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What you'll do...

Senior Director, Media Relations Center of Excellence

What you'll do:

This highly influential global role leads a newly created Media Relations Center of Excellence for the largest company in the world. In this mission-critical role you’ll lead and an incredible team focused on promoting and protecting our brand, building and maintaining relationships with the media, managing sensitive issues and crisis communications and telling stories that demonstrate who we are as a company – a people-led, tech-powered omnichannel retailer dedicated to helping people save money and live better. The ideal candidate is a proven expert in media relations – with meaningful proactive and reactive experience. They are also a great leader of people, strategic and a team player.

The successful candidate will be a creative and strategic thinker who can lead and manage a talented team of communications professionals, is highly collaborative and builds excellent relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

What You’ll Do:

• Serve as a high-level company spokesperson and lead our dynamic press office and national media relations building and nurturing strong relationships with members of the media.
• Oversee the development and dissemination of stories that support a united enterprise narrative that differentiates Walmart.
• Serve as a strategic counselor and partner to executive leadership and stakeholders across the organization to navigate sensitive issues and further improve our media relations prowess as a team.
• Lead, manage, and mentor a high-performing team of communications professionals, ensuring all team members are motivated, engaged, and working efficiently toward common goals.
• Serve as a subject matter expert for the enterprise, collaborating cross-functionally with internal stakeholders and departments to ensure successful enterprise communications that reflect all relevant segments of the business.
• Continuously monitor trends, competitor activity, and audience preferences to identify opportunities for innovation and differentiation.
• Set benchmarks and key performance indicators for success, evaluating results, and implementing improvements as needed.
• Maintain a thorough understanding of industry best practices, constantly driving for innovation and excellence.

What You’ll Bring:

• Being a great people leader in an ever-changing and fast-paced environment, developing a high performing team and inspiring them to deliver great results.

• Bringing and implementing best-in-class ideas that take our communications to the next level.
• Leveraging your proven relationship-building skills to develop and maintain strong relationships with members of the media.
• Using data and landscape insights to inform and design communications strategies that break through the noise and resonate with target audiences.
• Strategically engaging cross-functionally with a winning mindset.

Qualifications:

• Minimum of 10 years of experience in communications, with at least 5 years in a leadership role.
• Proven track record of developing and leading impactful communications strategies.
• Strong relationship-building skills, with extensive experience working with top-tier media.
• Exceptional people leadership and team management skills, with the ability to motivate, collaborate and develop talent.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
• Gracefulness under pressure and deadlines; must be able to manage multiple projects at once.
• Analytical and creative mindset.
• Must be willing to travel, as need.

The above information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed in the role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. The full Job Description can be made available as part of the hiring process.

Benefits & Perks:

Beyond competitive pay, you can receive incentive awards for your performance. Other great perks include full relocation, bonus, stock, 401(k) match, associate stock purchase plan, paid maternity and parental leave, paid time off, multiple health plans, and much more.

Equal Opportunity Employer 

Walmart, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer – By Choice. We believe we are best equipped to help our associates, customers and the communities we serve live better when we really know them. That means understanding, respecting and valuing diversity- unique styles, experiences, identities, ideas and opinions – while being inclusive of all people. 

Who We Are

Join Walmart and your work could help over 275 million global customers live better every week. Yes, we are the Fortune #1 company. But you’ll quickly find we’re a company who wants you to feel comfortable bringing your whole self to work. A career at Walmart is where the world’s most complex challenges meet a kinder way of life. Our mission spreads far beyond the walls of our stores. Join us and you'll discover why we are a world leader in diversity and inclusion, sustainability, and community involvement.  From day one, you’ll be empowered and equipped to do the best work of your life. careers.walmart.com

Minimum Qualifications...

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

Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Public Relations, Political Science, or related field and 6 years’ experience in public relations, managing projects or campaigns in politics, or related field OR 8 years’ experience in public relations, managing projects or campaigns in politics, or related field. 3 years’ supervisory experience.

Preferred Qualifications...

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

Media Relations, Retail Industry

Primary Location…

702 SW 8TH ST, BENTONVILLE, AR 72716, United States of America

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 include short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more.

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You will also receive PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes. The amount you receive depends on your job classification and length of employment. It will meet or exceed the requirements of paid sick leave laws, where applicable.

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For information about PTO, see https://one.walmart.com/notices.

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Live Better U is a Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates in Walmart and Sam's Club facilities. Programs range from high school completion to bachelor's degrees, including English Language Learning and short-form certificates. Tuition, books, and fees are completely paid for by Walmart.

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Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to a specific plan or program terms.

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For information about benefits and eligibility, see One.Walmart.

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The annual salary range for this position is $130,000.00-$260,000.00

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Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses.

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Additional compensation for certain positions may also include:

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- Stock

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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.

Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Journalism, Business, or related field and 7 years’ experience in communications, journalism, business, or related area OR 9 years’ experience in communications, journalism, business, or related area. 3 years’ supervisory experience.

Preferred Qualifications...

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

Project Management

Masters

Primary Location...

702 Sw 8Th St, Bentonville, AR 72716, United States of America