Senior Manager, Talent Acquisition

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Role summary: The Senior Manager, Global Tech Talent Acquisition leads hiring strategy and delivery across multiple U.S.

-based Engineering and Data Science organizations. Based in Bentonville, this leader partners directly with senior technical executives to translate workforce priorities into structured, forward-looking hiring plans that drive speed, quality, and long-term technical capability. This role combines strategic advisory impact with disciplined execution. You will lead and develop a team of Talent Acquisition Associates while building programmatic recruiting models that improve predictability, performance, and hiring quality.

Through rigorous analytics and market intelligence, you will diagnose hiring risks, model trade-offs, and guide leaders toward informed, data-backed decisions. Success in this role requires strong business acumen, analytical depth, executive presence, and the ability to scale complex engineering and data science hiring in a fast-paced, growth-oriented environment.

The Walmart Global Tech Talent Acquisition team drives strategic hiring across U.S.

-based Engineering and Data Science organizations. Based in Bentonville, the team partners closely with senior technical leaders to translate workforce priorities into disciplined, data-driven hiring strategies. Operating with strong analytical rigor and structured recruiting practices, the team takes a forward-looking approach to workforce planning — anticipating skill needs, aligning to evolving technical priorities, and building sustainable pipelines across software engineering, platform engineering, infrastructure, and AI/ML domains.

They focus on predictable delivery, hiring quality, and long-term technical capability to ensure talent strategy directly supports business outcomes.

• Lead hiring strategy and delivery across multiple U.S.
  
  -based Engineering and Data Science organizations.
• Translate workforce plans into structured, forward-looking hiring strategies aligned to business priorities and technical roadmaps.
• Manage and develop a team of Talent Acquisition Associates, setting clear performance expectations tied to speed, quality, and stakeholder impact.
• Partner directly with senior engineering and data science leaders to provide talent market insights, compensation guidance, and hiring trade-off recommendations.
• Use recruiting analytics to assess pipeline health, forecast outcomes, identify risks, and drive data-informed decisions.
• Establish disciplined operating rhythms, including sprint planning, hiring reviews, and performance dashboards to improve predictability.
• Standardize recruiting workflows and structured technical assessment practices to reduce variance and improve hiring quality.
• Drive continuous improvement through process optimization, capacity modeling, and digital enablement.

• Demonstrated success leading strategic technical hiring across technical Engineering & Data Science organizations.
• Direct people leadership experience managing and developing Talent Acquisition Associates or recruiters.
• Strong analytical capability with experience translating recruiting data into actionable business insight.
• Experience advising senior technical leaders on workforce planning, market feasibility, and hiring strategy.
• Deep understanding of software engineering, platform, and AI/ML talent markets.
• Proven ability to build scalable, repeatable recruiting programs in complex, fast-paced environments.
• Strong executive presence with the ability to influence, challenge constructively, and guide data-backed decisions.
• Operational discipline and experience implementing structured recruiting frameworks.

At Walmart, we offer competitive pay as well as performance-based bonus awards and other great benefits for a happier mind, body, and wallet. 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…