Director, Real Estate – Governance

Walmart

. Lead governance planning and execution.

Posted 5/7/2026full-timeBentonville • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $110,000 - $220,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead governance planning and execution.
Own governance calendars, timelines, dependencies, and submission readiness across Retail and Supply Chain Real Estate initiatives.
Drive disciplined, on-time governance turn-ins that support enterprise decision-making and reduce approval-cycle risk.
Identify risks, gaps, and interdependencies early; align stakeholders and drive resolution to prevent delays.
Establish operating rhythms, milestones, and accountability mechanisms to ensure consistent execution.
Drive approvals for priority real estate initiatives.
Align cross-functional partners to ensure submissions are complete, accurate, and decision-ready before entering formal approval forums.
Resolve issues upstream to reduce escalations, rework, and cycle-time delays.
Ensure adherence to corporate governance standards, approval requirements, and committee expectations.
Build and implement standardized intake tools, templates, checklists, and workflows to streamline turn-ins.
Use metrics and stakeholder feedback to continuously improve intake and approval processes.
Lead the end-to-end reapproval process to ensure compliance, operational efficiency, and risk mitigation.
Monitor compliance with reapproval standards and address breakdowns before they create approval or audit risk.
Define and track KPIs for submission timeliness, cycle time, rework, stakeholder satisfaction, compliance, and approval outcomes.
Create visibility into governance performance through reporting, reviews, and executive-ready updates.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in Architecture, Construction Management, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field and 5 years’ experience in architecture, construction management, engineering, or related area OR 7 years’ experience in architecture, construction management, engineering, or related area.
1 year’s supervisory experience.
Legal background or strong experience partnering with Legal on governance and risk considerations.
Experience with portfolio strategy and enterprise decision forums.
Project management capability, including managing timelines, dependencies, and complex stakeholder groups.
Strong analytical mindset with experience using data and reporting to identify process improvements and measure outcomes.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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

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Hard Skills & Tools

governance planningrisk identificationKPI trackingproject managementdata analysisprocess improvementportfolio strategycompliance monitoringapproval processesstakeholder alignment

Soft Skills

leadershipcommunicationproblem-solvinganalytical mindsetorganizational skillscollaborationaccountabilitystakeholder managementresolution drivingfeedback utilization