core learning disciplines while ensuring content reflects real‑world Supply Chain processes, standards, and expectations. This role is built for a strong individual contributor with a strategic mindset—someone who moves easily between design and delivery, leverages technology and data, and creates future‑ready learning that shows up where work actually happens. About the team: The Learning and Development team drives impactful learning experiences that enhance leadership, safety, and performance within a vital supply chain operation. This team designs and delivers practical, future-ready learning solutions aligned with real-world processes and standards. Members operate with strategic independence, managing initiatives end to end while leveraging technology and data. The team fosters continuous improvement by collaborating with stakeholders, applying agile methodologies, and ensuring content quality. Focused on measurable results, they support capability growth and operational excellence, enabling associates to perform effectively in a dynamic environment.

Requirements

• Broad, hands‑on L&D expertise across instructional design, digital content creation, project management, and measurement—combined with the ability to work independently and drive work to completion.
• A strong focus on accuracy and application, ensuring learning content reflects real Supply Chain processes, standards, and on‑the‑job expectations.
• An operational mindset, designing learning that works in fast‑paced, high‑impact environments and delivers practical value for frontline, field, and leadership audiences.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Human Resources, Communications, Education, or related field and 2 years’ experience in adult learning, training content development, or related area OR 4 years’ experience in adult learning, training content development, or related area.

Nice To Haves

• Instructional Design Software
• Leading cross-functional teams
• Master’s degree in Learning and Development, Human Resources, or related field
• Project Management Certification
• Project management experience
• Six Sigma certification

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver effective learning experiences that align with Supply Chain business needs and drive associate and leader capability.
• Own end‑to‑end learning projects , from needs analysis and design through development, deployment, and measurement.
• Ensure learning content is accurate, relevant, and operationally sound by validating processes, tools, and expectations against Supply Chain standards and realities.
• Apply strong instructional design principles to create engaging digital, blended, and experiences that work for frontline, field, and leader audiences.
• Leverage technology and data to evaluate effectiveness, improve outcomes, and continuously refine learning solutions.
• Build scalable, future‑ready learning that supports consistency while remaining flexible for evolving operations.
• Demonstrate leadership behaviors such as collaboration, innovation, agility, and belonging—without requiring formal authority.

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 education benefit program (for full-time and part-time associates in Walmart and Sam's Club facilities, covering tuition, books, and fees for programs ranging from high school completion to bachelor's degrees, including English Language Learning and short-form certificates)

What This Job Offers

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