Realty Project Coach
About The Position
The Realty Project Coach is part of 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 ensures projects are completed on time, within budget, and to quality standards. It partners with store team leads to supervise hourly associates, address escalations, and coordinate with store leadership to keep projects on track while minimizing effects on store operations. The position is based out of a home store and requires frequent travel, including extended periods away from home. The coach motivates project teams, promotes collaboration, communicates plans and changes to stakeholders, and resolves concerns involving store leadership, suppliers, and associates. The role also hires, trains, mentors, evaluates, and recognizes associates, provides development opportunities, and identifies career paths. It ensures compliance with company policies and supports business solutions by building stakeholder relationships, monitoring results, and adapting to changing business needs.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Business or a related field and one year of experience in project management, space management, store design, operations, data analysis, or a related area; OR three years of experience in one or more of those areas.
- Successfully complete all job-required trainings and assessments.
- Have reliable transportation.
- Frequent travel is required, including travel up to 1,000 miles from home and being away from home 80% of the time or for 17–21 days at a time.
- Primarily work overnight shifts, averaging 10–12 hours.
Nice To Haves
- Demonstrated knowledge of construction remodels, project management, space management, and/or store design.
- Experience leading people, projects, initiatives, or cross-functional teams.
- Master’s degree in Business or a related field.
- One year of experience leading cross-functional teams.
- Project Management Professional certification from the Project Management Institute.
Responsibilities
- Own the execution of projects in assigned stores, including remodels, new stores and clubs, and special projects.
- Ensure projects are completed on time, within budget, and meet quality standards.
- Communicate project plans, changes, and obstacles to key stakeholders.
- Understand project plans and minimize impacts on store operations.
- Partner with store team leads and store leadership to supervise hourly associates, handle escalations, and keep projects on track.
- Motivate teams to meet project timelines and deliverables and encourage teamwork and collaboration.
- Resolve concerns involving store leadership, suppliers, and associates.
- Hire, train, mentor, evaluate, and recognize associates; assign duties, provide development opportunities, 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 standards of ethics and integrity.
- Build relationships with key stakeholders, identify business needs, carry out necessary processes, monitor progress and results, and act on improvement opportunities.
Benefits
- Medical, vision, and dental coverage
- 401(k)
- Stock purchase
- Company-paid life insurance
- Paid time off, including sick leave
- Parental leave
- Family care leave
- Bereavement leave
- Jury duty leave
- Voting leave
- Short-term and long-term disability
- Company discounts
- Military Leave Pay
- Adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement
- Performance-based bonus awards
- Stock may be included as additional compensation for certain positions
- Live Better U education benefit, with tuition, books, and fees paid for eligible programs
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
