Group Director - Officer Talent Acquisition and Search

Position Summary...

What you'll do...

Overview
The Group Director, Officer Talent Acquisition and Search (OTAS) will lead and develop a high-performing executive recruitment team responsible for attracting, engaging, and placing exceptional executive talent across Walmart. This leader will set the vision and strategy for executive recruitment, build a world-class search capability, and ensure an exceptional experience for candidates and business leaders throughout the executive search process.
This role requires an accomplished executive recruiting leader with a strong track record of leading people, delivering complex executive searches, and building trusted relationships with senior executives and external search partners. The Group Director will elevate the team's capabilities, establish innovative and effective recruiting practices, and ensure we consistently identify and attract the leadership talent needed to deliver on Walmart's business priorities.

In close partnership with Talent Management, Talent Acquisition, and business leaders, this role will connect executive recruitment with talent planning, leadership development, executive onboarding, and coaching. The Group Director will play a critical role in advancing Walmart's vision of becoming a Talent Academy by building a sustainable pipeline of exceptional leadership talent and strengthening our ability to develop, attract, and retain the leaders of the future.

Joining Walmart means being part of a people-led, tech-powered organization that values innovation, collaboration, strong relationships, and meaningful impact.

Key Responsibilities

People Leadership and Team Development

• Lead, inspire, and develop a high-performing executive recruitment team, establishing a culture of accountability, collaboration, continuous learning, and exceptional service.
• Set clear priorities, performance expectations, and development plans while coaching team members to strengthen their executive search expertise, advisory capabilities, and business acumen.
• Build organizational capability and ensure the team has the skills, tools, resources, and capacity to deliver exceptional executive recruiting outcomes.
• Foster an environment where team members are empowered to innovate, continuously improve, and deliver outstanding results.

Executive Talent Strategy and Search Excellence

• Define and execute a comprehensive executive recruitment strategy aligned with Walmart's business priorities and evolving leadership needs.
• Lead complex, high-impact executive searches, ensuring the identification, assessment, attraction, and placement of exceptional executive talent.
• Build and maintain robust pipelines of diverse, highly qualified executive talent to support both immediate hiring needs and long-term leadership requirements.
• Establish consistent, high-quality search practices that drive insight, quality, efficiency, and speed while strengthening the internal executive recruiting capability and reducing dependency on external search partners.
• Develop a global executive recruiting approach that supports the organization's leadership needs across markets and business segments.

Exceptional Candidate and Stakeholder Experience

• Champion an exceptional, differentiated candidate experience throughout every stage of the executive search process, ensuring candidates feel informed, valued, respected, and engaged.
• Build trusted relationships with senior business leaders, executives, candidates, and external partners, serving as a strategic advisor on executive talent and market insights.
• Establish a high standard of partnership, communication, and execution that strengthens Walmart's reputation as an employer of choice for top executive talent.
• Navigate complex and sensitive searches with exceptional judgment, discretion, confidentiality, and relationship management skills.

Strategic Talent Partnerships

• Partner closely with Talent Management to connect executive recruitment with talent planning, leadership development, executive onboarding, and coaching.
• Collaborate with Talent Acquisition delivery leaders to align executive search priorities with critical leadership needs across business segments.
• Develop and manage strategic partnerships with external executive search firms, ensuring access to the best talent and maximizing the value of external recruiting investments.
• Contribute to Walmart's Talent Academy vision by strengthening the connection between external executive talent acquisition, internal leadership pipelines, and long-term talent development.

Operational Excellence and Financial Stewardship

• Continuously evolve executive recruiting processes, technology, and practices to improve quality, efficiency, speed, and the overall candidate experience.
• Leverage data, market intelligence, and recruiting insights to inform executive talent strategies and measure team effectiveness and search outcomes.
• Own the financial strategy for executive recruitment, including agency partnerships, external search spend, resource allocation, and investment decisions relative to business demand.
• Ensure thoughtful transition planning and support for executive departures and leadership changes, partnering with appropriate stakeholders to maintain continuity and address business needs.

Key Priorities

• Build and Lead an Exceptional Team: Develop a highly capable, engaged, and results-oriented executive recruiting team known for its expertise, partnership, and ability to deliver.
• Attract the Best Executive Talent: Establish Walmart as a destination for top executive talent through innovative search strategies, strong market relationships, and compelling candidate engagement.
• Deliver an Exceptional Candidate Experience: Set a high bar for every candidate interaction, ensuring a thoughtful, personalized, and seamless executive search experience.
• Build a Leading Executive Search Capability: Strengthen internal search expertise, advisory capabilities, and delivery excellence while optimizing the use of external search partners.
• Advance the Talent Academy Vision: Connect executive recruitment with talent planning, internal talent development, and leadership readiness to build a sustainable pipeline of future leaders.
• Be a Trusted Strategic Partner: Build exceptional relationships with senior leaders and key stakeholders, providing sound counsel, market insights, and executive talent recommendations.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of direct executive recruitment experience, with a demonstrated track record of successfully leading and delivering executive-level searches.
• Demonstrated success leading, managing, coaching, and developing high-performing teams. Strong people leadership skills are essential.
• Exceptional relationship-building and interpersonal skills, with the ability to establish trust, influence, and partner effectively with C-suite executives, senior business leaders, candidates, and external search partners.
• Proven ability to attract, assess, engage, and secure top executive talent for complex and highly visible leadership roles.
• Demonstrated ability to lead complex executive searches with sound judgment, discretion, confidentiality, and strong negotiation skills.
• Strategic mindset with the ability to translate business priorities into effective executive talent strategies.
• Strong understanding of executive talent planning, talent management, and leadership development.
• Experience managing recruiting budgets, agency partnerships, and external search investments.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience building or transforming an internal executive recruitment function.
• Experience leading global executive searches and partnering across diverse business segments and markets.
• Experience leveraging recruiting technology, data, and market intelligence to improve executive search effectiveness.
• Experience integrating executive recruitment with broader talent and leadership development strategies.
  

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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 $160,000.00 - $320,000.00 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.

Option 1: Bachelor’s degree in business, human resources, or related area and 7 years’ experience in human resources, talent acquisition, orrelated area.Option 2: 9 years’ experience in human resources, talent acquisition, or related area.5 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.

Masters: Business, Masters: Human ResourcesHuman Resources - Professional HR (PHR) CERTIFICATION - Certification

Primary Location...

806 Excellence Dr, Bentonville, AR 72716, United States of AmericaWalmart and its subsidiaries are committed to maintaining a drug-free workplace and has a no tolerance policy regarding the use of illegal drugs and alcohol on the job. This policy applies to all employees and aims to create a safe and productive work environment.