(USA) Senior Director, Data Analytics - Workforce Planning

Walmart; Bentonville (AR); On-site; USD 130,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k)

Stock purchase

Life insurance

Job summary

Walmart, Bentonville, AR, seeks a Senior Director of Data Analytics - Workforce Planning to advise senior People Leaders and embed workforce intelligence across critical processes. This role drives measurable business outcomes through adoption of AI-enabled decision support and cross-functional collaboration.

You will translate complex insights into practical recommendations, partnering with executive stakeholders to frame workforce strategy and action while delivering tangible impact for 2.1

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in People Analytics, HR, or related field.
• 5+ years leading teams delivering advisory outcomes.
• Experience in large, Fortune 100 organizations (retail/tech).
• Proven ability to drive adoption of analytics and AI initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Advise senior People leaders and Centers of Excellence.
• Own adoption and value realization for Workforce Intelligence & Insights.
• Build stakeholder understanding and adoption of workforce intelligence and AI-enabled decisions.
• Interface between business stakeholders and Workforce Intelligence & Insights teams.

Skills

People analytics

Leadership

Executive influence

Change management

Strategic advisory

Cross-functional collaboration

AI knowledge

Communication

Education

Master's degree in Business Analytics

Bachelor's degree in Business/Analytics

Tools

Visier

Workday

Power BI

Tableau

Job description

Position Summary

As the Senior Director, Data Analytics - Workforce Planning, you will support Walmart's Global People organization as a trusted advisor to People Partners and Centers of Excellence. You will help leaders identify workforce and business challenges, frame critical decisions, and leverage workforce intelligence to inform strategy and action. Working at the intersection of people, data, and technology, you and your team will translate complex insights into practical recommendations, enabling leaders to make better, faster, and more informed decisions. You will partner across functions to ensure workforce intelligence is embedded into key business processes and delivers measurable business impact.

About the Team

The Workforce Intelligence & Insights team is Walmart's enterprise People Analytics organization, supporting workforce decisions for more than 2.1 million associates worldwide. Our team helps answer critical questions across hiring, development, workforce planning, retention, total rewards, and organizational effectiveness. By combining advanced analytics, AI, labor market intelligence, and deep business partnerships, we help leaders better understand their workforce and navigate complex decisions with confidence, keeping associates at the center of every decision. We work side by side with partners across the business to turn data into action, delivering insights that help shape the future of work at Walmart.

What you'll do

• Serve as a trusted advisor to senior People leaders and Centers of Excellence across Walmart's People function.
• Own enterprise adoption and value realization for Workforce Intelligence & Insights solutions, ensuring workforce intelligence informs key decisions and delivers measurable business outcomes.
• Build stakeholder understanding, confidence, and adoption of workforce intelligence and AI-enabled decision support.
• Serve as the primary interface between business stakeholders and Workforce Intelligence & Insights teams, ensuring priorities are aligned and solutions are delivered effectively.
• Establish success measures tied to business outcomes, adoption, decision quality, and organizational impact.
• Partner with stakeholders and solution teams to embed workforce intelligence into key workforce decisions and workflows.

What you’ll bring

• 10+ years of experience in People Analytics, Human Resources, management consulting, organizational effectiveness, change management, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience leading teams responsible for consulting, adoption, enablement, transformation, or business advisory outcomes.
• Experience working in large, complex organizations, preferably within Fortune 100 companies in retail, supply chain, or technology industries.
• Demonstrated success driving adoption of analytics, AI, or digital transformation initiatives with measurable business impact.
• Proven ability to advise, question, and influence executive stakeholders and cross-functional partners.
• Working knowledge of generative AI technologies, including large language models (LLMs), retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), agents, prompt engineering, and evaluation methodologies.
• Experience with workforce analytics and visualization platforms such as Visier, Workday, Power BI, Tableau, or similar tools.
• Advanced degree in business, analytics, behavioral science, economics, organizational psychology, or a related field preferred.

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 $130,000.00 - $260,000.00. Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses. Additional compensation for certain positions may also include: Stock

Minimum Qualifications

Option 1: Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Statistics, Economics, Analytics, Mathematics, Arts, Finance or related field and 6 years' experience in data analysis, data science, statistics, or related field.

Option 2: Master's degree in Business, Engineering, Statistics, Economics, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Information Technology or related field and 4 years' experience in data analysis, data science, statistics, or related field.

Option 3: 8 years' experience in data analysis, data science, statistics, or related field. 3 years' supervisory experience.

Preferred Qualifications

5 years' supervisory experience, 6 years' related industry experience (for example, retail, merchandising, healthcare, eCommerce). 8 years' experience in data science, data analysis, statistics, or related field. Master's degree in Business, Computer Science, Engineering, Statistics, Economics, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Information Technology or related field. Successful completion of assessments in data analysis and Business Intelligence tools and scripting languages (for example, SQL, Python, Spark, Scala, R, Power BI, or Tableau).

Primary Location

806 Excellence 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.