Senior Manager, Specialty Compliance and Ethics - Connect; Risk Management

Position Summary... Walmart Connect is key to Walmart’s growth strategy. Walmart has built a closed-loop media business division of America’s largest omnichannel retailer. Walmart Connect offers unparalleled opportunities for brands to reach their desired customers, no matter where, how and when they shop. This is a unique opportunity to join a high-visibility team within the largest company in the world.

• Manage and maintain risk management framework for the advertising business, including risk taxonomy, risk appetite alignment, and key risk indicators (KRIs) for priority domains (e.g., advertising practices, data governance/privacy, measurement integrity, brand safety/fraud, financial/operational, regulatory/compliance, and reputational risk).
• Lead the compliance risk assessment process for advertising workflows and platforms; facilitate risk workshops, document inherent and residual risk ratings, perform control gap analyses, and maintain an up-to-date advertising risk register with clear owners and mitigation plans.
• Operate a scalable third‑party risk management (TPRM) program covering intake, inherent risk tiering, due diligence, contracting, onboarding, ongoing monitoring, and exit/offboarding for partners such as data providers, clean room and identity vendors, measurement/attribution vendors, publishers, SSPs/DSPs, ad servers, and managed service providers.
• Establish continuous monitoring for third parties, including control attestations, vendor performance and SLA reviews, security rating feeds, issue and incident tracking, and periodic reassessments based on risk tier or material changes.
• Define and track KRIs/KPIs and develop risk dashboards for senior leadership; prepare concise reports that quantify exposure, trends, concentration risk, and remediation status.
• Coordinate with Security, Privacy, and Product to evaluate risks arising from new technologies and use cases and recommend risk‑based controls.
• Align the risk and TPRM programs with applicable regulatory and self‑regulatory requirements and platform policies relevant to U.S. advertising (e.g., FTC advertising standards and Endorsement Guides, state UDAP, COPPA, CAN‑SPAM/TCPA as applicable, CCPA/CPRA, IAB standards, brand safety/IVT frameworks, and platform ad policies).
• Oversee issue management: open and track corrective action plans, validate remediation and control design changes, and ensure timely escalation of material risks to management and relevant committees.
• Develop and deliver targeted training and guidance for business teams and vendor partners on risk requirements, third‑party expectations, and control obligations.
• Oversee compliance monitoring of third‑party partners, publishers, data providers, and measurement vendors, including due diligence, data processing terms, service‑level adherence, and ongoing testing of critical controls.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for the business Risks and Controls team and the business Partnership team, who you will partner closely with.
• Ensure effective and timely updates and reporting to Director of Compliance, highlighting key issues and remediation plans.
• Develop recommendations for product enhancements and AI use around TPRM and risk management.
• Develop Standard Operating Procedures and process documentation for Walmart Connect where relevant to Compliance organization.
• Demonstrate curiosity and a growth mindset; create an environment that supports learning, innovation, compliance and ethics, and exhibit resilience in the face of setbacks.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams including legal, product, engineering, sales, operations, business operations, strategy, and marketing.
• Build strong and trusting relationships with team members and business partners.
• Work collaboratively and cross‑functionally to achieve objectives and communicate to a variety of audiences with influence and inspiration to garner commitment and action.
• High level of comfort escalating and presenting key issues to management.

• Professional experience to contribute to an impactful and high performing team, one that is committed to developing innovative…