Senior Counsel, Walmart Connect

Position Summary...

Imagine a position that allows you to apply your trusted legal expertise while working alongside the world’s largest retailer. Imagine an opportunity where your knowledge takes you beyond the courtroom and positions you as a trusted business advisor. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment, enjoy solving problems and working collaboratively toward a solution, you’ll find that being a part of our Legal department is a move that brings with it tremendous growth potential and exciting new challenges. The most exciting part? You’ll likely find yourself in a place you never envisioned your law degree would take you. 

The Director and Senior Counsel, Walmart Connect will act as counsel for the adtech, retail media business of Walmart. The role will primarily support both the Marketing department within Walmart Connect (experiential marketing, in store activations, digital marketing efforts, etc), as well as our tech, API and agency partnerships team. This role will handle legal strategy, focus on streaming processes and SOPs for the business (for efficiency and scale), and handle transactional matters and contractual negotiations related to the media offerings of Walmart Connect.
If you are a driven legal professional looking to act as a strategic advisor to the business, add value to the business, the legal team, and the company, and are looking for your next challenge, we invite you to apply and come join us as Director & Senior Counsel supporting Walmart Connect.

This role currently reports directly into the Vice President and Chief Counsel, Walmart US Growth, who is responsible for overseeing the legal teams supporting Walmart Connect, Data Ventures, Walmart+, Marketing, and Customer Data and Identity.

What you'll do...

• Support the marketing, experiential, and agency/tech partner verticals within WMC.

• Enhance efficiency and speed to market, by focusing on risk mitigation strategies using processes, controls, templates and SOPs.

• Use your negotiation skills to advise on, review, draft, and negotiate agreements in support of marketing engagements and third party partnerships.

• Provide product counseling related to any new adtech products and services to be launched by the business.

• Be the trusted advisor who responds promptly to complex legal requests, coordinating with the rest of the legal team to deliver practical, timely, and high-quality advice.  

• Use your problem-solving skills to identify and assess business and legal risks, finding innovative ways to mitigate them while achieving product and transactional goals. Effectively communicate complex issues and risks to business leaders, in an easy to understand and succinct manner.

• Develop and leverage strong relationships and internal partnerships across global governance, the business and other functions to maximize the achievement of business goals.

What you’ll bring:

• A minimum of 7+ years, ideally with marketing, media, adtech and/or technology experience.

• Significant experience drafting and negotiating commercial and transactional agreements.

• Excellent written and oral communication skills.

• Have product counseling experience. 

• Demonstrated ability to work practically and quickly to evaluate risk, solve problems, and make decisions that balance risk, opportunity, and business objectives.

Belonging

At Walmart, our vision is "everyone included." By fostering a workplace culture where everyone is—and feels—included, everyone wins. Approximately 90% of the U.S. population lives within 10 miles of a Walmart or Sam’s Club – our associates and customers reflect the makeup