Senior Manager, Learning and Development – Health & Wellness

Position Summary…

What you’ll do…

About Walmart:

Leaders and individual contributors alike look to our Global People teams to influence strategy, optimize working models and enable the business to achieve results while preserving the fabric that sets us apart and keeps our 1.3M+ associates coming to work every day. From building communities to preparing Walmart for the future, to be a member of this team is to operate as a vital component to our sustainable success. Together, we think beyond the status-quo and inspire others to evoke positive change. When you join us in Global People, you immerse yourself in our culture, becoming a trailblazer and a true agent of influence.

Location of Role: Bentonville, AR

What you’ll bring…

• Experience in leading the development of engaging and interactive online courses that promote active learning, ensuring high-quality content delivery across the team.
• A strong understanding of adult learning principles and a proven track record of applying them to the design of effective training and development programs, fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
• Demonstrated expertise in guiding the design and development of multimedia content, including videos, animations, and interactive simulations, to enhance the learning experience.
• A history of collaborating with healthcare and regulatory subject matter experts to ensure training materials meet the needs of diverse audiences while maintaining compliance and accuracy.
• Proficiency in utilizing data and analytics to measure the effectiveness of training programs, providing strategic insights, and leading data-driven improvements to optimize learning outcomes

What you’ll do…

• Lead the coordination, completion, and oversight of job-related activities and assignments by developing and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders, supporting plans and initiatives to meet customer and business needs, identifying and communicating goals and objectives, building accountability for and measuring progress in achieving results, identifying and addressing improvement opportunities, and demonstrating adaptability and promoting continuous learning.
• Ensure compliance with company policies and procedures and support the company’s mission, values, and standards of ethics and integrity by implementing related action plans, utilizing and supporting the Open Door Policy, and providing direction and guidance on applying these in executing business processes and practices.
• Manage program effectiveness by measuring and analyzing trainee performance, identifying program inconsistencies and deficiencies, reporting inconsistencies and deficiencies to senior leadership, working with associates to resolve inconsistencies and deficiencies in learning, and increasing work productivity while reducing overall costs.
• Implement training development standards and governance by adhering to governance processes for content development and maintenance, communicating standardized training processes to key business partners to ensure operational continuity, identifying opportunities to replicate best practices and processes, making recommendations for implementation and delivery approaches, providing process definition and management to the organization, ensuring leadership and implementation teams have necessary materials, and managing the internal control assessment and remediation approach.
• Oversee the development of complex training programs, performance support tools, and resources by conducting research on learning needs, learning environments, knowledge gaps, and behavioral changes, supervising the development of blended learning options, and ensuring alignment with technology and business support infrastructure.
• Manage learning content by auditing existing learning materials, reviewing and editing final drafts, adapting content to changing learner needs, collaborating with subject matter experts, determining operating parameters, aligning content with business goals and initiatives, maintaining consistency through quality control measures, and providing project status updates to stakeholders.
• Create and oversee the learning environment by researching industry techniques that increase facilitation effectiveness, developing best practice approaches and ensuring integration into the facilitation program, delivering training materials, assessing facilitator performance, providing guidance on facilitator development and performance skills in learning solutions delivery, developing and delivering train-the-trainer programs, collaborating with internal customers, and engaging in facilitation interventions to build facilitator capability and positively impact contact center operations.
• Lead and develop a team of Learning Experience Designers by providing mentorship, setting performance goals, conducting regular performance reviews, fostering a collaborative and innovative team culture, and ensuring continuous professional development to enhance their skills and competencies.

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 duties, 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 and Perks

Beyond competitive pay, you can receive incentive awards for your performance. Other great perks include 401(k) match, stock purchase plan, paid maternity and parental leave, Flexible Time Off, 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 $90,000.00-$180,000.00‎ 

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.

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Human Resources, Communications, Education, or related field and 4 years’ experience in adult learning, training content development, or related area OR 6 years’ experience in adult learning, training content development, or related area.

Preferred Qualifications…

Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.

Instructional Design Software, Leading cross-functional teams, Master’s degree in Learning and Development, Human Resources, or related field, Project Management Certification, Project management experience, Six Sigma certification, Supervisory experience

Primary Location…

2608 Se J St,  Bentonville, AR 72712, United States of America