Staff Risk Expert
Walmart
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Herndon • Virginia • United States
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Salary
💰 $110,000 - $220,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Lead policy governance activities, including identifying governance risks (including emerging technology and AI), maintaining the governance risk register, and ensuring appropriate escalation and mitigation across markets.
- Align policy governance with enterprise risk appetite, applying defined thresholds, monitoring exposure trends, and communicating relevant insights to leadership.
- Lead the development and refinement of AI, technology, and information security policies and standards.
- Perform challenge and quality‑control reviews of policy updates to ensure strong control integrity and consistent enterprise implementation.
- Oversee updates to technical standards and specifications, ensuring clarity, practicality, and alignment with evolving regulatory and business needs.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in a related field (e.g., Computer Science, Information Assurance, Law, or a related field).
- 8+ years of progressive leadership experience in risk management, policy development, or a related field.
- Robust understanding of technology compliance standards and emerging risks within technology and information security.
- Experience in leading business process improvement and implementation projects.
- Experience with various technologies, including AI.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to assess risk and develop strategic mitigation strategies.
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
risk managementpolicy developmenttechnology compliance standardsinformation securitybusiness process improvementAIanalytical skillsproblem-solving skillsstrategic mitigation
Soft Skills
leadershipcommunicationquality controlinsight generation
Certifications
Bachelor's degree