(USA) Director, Technology Operations - Trends & Emerging Fraud Risk

Walmart; Bentonville (AR); On-site; USD 110,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) plan

Stock purchase

Life insurance

Paid time off

Job summary

Walmart seeks a Director of Trends & Emerging Fraud Risk to lead a team protecting Walmart’s digital ecosystem from fraud. You will use data and signals to identify threats, strengthen monitoring tools, and translate insights into proactive controls and strategies.

The role partners with Product, Engineering, Data Science, and other business units to advance scalable fraud capabilities. The position reports to Enterprise Fraud Strategy & Operations and offers a substantial salary with

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field plus 6 years’ experience or 8 years’ experience overall.
• 3 years’ supervisory experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead emerging fraud risk identification and monitor fraud signals.
• Own fraud monitoring capabilities, governance, thresholds and escalation.
• Translate fraud trends into rapid mitigation strategies and rules.
• Partner with Product and Engineering to shape tech roadmaps.
• Measure effectiveness and report fraud exposure and trends.
• Create feedback loops across teams to strengthen prevention.
• Lead and develop a high‑performing analytics and operational team.

Skills

Fraud analytics

Transaction monitoring

Risk decisioning

Fraud technology

Operations

SQL

Python

Visualization tools

Governance

Executive communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field

Tools

SQL

Python

Data visualization tooling

Job description

Position Summary... The Director, Trends & Emerging Fraud Risk will lead the team responsible for identifying and responding to emerging fraud risks across Walmart’s digital ecosystem. This leader will use transaction data, fraud signals, and decision outcomes to identify changing patterns and translate insights into action. The role will advance Walmart from reactive response to proactive fraud prevention by strengthening monitoring capabilities, tools, and processes and driving improvements across decisioning, models, rules, and technology. The Director will partner across Fraud Strategy & Operations, CES, Product, Engineering, Data Science, Treasury, Compliance, Global Investigations, Ecommerce, Marketplace, and other business teams.

About the team: The Enterprise Fraud Strategy & Operations team safeguards Walmart by proactively identifying, preventing, and responding to fraud throughout the customer lifecycle. Collaborating across the organization, the team develops scalable fraud capabilities including identity verification, transaction decisioning, fraud technology, monitoring, and investigations. Focused on early risk detection and continuous enhancement of fraud decisioning, the team ensures a trusted experience for legitimate customers. This group combines expertise in program management, stakeholder engagement, financial oversight, and business operations to deliver effective solutions that protect both customers and the business.

What you’ll do

• Lead emerging fraud risk identification, monitoring transaction activity and fraud signals to detect new and evolving threats.
• Own fraud monitoring capabilities, tools, and governance, including performance metrics, thresholds, escalation protocols, and operational readiness.
• Turn data into action, translating fraud trends into rapid mitigation strategies, rules, controls, and longer-term improvements.
• Partner with Product and Engineering to shape technology roadmaps and scalable fraud capabilities.
• Measure and report effectiveness, providing clear visibility into fraud exposure, trends, and performance.
• Create feedback loops across fraud, technology, and business teams to continuously strengthen prevention.
• Lead and develop a high-performing analytical and operational team.

What you’ll bring

• Significant experience in fraud analytics, transaction monitoring, risk decisioning, fraud technology or operations, or related fields.
• Strong analytical expertise identifying patterns, anomalies, and emerging risks across complex datasets.
• Experience owning fraud monitoring or decisioning capabilities and partnering with technology teams to enhance tools and platforms.
• Ability to translate insights into fraud strategies, controls, and operational improvements.
• Knowledge of rules, models, signals, risk scoring, SQL, Python, and visualization tools.
• Experience establishing governance, performance metrics, monitoring standards, and escalation processes.
• Strong cross-functional influence, executive communication, and business judgment.
• Proven success building and developing high-performing teams.

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.

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.

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 computer science, management information systems, industrial engineering, engineering management, business, information systems, project/program management, information technology, finance, management, or related area and 6 years’ experience in project management, program management, program operations, or related area.
• Option 2: 8 years’ experience in project management, program management, program operations, or related area.
• 3 years’ supervisory experience.

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 computer science, management information systems, industrial engineering, engineering management, business, information systems, project/program management, information technology, finance, management, or related area and 5 years' experience in project management, program management, program operations, or related area.
• We value candidates with a background in creating inclusive digital experiences, demonstrating knowledge in implementing Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA standards, assistive technologies, and integrating digital accessibility seamlessly. The ideal candidate would have knowledge of accessibility best practices and join us as we continue to create accessible products and services following Walmart’s accessibility standards and guidelines for supporting an inclusive culture.

Primary Location: 802 Respect Dr, Bentonville, AR 72716, United States of America

Walmart 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.