Senior Manager, People

Position Summary...

The Senior Manager, People for Global Tech Platforms (GTP) plays a pivotal role in supporting Walmart Global Tech's foundational technology organization. The GTP organization provides essential platforms, tools, and services that underpin technology innovation and operations globally across Walmart. This role collaborates closely with global tech leaders, including VPs and Technical Fellows, to strategically manage workforce planning, enhance organizational effectiveness, and drive impactful talent management and associate engagement initiatives. Supporting diverse teams located in Bentonville, IDC, Sunnyvale, Seattle, and Herndon, the Senior Manager actively champions initiatives fostering a culture of belonging, inclusion, and equity. This position regularly handles sensitive and confidential information, requiring exceptional integrity and discretion. Success in this role depends on building and maintaining strong, collaborative relationships with leadership, stakeholders, and associates across diverse global locations. 

What you'll do...

• Drives the execution of multiple business plans and projects by identifying customer and operational needs developing and communicating business plans and priorities removing barriers and obstacles that impact performance providing resources identifying performance standards measuring progress and adjusting performance accordingly developing contingency plans and demonstrating adaptability and supporting continuous learning

• Provides supervision and development opportunities for associates by selecting and training mentoring assigning duties building a team-based work environment establishing performance expectations and conducting regular performance evaluations providing recognition and rewards coaching for success and improvement and ensuring diversity awareness

• Promotes and supports company policies procedures mission values and standards of ethics and integrity by training and providing direction to others in their use and application ensuring compliance with them and utilizing and supporting the Open Door Policy 

• Ensures business needs are being met by evaluating the ongoing effectiveness of current plans programs and initiatives consulting with business partners managers coworkers or other key stakeholders soliciting evaluating and applying suggestions for improving efficiency and cost-effectiveness and participating in and supporting community outreach events

• Defines the human resources strategy to support assigned business area by understanding strategic business goals and objectives advising on the execution of organizational change initiatives assessing human resources implications of various strategies providing guidance to business leaders on human resources issues 

• Drives consistent execution of the company’s human resource practices systems and personnel related activities by auditing human resources practices analyzing and interpreting reports creating action plans to resolve instances of noncompliance conducting observations and investigations developing and delivering human resources methodology and process training programs and providing human resources advice and consulting for managers 

• Directs human resource and business data analysis and management by collaborating with cross functional partners to identify collect and analyze data conducting data analysis on cross functional data identifying and escalating risks and concerns interpreting and summarizing data for reports and presentations making data driven recomme