Senior Manager, Learning and Development

Walmart

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Posted 5/7/2026full-timeBentonville • New Jersey • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $90,000 - $180,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

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 role combines hands-on instructional design and facilitation expertise with strategic program leadership to deliver scalable, measurable learning experiences that accelerate associate success and leadership readiness.
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.
Conduct ongoing analysis of associate performance and skill gaps to identify opportunities for career development, leadership growth, and operational improvement.
Serve as a trusted learning advisor to People and Business leaders, ensuring programs directly support talent strategy and business impact.
Create and deliver learning programs across multiple modalities, including Instructor-Led Training (ILT), Virtual ILT (vILT), e-learning, microlearning, and blended experiences.
Define learning KPIs and success metrics tied to associate performance outcomes (time-to-proficiency, retention, productivity, promotion readiness).
Report insights and impact to leadership, demonstrating the ROI of associate development programs.

Requirements

What you’ll need

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.
Bachelor’s degree in HR, Education, Organizational Development, or related field required; Master’s preferred.
Certifications in Learning & Development (CPTD, ATD, Kirkpatrick, or similar) are advantageous.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health benefits include medical, vision and dental coverage.
Financial benefits include 401(k), stock purchase and company-paid life insurance.
Paid time off includes 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

adult learningtraining content developmentcurriculum designfacilitationleadership developmenttraining needs analysislearning frameworkslearning KPIsperformance metricsinstructional design

Soft Skills

communicationstakeholder managementinfluenceanalytical skillsstrategic thinkingcoachingtrust buildingproblem solvingcollaborationadaptability

Certifications

CPTDATDKirkpatrick