Manager, Learning And Development

About the role

The Manager, Learning and Development, leads the strategy, design, planning, and execution of curriculum and training content initiatives that support Facilities Services associates and skilled trade roles. This position manages complex curriculum projects from intake through implementation, ensuring learning solutions align with business priorities, field requirements, technical standards, compliance expectations, and operational needs. The role requires strong project management capability, curriculum design expertise, stakeholder leadership, and the ability to translate complex technical information into structured, scalable, and effective learning experiences.

About the team

The Learning Solutions team designs and delivers comprehensive training programs to enhance technician skills and operational safety. Collaborating with stakeholders, the team develops learning strategies, instructional content, and performance tools aligned with business objectives. They manage curriculum development, leverage educational technologies, and uphold quality standards to support continuous workforce improvement. By fostering adaptability and ongoing learning, the team drives process enhancements and productivity gains.

Responsibilities

• Define curriculum strategy and content priorities by assessing capability gaps, business requirements, learner needs, technical standards, compliance expectations, and operational priorities.
• Design role-based curriculum architectures, course maps, learning journeys, objectives, assessments, facilitator materials, job aids, microlearning, blended learning solutions, and practice-based learning activities.
• Establish and maintain curriculum governance standards, including content quality expectations, review cycles, version control, approval processes, and ongoing maintenance practices.
• Lead end-to-end curriculum and content development projects, from intake to launch, and post-implementation optimization.
• Develop and manage project plans, timelines, milestones, risks, dependencies, deliverables, approval checkpoints, and stakeholder communications to ensure curriculum initiatives are delivered on time and with quality.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Human Resources, Communications, Education, or related field and 2 years’ experience in adult learning, training content development, or related area OR 4 years’ experience in adult learning, training content development, or related area.
• Experience building scalable curriculum frameworks, learning roadmaps, content governance models, or standardized training systems in a large or matrixed organization.
• Experience supporting Facilities Services, skilled trades, maintenance operations, technical training, safety-related content, or field-based learning delivery.

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
• Experience using project management tools, learning technologies, authoring tools, and reporting data to manage delivery and improve learning outcomes.

Benefits

• Competitive pay with performance-based bonus awards
• Health benefits including medical, vision, and dental coverage
• Financial benefits including 401(k), stock purchase, and company-paid life insurance
• Paid time off (PTO) including sick leave, parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting
• Short-term and long-term disability
• Company discounts
• Military Leave Pay
• Adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement
• Live Better U: Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates, covering tuition, books, and fees for high school completion, bachelor’s degrees, English Language Learning, and short-form certificates (eligibility requirements apply)

Pay

The annual salary range for this position is $80,000.00 - $155,000.00. Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses and may include stock for certain positions.

Primary location: 814 Respect Dr, Bentonville, AR 72716, United States of America