Senior Manager responsible for associate capability, career growth, and performance readiness at Walmart Connect. Designing onboarding and leadership programs to enhance associate success and readiness.
Responsibilities
The Sr. Manager, Learning & Development – Associate Development is a strategic, player/coach leader responsible for driving associate capability, career growth, and performance readiness across Walmart Connect.
This leader designs and facilitates onboarding, continuous development, and leadership programs that connect learning directly to business performance outcomes such as productivity, retention, and promotion readiness.
Act as a player/coach, managing a small team of instructional designers and facilitators while personally leading design, development, and delivery of key learning initiatives.
Conduct ongoing analysis of associate performance and skill gaps to identify opportunities for career development, leadership growth, and operational improvement.
Define learning KPIs and success metrics tied to associate performance outcomes (time-to-proficiency, retention, productivity, promotion readiness).
Requirements
Bachelor’s degree in Business, Human Resources, Communications, Education, or related field and 4 years’ experience in adult learning, training content development, or related area OR 6 years’ experience in adult learning, training content development, or related area.
7+ years of experience in Learning & Development, Organizational Development, or Talent Management, with proven success in enterprise-level program design and delivery.
Demonstrated expertise in training needs analysis, curriculum design, facilitation, and leadership development.
Hands-on proficiency with instructional design tools and learning technologies (Articulate Storyline/Rise, Adobe Captivate, Vyond, Camtasia, PowerPoint, LMS platforms).
Strong ability to extract information from SMEs and translate complex knowledge into accessible, impactful learning.
Experience creating structured, modular learning frameworks (101/201/301) aligned to competencies and business outcomes.
Proven record of linking learning to business results, such as improved retention, productivity, and internal mobility.
Excellent facilitation, communication, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence senior leaders.
Certifications in Learning & Development (CPTD, ATD, Kirkpatrick, or similar) are advantageous.
Master’s preferred.
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.
Live Better U is a Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates in Walmart and Sam's Club facilities.
Job title
Senior Manager, Learning & Development – Associate Development
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