(USA) Realty Project Coach
About The Position
The Realty Project Coach joins Walmart US’s Realty Execution team and owns the delivery of store and club remodels, new stores and clubs, and special projects across the United States. The role is responsible for completing projects on time, within budget, and to quality standards. The coach partners with store team leads to supervise hourly team members, address escalations, and collaborate with store leadership to keep projects on track. Frequent travel to project sites is required, with travel areas changing based on project workload and business needs. The associate is based out of a home store but may travel to surrounding states or farther, spending about 80% of the time away from home or 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 project timelines and deliverables, encourages collaboration, and resolves concerns involving store leadership, suppliers, and associates. It owns project execution in assigned stores, communicates plans, changes, and obstacles to stakeholders, understands project plans, and minimizes impacts on store operations. The coach supervises and develops associates through listening, training, mentoring, recognition, talent evaluation, and career-path identification. Additional responsibilities include hiring and training associates, assigning duties, supporting diversity awareness, ensuring compliance with company policies and ethical standards, and implementing business solutions through stakeholder partnerships, monitoring results, identifying improvement opportunities, and adapting to changing demands. Reliable transportation is required. The role primarily works overnight, with night shifts averaging 10 to 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.
- Attend and successfully complete all job-required trainings and assessments.
- Frequent travel is required, including being away from home about 80% of the time or for 17–21 days at a time.
- Primarily work overnight shifts averaging 10 to 12 hours.
Nice To Haves
- Master’s degree in Business or a related field.
- Experience leading cross-functional teams.
- Project Management Professional certification from the Project Management Institute.
- 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.
- Deliver projects on time, within budget, and in accordance with quality standards.
- Partner with store team leads to supervise hourly team members, handle escalations, and work with store leadership to keep projects on track.
- Motivate teams to meet timelines and deliverables and encourage collaboration among associates.
- Resolve concerns involving store leadership, suppliers, and associates.
- Communicate project plans, changes, and obstacles to key stakeholders.
- Understand project plans and minimize 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’s mission, values, and ethics and integrity standards.
- Build stakeholder relationships, identify business needs, implement business processes and practices, monitor progress and results, and identify improvement opportunities.
- Adapt to competing demands, organizational changes, and new responsibilities.
- Travel to project locations as required.
Benefits
- Performance-based bonus awards.
- Medical, vision, and dental coverage.
- 401(k).
- Stock purchase plan.
- Company-paid life insurance.
- Paid time off, including sick leave, parental leave, family care leave, bereavement leave, jury duty, and voting leave.
- Short-term and long-term disability.
- Company discounts.
- Military Leave Pay.
- Adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement.
- PTO and/or PPTO that may be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes.
- Walmart-paid Live Better U education benefit, with tuition, books, and fees covered for eligible programs.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
