Director, Strategic Initiatives – ESG Strategy – WasteCircularity

Position Summary...

About the Team
Walmart seeks to lead on Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) practices disclosures and outcomes building a stronger and more resilient business creating shared value and fostering trust.

About the Position
The Director Strategic Initiatives ESG Strategy is responsible for leading Walmarts ESG strategy across a subset of ESG priority issues including advising colleagues on Walmarts shared value agenda (for example policies practices and performance targets); developing Walmarts foundational disclosures; assessing Walmarts performance; and engaging external stakeholders to understand expectations influence standards and ratings and share Walmart performance. This position reports to the Senior Director ESG Strategy. Top candidates will have experience in shared value; waste circularity and other Walmart priority ESG issues; be familiar with ESG reporting frameworks; and have experience engaging with institutional investors thought leaders and other internal/external stakeholders.

What youll do...

Walmart seeks to lead on Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) practices disclosures and outcomes building a stronger and more resilient business creating shared value and fostering trust.

The Director Strategic Initiatives ESG Strategy Waste/Circularity leads the shared value strategy and disclosure approach for a defined issue portfolio: Waste (Circular Economy) Responsible Data and Technology and Public Policy. This role is accountable for drafting and producing external disclosures and report content for these topics (e.g. ESG report sections stakeholder- and investor-facing disclosures and responses to common ESG questionnaires/ratings) ensuring alignment with evolving reporting frameworks and regulatory expectations; advising colleagues on Walmarts shared value agenda (for example policies practices and performance targets); assessing Walmarts performance; and engaging external stakeholders to understand expectations influence standards and ratings and share Walmart performance. This position reports to the Senior Director ESG Strategy.

What youll do:

• Shape disclosures and report content for the issue portfolio (primarily Waste/Circular Economy; also focusing on Responsible Use of Data and Technology Public Policy) for investor and thought leader audiences. Craft and produce strong ESG disclosures adhering to existing and emerging regulatory reporting standards. Develop ESG messaging and work with other members of the ESG team Investor Relations and Corporate Communications on the strategy to reach target audiences including through ESG reporting direct investor and other stakeholder engagement and other channels.

• Advise colleagues on Walmarts shared value agenda. Stay updated on the latest developments in your issue portfolio (e.g. regulatory legislative competitor trends) and advise on Walmarts aspirations policies practices targets key metrics and performance improvement initiatives to enhance performance and reputation. Take a global perspective on emerging frameworks policies and practices. Maintain a robust network of peers and collaborators internally and externally to bring leading insights to your work. Develop annual issue strategies for your portfolio; collaborate with subject matter teams to set annual strategy and reporting plans; regularly engage with subject matter teams to discuss progress and adjust accordingly.

• Lead special projects to enhance ESG performance. Coordinate cross-functional complex projects to achieve policy practice and disclosure outcomes and to enhance Walmarts understanding of issues and risks in the issue portfolio. Activities could include deep research and benchmarking development of breakthrough policies or practices etc.

• Engage/influence external stakeholders. Participate in external events to highlight Walmarts shared value strategy and best practices in your issue portfolio. Engage investors NGOs standard setters/raters and depending on topic suppliers coalition leads etc. to obtain feedback on our ESG performance shape industry standards and influence external perception of our performance.

What youll bring:

• Demonstrated expertise in waste/circularity and materials systems and strong fluency or curiosity in either (a) responsible data/technology (e.g. digital trust privacy cybersecurity responsible AI/automation) and/or (b) public policy engagementwith the ability to build depth across all three areas quickly.

• Strong corporate disclosure and report-writing experience: translating technical inputs into clear concise decision-useful narratives for external audiences (investors raters policymakers NGOs).

• Working knowledge of leading ESG reporting frameworks and disclosure regimes and how they translate into internal information needs and review processes (e.g. SASB GRI IFRS/TCFD TNFD CDP).

• Familiarity with Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) policy approaches

• Visionary thinking backed by strong strategic and analytical framing.

• Innovation solutions to complex problems.

• Strength in leading through influence and aligning various stakeholders sometimes with diverging opinions.

• Collaborative mindset with strong project management skills wit

• The ability to pick up on new concepts quickly synthesize information and generate insights.

• Curiosity and engagement with AI tools to enhance research and benchmarking capabilities as well as drafting and refining written work product.

• Influencing perspectives through strong oral and written communication.

• Experience working with retail operations merchandising sourcing and/or experience in sustainability programs.

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 responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. The full Job Description can be made available as part of the hiring process.

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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.

Bachelors degree in Business Administration Social Science Communications or related field and 5 years experience managing cross-functional projects for governmental or non-governmental organizations consulting firms or corporations OR 7 years experience managing cross-functional projects for governmental or non-governmental organizations consulting firms or corporations.

Preferred Qualifications...

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

Developing and managing project budgets for governmental or non-governmental organizations consulting firms or corporations Managing project teams in a matrix environment Managing strategic initiatives Masters degree in International Business or related field

Primary Location...

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

Walmart and its subsidiaries are committed to maintaining a drug-free workplace and has a no tolerance policy regarding the use of illegal drugs and alcohol on the job. This policy applies to all employees and aims to create a safe and productive work environment.