(USA) Director, Talent Acquisition - Executive Recruiting
Position Summary
As a Director of Executive Recruitment you'll partner with a Senior Director to lead the execution of Officer (VP+) hiring across a business segment. You'll manage complex executive searches end to end, partnering with hiring leaders, candidates, Sourcers, and Project Managers to deliver exceptional outcomes. This is a hands-on, execution-focused role. You'll lead searches, engage senior talent, solve complex hiring challenges, and build long-term executive relationships while delivering a world class experience. Success requires exceptional search execution, sound judgment, commercial curiosity, and the ability to manage multiple high-profile searches with pace and quality.
About the Team
The Officer Talent Acquisition & Search team hires the senior leaders who shape Walmart's future. We partner closely with business and People leaders to deliver Officer-level hiring through Executive Recruiters, Sourcers, and Project Managers. We operate in a fast-paced, high-trust environment where discretion, quality, and exceptional experiences matter. As our function evolves, we're transforming from a reactive executive recruiting team into a proactive, AI-enabled executive talent partner, helping leaders make better talent decisions while building the leadership pipelines that will shape Walmart's future.
What You'll Do
- Lead end-to-end Officer (VP+) executive searches
- Partner with hiring leaders to develop search strategies and deliver exceptional hiring outcomes
- Identify, engage, assess, and build relationships with senior external talent
- Balance internal succession opportunities with external market talent
- Partner with Principal Executive Sourcers and Project Managers to deliver outstanding search execution and candidate experiences
- Coach candidates throughout the executive hiring process
- Build evergreen executive talent pipelines for future leadership needs
- Leverage AI-enabled tools to improve productivity and search execution
- Share best practices and contribute to a high-performing OTAS team
What You'll Bring
- Experience leading complex executive searches within an in-house executive recruiting team or executive search firm
- Ability to independently manage multiple executive searches with pace, quality, and attention to detail
- Strong executive relationship-building and stakeholder management skills
- Experience developing external executive pipelines and engaging passive talent
- Excellent judgment and discretion managing confidential searches
- Commercial curiosity and the ability to understand business strategy and leadership needs
- Experience leveraging AI and technology to improve execution
- A collaborative, growth-oriented mindset with a passion for raising the bar in executive hiring
Minimum Qualifications
- Option 1: Bachelor's degree in business, human resources, or related area and 5 years' experience in human resources, talent acquisition, or related area
- Option 2: 7 years' experience in human resources, talent acquisition, or related area
- 3 years' supervisory experience or experience leading cross-functional teams
Preferred Qualifications
- Master's degree in Business, Human Resources, or related field
- Professional in Human Resources certification
Pay
The annual salary range for this position is $110,000.00 - $220,000.00. Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses. Additional compensation for certain positions may also include stock.
Benefits
- 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
- PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes (amount depends on job classification and length of employment; meets or exceeds paid sick leave laws where applicable)
- Live Better U education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates (programs range from high school completion to bachelor's degrees, including English Language Learning and short-form certificates; tuition, books, and fees completely paid by Walmart)