(USA) Senior Manager, Talent Acquisition
About The Position
The Senior Manager, Global Tech Talent Acquisition leads hiring strategy and delivery across multiple U.S.-based Engineering and Data Science organizations. Based in Bentonville, this leader partners directly with senior technical executives to translate workforce priorities into structured, forward-looking hiring plans that drive speed, quality, and long-term technical capability. This role combines strategic advisory impact with disciplined execution. You will lead and develop a team of Talent Acquisition Associates while building programmatic recruiting models that improve predictability, performance, and hiring quality. Through rigorous analytics and market intelligence, you will diagnose hiring risks, model trade-offs, and guide leaders toward informed, data-backed decisions. Success in this role requires strong business acumen, analytical depth, executive presence, and the ability to scale complex engineering and data science hiring in a fast-paced, growth-oriented environment. The Walmart Global Tech Talent Acquisition team drives strategic hiring across U.S.-based Engineering and Data Science organizations. Based in Bentonville, the team partners closely with senior technical leaders to translate workforce priorities into disciplined, data-driven hiring strategies. Operating with strong analytical rigor and structured recruiting practices, the team takes a forward-looking approach to workforce planning — anticipating skill needs, aligning to evolving technical priorities, and building sustainable pipelines across software engineering, platform engineering, infrastructure, and AI/ML domains. They focus on predictable delivery, hiring quality, and long-term technical capability to ensure talent strategy directly supports business outcomes.
Requirements
- Demonstrated success leading strategic technical hiring across technical Engineering & Data Science organizations.
- Direct people leadership experience managing and developing Talent Acquisition Associates or recruiters.
- Strong analytical capability with experience translating recruiting data into actionable business insight.
- Experience advising senior technical leaders on workforce planning, market feasibility, and hiring strategy.
- Deep understanding of software engineering, platform, and AI/ML talent markets.
- Proven ability to build scalable, repeatable recruiting programs in complex, fast-paced environments.
- Strong executive presence with the ability to influence, challenge constructively, and guide data-backed decisions.
- Operational discipline and experience implementing structured recruiting frameworks.
- Bachelor’s degree in business, human resources, or related area and 3 years’ experience in human resources, talent acquisition, or related area.
- OR 5 years’ experience in human resources, talent acquisition, or related area.
- 1 year’s supervisory experience or experience leading cross-functional teams.
Nice To Haves
- Professional HR (PHR) CERTIFICATION
Responsibilities
- Lead hiring strategy and delivery across multiple U.S.-based Engineering and Data Science organizations.
- Translate workforce plans into structured, forward-looking hiring strategies aligned to business priorities and technical roadmaps.
- Manage and develop a team of Talent Acquisition Associates, setting clear performance expectations tied to speed, quality, and stakeholder impact.
- Partner directly with senior engineering and data science leaders to provide talent market insights, compensation guidance, and hiring trade-off recommendations.
- Use recruiting analytics to assess pipeline health, forecast outcomes, identify risks, and drive data-informed decisions.
- Establish disciplined operating rhythms, including sprint planning, hiring reviews, and performance dashboards to improve predictability.
- Standardize recruiting workflows and structured technical assessment practices to reduce variance and improve hiring quality.
- Drive continuous improvement through process optimization, capacity modeling, and digital enablement.
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
- Short-term disability
- Long-term disability
- Company discounts
- Military Leave Pay
- Adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement
- 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
Senior
