Walmart

Senior Manager, Learning & Development – Associate Development

Walmart

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Hoboken • New Jersey • United States

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Salary

💰 $90,000 - $180,000 per year

Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • 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.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
adult learningtraining content developmenttraining needs analysiscurriculum designfacilitationleadership developmentlearning frameworksperformance analysisKPI definitionsuccess metrics
Soft Skills
communicationstakeholder managementinfluenceteam managementanalytical thinkingcoachingproblem-solvingorganizational skillsinterpersonal skillspresentation skills
Certifications
CPTDATDKirkpatrick