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About the Team/Position
As the Director, Program Management at Sam's Club, you will play a crucial role in enhancing organizational capabilities and driving business transformation. Reporting to the Group Director, Programs & Strategy, you will oversee a portfolio of projects and operations, focusing on strategic gaps and business needs. Collaborating with leadership, you will identify strategic gaps, consult on business needs, and evaluate existing capabilities to inform strategic decisions. You'll be responsible for developing and implementing comprehensive people plans and processes, establishing new ways of working, and building capabilities.
Key Responsibilities:
Strategic Partnership: Collaborate with executives and leaders to drive initiatives that resolve key business problems and unlock growth potential.
Program Management: Develop and implement comprehensive people plans and processes, ensuring alignment with organizational goals.
Change Management: Build and refine a playbook for transforming clubs, incorporating organizational change management principles.
Team Leadership: Guide a team of program and project associates, setting goals, monitoring progress, and providing coaching.
Stakeholder Engagement: Manage relationships with senior leaders, translating strategic vision into actionable business plans.
What you'll bring...
Strategic & Operational Balance: Blend portfolio management with strategic and operational oversight.
Problem-Solving Expertise: Demonstrate a strong ability to solve complex, end-to-end interdependencies.
Team Leadership experience: Guide and support People Partners and other team members, fostering a collaborative and innovative environment.
Ability to engage stakeholders: Manage relationships with senior leaders, translating strategic vision into actionable business plans.
Consultancy Capability: Provide expert consultancy to align business needs with strategic goals, holding teams accountable to senior leadership standards.
Operational Excellence: Leverage data-driven insights and best practices, organizations can enhance productivity, reduce costs, and deliver superior value to customers.
You'll sweep us of your feet if...
You have a background in Organizational Design, Effectiveness, and/or Process Architecture.
You have a proven ability to build and refine processes, capabilities, and frameworks.
You possess strong leadership skills with a focus on team development and stakeholder management.
You can solve complex problems that impact numerous stakeholders leveraging a data-driven approach.
You can think creatively and implement innovative solutions to complex problems.
You're a natural storyteller with the ability to pull together observed insights, leadership feedback, data and insights into easy-to-follow presentations and artifacts.
Qualifications
Experience: 6+ years in program management, strategy development, operations, or related fields.
Leadership: Proven ability to lead and develop teams, with strong stakeholder management skills.
Problem-Solving: Demonstrated ability to solve complex problems using a data-driven approach.
Communication: Excellent storytelling skills, with the ability to create clear and compelling presentations.
At Walmart, we offer competitive pay as well as performance-based bonus awards and other great benefits for a happier mind, body, and wallet. Health benefits include medical, vision and dental coverage. Financial benefits include 401(k), stock purchase and company-paid life insurance. Paid time off benefits include PTO (including sick leave), parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting. Other benefits include short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more.
You will also receive PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes. The amount you receive depends on your job classification and length of employment. It will meet or exceed the requirements of paid sick leave laws, where applicable.
For information about PTO, see https://one.walmart.com/notices.
Live Better U is a Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates in Walmart and Sam's Club facilities. Programs range from high school completion to bachelor's degrees, including English Language Learning and short-form certificates. Tuition, books, and fees are completely paid for by Walmart. Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to a specific plan or program terms.
For information about benefits and eligibility, see One.Walmart.
The annual salary range for this position is $90,000.00-$180,000.00 Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses. Additional compensation for certain positions may also include:
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Minimum Qualifications...
Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications.
Bachelor's degree in Business, Human Resources, Legal, or related field and 5 years' experience in project management, compliance, operations management or related area OR 7 years' experience in project management, compliance, operations management, or related area. 4 years' experience using intermediate functionality of Microsoft Office. 4 years' experience leading cross-functional teams.
Preferred Qualifications...
Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.
experience developing training curriculum or content, Managing cross-functional teams, Managing Large Scale Change Initiatives, Master's degree in Business Administration or related field, Retail consulting., Walmart experience in Merchandising, Operations, Marketing, or Finance, including at least 2 years in a role requiring strategy development.
Primary Location...
2101 Se Simple Savings Dr, Bentonville, AR 72712-4304, United States of America
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