Senior Director, Specialty Compliance And Ethics- Test-DO NOT APPLY

Position Summary...

What you'll do...

The Senior Director, Specialty Compliance and Ethics initiates, designs, and implements systems, procedures, and controls to minimize the company's exposure to adverse events and build stakeholder trust. This includes compliance with labour & employment regulations, product safety, responsible sourcing, trade compliance, and health & wellness services. The role may also oversee compliance related to food safety and quality control, privacy, and records retention.

This position directs the strategic development, implementation, and execution of sustainable programs, ensuring compliance with technical and regulatory standards through inspections, audits, incident management, and performance analytics. The Senior Director may approve the qualifications and service standards of all service providers and contribute to continuous improvement measurements across various products and services.

Supporting the CECO as the market co-champion for Enterprise Risk Management, this role drives risk identification and remediation with senior stakeholders. The Senior Director also prepares and delivers reports and presentations to senior leadership, identifying risks and obtaining operational support for compliance initiatives.

Building and deepening relationships with key senior management, the role embeds a tone from the top and accelerates Ethics & Compliance programs. The Senior Director engages with regulators and external agencies, developing alliances to strengthen the company’s reputation and ensuring compliance programs are communicated effectively and sensitive data is protected.

Qualifications:

• 12–15 years of progressively senior experience in privacy, data protection, records management, data governance, or related disciplines, with increasing responsibility for strategy, compliance, and organizational impact.

• Minimum 5 years’ experience as Privacy Officer or leading a privacy compliance function at a large global organization.

• Compliance leadership experience within the following industries:  IT, retail, health, e commerce, or financial services is an asset. Certification by International Association of Privacy Professionals or a similar certification is an asset.

• Ability to manage complex projects and influence a broad range of internal and external stakeholders.

• Demonstrated experience designing, building, implementing and leading privacy compliance and Enterprise Risk Management frameworks. Strong knowledge of privacy laws and best-in-class privacy frameworks.

• Extensive experience in the areas of privacy by design, compliance management frameworks, risk management, records management, and data governance.

• Proven experience developing and governing enterprise-wide records retention and information management frameworks. Experience leading a team of subject matter experts. Strong executive leadership experience. Solid analytical and communication skills.

Leadership Expectations:

Respect the Individual:

Builds high-performing teams; seeks, and embraces differences in people, cultures, ideas and experiences; creates a workplace and experiences where all associates feel seen, supported and connected through culture of belonging so associates thrive and perform; drives a positive associate and customer experience for all.

Creates a discipline and focus around developing talent through feedback, coaching, mentoring, and developmental opportunities; builds the talent pipeline, fosters an environment allowing everyone to bring their best selves to work, empowers associates and partners to act in the best interest of the customer and company, and regularly recognizes others’ contributions and accomplishments; supports strategies and drives initiatives that attract and retain the best talent.

Builds strong and trusting relationships with team members and business partners; works collaboratively and cross-functionally to achieve objectives; and communicates and listens attentively, with energy and positivity to motivate, influence, and inspire commitment and action.

Acts with Integrity:

Maintains and promotes the highest standards of integrity, ethics and compliance; models the Walmart values and leads by example to foster our culture; supports Walmart’s goal of becoming a regenerative company by taking action to advance opportunity, sustainability, community, and integrity (e.g., creating fair opportunities for associates and suppliers, driving local giving efforts).

Ensures that teams follow the law, our code of conduct and company policies; promotes an environment where associates feel comfortable sharing concerns, and models our culture of non-retaliation; listens to concerns raised by associates and takes action, and enables others to do the same; holds self and teams accountable for achieving results in a way that is consistent with our values.

Acts as an altruistic servant leader and is consistently humble, self-aware.

Serve our Customers:

Delivers expected business results while putting the customer first and consistently applying an omni-merchant mindset and acting with an Every Day Low Cost mindset to drive value and Every Day Low Prices for customers.

Adopts a holistic perspective that considers data, analytics, customer insights, and different parts of the business when making plans and implementing strategies.

Strive for Excellence:

Consistently raises the bar and seeks to improve; demonstrates curiosity and a growth mindset; seeks feedback, asks thoughtful questions, and fosters an environment that supports learning, innovation, learning from mistakes, and intelligent risk-taking; and exhibits resilience in the face of setbacks.

Drives continuous improvements, supervises the adoption of new technology, and supports digital disruption in line with Walmart’s business model.

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Minimum Qualifications...

Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications.

Preferred Qualifications...

Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.

Walmart will accommodate the disability-related needs of applicants and associates as required by law.

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