Realty Project Coach

Walmart • Winston-Salem, NC

22d • $60,000 - $110,000

About The Position

The Realty Project Coach joins Walmart US’s Realty Execution team and owns delivery of store and club remodels, new stores and clubs, and special projects across the United States. The role ensures projects are completed on time, within budget, and to quality standards. The coach works with store team leads to supervise hourly team members, address escalations, and collaborate with store leadership to keep projects on track. The position involves frequent travel to project sites, with the associate based out of a home store and traveling to surrounding states or farther according to business needs. Travel may be up to 1,000 miles from home, with the associate away from home 80% of the time or for 17–21 days at a time. Mileage is reimbursed and overnight stays are paid for Realty Project Coach roles.

The role motivates teams to meet timelines and deliverables, promotes collaboration, and resolves concerns involving store leadership, suppliers, and associates. It owns project execution in assigned stores, communicates plans, changes, and obstacles to stakeholders, and understands project plans to minimize disruption to store operations. The coach develops associates by listening to their ideas and concerns, evaluating talent, training and mentoring, providing recognition, and identifying career paths.

The position also includes hiring and training associates, assigning duties, supporting diversity awareness, and ensuring compliance with company policies, procedures, mission, values, and ethics standards. It builds stakeholder relationships, identifies business needs, implements and monitors business solutions, recognizes improvement opportunities, and adapts to competing demands and organizational changes. Reliable transportation is required. The schedule is primarily overnight, with night shifts averaging 10–12 hours.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business or a related field and 1 year of experience in project management, space management, store design, operations, data analysis, or a related area; OR 3 years of experience in one or more of those areas.
• Reliable transportation.
• Ability to attend and successfully complete all job-required trainings and assessments.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in Business or a related field.
• 1 year of experience leading cross-functional teams.
• Project Management Professional certification from the Project Management Institute.
• Demonstrated knowledge of construction remodels, project management, space management, and/or store design.
• Experience leading people, projects, initiatives, or cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Own execution of projects in assigned stores, including remodels, new stores and clubs, and special projects.
• Ensure projects are completed on time, within budget, and to quality standards.
• Partner with store team leads to supervise hourly team members, handle escalations, and collaborate with store leadership.
• Motivate teams to meet project timelines and deliverables and encourage collaboration and teamwork.
• Resolve concerns involving store leadership, suppliers, and associates.
• Communicate project plans, changes, and obstacles to key stakeholders and minimize project impacts on store operations.
• Supervise, hire, train, mentor, and develop associates; assign duties, provide recognition, evaluate talent, and identify career paths.
• Listen and respond to associates’ ideas, suggestions, questions, and concerns.
• Ensure compliance with company policies and procedures and support the company mission, values, and standards of ethics and integrity.
• Build relationships and partnerships with key stakeholders; identify business needs and implement, monitor, and adapt business solutions.
• Recognize improvement opportunities and adapt to competing demands, organizational changes, and new responsibilities.

Benefits

• Medical, vision, and dental coverage.
• 401(k), stock purchase, and company-paid life insurance.
• Paid time off, including sick leave, parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting leave.
• Short-term and long-term disability.
• Company discounts.
• Military Leave Pay.
• Adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement.
• Walmart-paid Live Better U education program, including tuition, books, and fees for eligible programs.
• Performance-based bonus awards.
• Mileage reimbursement and paid overnight stays for Realty Project Coach roles.

What This Job Offers

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