(USA) Senior Recruiter - Design
About The Position
Walmart is seeking a Senior Recruiter - Design to lead talent acquisition efforts by partnering with business leaders to develop strategic hiring plans aligned with organizational goals. This role leverages market data and analytics to advise on talent availability, compensation, and sourcing strategies while managing candidate pipelines and enhancing interview processes. The Senior Recruiter drives operational excellence through continuous process improvements and stakeholder collaboration, ensuring timely and high-quality hiring outcomes. Strong communication and analytical skills are essential to influence decision-making and deliver executive-level insights that support workforce planning and business priorities. The Walmart AI Product and Design Talent Acquisition team leads strategic technology hiring across multiple U.S. locations, focusing on engineering, data, product, and infrastructure roles. Acting as trusted advisors, the team partners with senior leaders on workforce planning, skill segmentation, and hiring velocity. Utilizing market intelligence, data insights, and structured assessments, they enhance hiring quality and develop sustainable recruitment models. Managing complex, high-volume technical recruitment, the team influences organizational design and business outcomes, supporting Walmart’s innovation and growth objectives through effective talent acquisition strategy, market analysis, and stakeholder management.
Requirements
- Proven expertise recruiting design talent across UX, Product Design, UI/Visual Design, Design Research, Content Design, and Design Leadership, with a strong understanding of design disciplines and talent markets.
- Strong ability to review and assess design portfolios
- Experience partnering with hiring teams to build structured, skills-based interview processes that improve consistency and maintain a high bar for design talent.
- Proficiency in analyzing recruiting metrics, pipeline health, and market data to identify gaps, improve conversion, and proactively adjust recruiting strategy.
- Bachelor's degree in business, human resources, or related area and 2 years' experience in human resources, talent acquisition, or related area.
- 4 years' experience in human resources, talent acquisition, or related area.
Nice To Haves
- Professional in Human Resources certification
- Human Resources - Professional HR (PHR) CERTIFICATION - Certification
Responsibilities
- Advise hiring managers on talent availability, compensation competitiveness, and time-to-fill considerations using market data and analytics.
- Develop and implement role-specific hiring strategies aligned with business priorities and workforce planning needs.
- Design targeted sourcing approaches for critical skill sets, leveraging market intelligence and competitor analysis.
- Partner with stakeholders to refine interview frameworks and improve candidate evaluation consistency.
- Monitor recruiting metrics to identify process bottlenecks and recommend workflow improvements.
- Negotiate offer packages balancing market data and internal equity to secure top talent.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with business partners to influence hiring decisions effectively.
Benefits
- 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
- Walmart-paid education benefit program (Live Better U) for full-time and part-time associates
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
Associate degree
