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Director, Talent Acquisition Early Career

AT Walmart
Walmart

Director, Talent Acquisition Early Career

Rogers, AR

Position Summary...

What you'll do...

Walmart Director of Talent Acquisition - Early Careers

We see Walmart as the best place to launch your career. As the Director of Early Careers at Walmart, you will work strategically between internal business leaders, workforce planning and HR leadership to ensure we're mapping the most critical demand needs to the best talent. You will have a high visibility role managing university relations, vendor relationships, and executive stakeholders, all eager to provide the best experience and welcome future leaders of the company.

What you'll do:

  • Work with business leaders and early career stakeholders to ensure the most critical business demand needs are mapped appropriately to early career talent pipelines.

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  • Act as a trusted consultant to business leaders across the enterprise advising on scalable early career attraction and hiring strategies.


  • Develop and deliver against a comprehensive go-to-market early careers strategy to meet the hiring demands of business teams, balancing consistency with needs of specific business areas.


  • Oversee the design and execution of early careers programs including the Corporate Intern Program, Summits, Razorbacks in Retail, workshops, and boot camps.


  • Manage the budget based on the defined strategy and ensure that resources are allocated effectively to maximize impact and ROI.


  • Foster team growth and development by guiding a team of senior managers, coordination leads, and event leads, and providing resources to address challenges raised by the segment and function Program Leads.


  • Facilitate career pathing and development within the Early Careers team to ensure that members have the resources and support they need to reach their full potential.

What you'll bring:

  • Excellent stakeholder management skills and the ability to influence in a high-stakes environment.


  • Deep experience in campus recruiting, campus cycles and the early careers landscape.


  • Experience developing a comprehensive early career strategy, rooted in workforce planning and healthy organizational design.


  • Experience with the tech and automation needed to execute campus recruiting, with the ability to further build the early careers tech stack.


  • Exceptional process and programmatic skills and experience; project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously while fostering a positive team culture.


  • The ability to interface effectively with and advise senior executives.

The above information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed in the role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. The full Job Description can be made available as part of the hiring process.

Benefits & Perks:

Beyond a great compensation package, you can receive incentive awards for your performance. Other great perks include 401(k) match, stock purchase plan, paid maternity and parental leave, PTO, multiple health plans, and much more.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Walmart, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer - By Choice. We believe we are best equipped to help our associates, customers, and the communities we serve live better when we really know them. That means understanding, respecting, and valuing diversity- unique styles, experiences, identities, ideas and opinions - while being inclusive of all people.

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 $110,000.00-$220,000.00

Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses.

Additional compensation for certain positions may also include:

- Stock

Minimum Qualifications...

Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications.

Option 1: Bachelor's degree in business, human resources, or related area and 5 years' experience in human resources, talent acquisition, or related area.
Option 2: 7 years' experience in human resources, talent acquisition, or other area.
3 years' supervisory experience or 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.

Master's degree in Business, Human Resources, or related field, Professional in Human Resources certification

Masters: Business, Masters: Human Resources

Human Resources - Professional HR (PHR) CERTIFICATION - Certification
Primary Location...

508 Sw 8Th St, Bentonville, AR 72712, United States of America

Client-provided location(s): Bentonville, AR, USA
Job ID: Walmart-8261_R-1995241
Employment Type: Other