Position Summary This role provides strategic direction for benefits and retirement/savings programs, ensuring compliance with legislation and best practices. The role identifies and implements strategies to improve program outcomes and associate experiences.What you’ll do This role provides enterprise-wide strategic and administrative direction in accordance with legislation and industry best practices on all insured and non‑insured health and dental programs, retirement plans, and savings plans sponsored locally and in collaboration with our global partners. It may involve collaborating with management on wellbeing initiatives (including disability management) that impact the benefits scope for program implementation.The role also monitors, analyzes, and identifies areas of program and process improvement to address legislative gaps, cost‑mitigation opportunities, and best practices in all programs to impact associate program experience. This includes partnering with our Finance partners on accrual, forecasting and financial planning to optimise program premium / cost experience. Participation in rate negotiation on insured products and fees associated with non‑insured program offerings with vendors may also be required.Establishing and maintaining professional partnerships with internal and external stakeholders is crucial, as is managing vendor contracts to ensure commitments and performance meet or exceed expectations. The role may involve providing advice and guidance to teams on program change management to manage potential legal or business risks.Additionally, this role ensures adherence to all legislative requirements in health, dental and wellbeing programmes as well as retirement and savings programmes as needed. Overseeing communication and education on programmes and policies, and managing a high‑performing team, may include conducting audits, providing backup support, training, and development. This role supports the governance process as it relates to the company‑wide Retirement Committee overseeing all assets under the applicable programmes. The role cultivates an environment of inclusion, respect, integrity, and ethics, integrating these values into all programmes and practices.Leadership Expectations Respect the Individual – Demonstrates and encourages respect for all; builds a high‑performing team; embraces differences in people, cultures, ideas and experiences; creates a workplace where all associates feel seen, supported and connected; drives a positive associate and customer experience for all.Creates discipline and focus around developing talent, feedback, coaching, mentoring, and development opportunities; promotes an environment allowing everyone to bring their best selves to work; empowers associates and partners to act in the best interest of the customer and company; and regularly recognises others’ contributions and accomplishments.Builds strong and trusting relationships with team members and business partners; works collaboratively and cross‑functionally to achieve objectives; and communicates and listens attentively, with energy and positivity to motivate, influence and inspire commitment and action.Acts with Integrity – Maintains and promotes the highest standards of integrity, ethics and compliance; models the Walmart values and leads by example; supports Walmart’s goal of becoming a regenerative company by making a positive impact for associates, customers and the world; follows the law, the code of conduct and company policies; promotes an environment where associates feel comfortable sharing concerns; holds self and others accountable for achieving results.Acts as an altruistic servant leader and is consistently humble, self‑aware, honest and transparent.Serves our Customers – Delivers expected business results while putting the customer first and consistently applying an omni‑merchant mindset and every‑day low‑cost and low‑price mindset to drive value and low prices for customers.Adopts a holistic perspective that considers data, analytics, customer insights and different parts of the business when making plans and shaping the team’s strategy.Strives for excellence – Consistently raises the bar and seeks to improve; demonstrates curiosity and a growth mindset; seeks feedback, asks thoughtful questions, fosters an environment that supports learning, innovation and learning from mistakes, and intelligent risk‑taking; and exhibits resilience in the face of setbacks.Seeks and implements continuous improvements and encourages the team to leverage new digital tools and ways of working.Minimum QualificationsMinimum Bachelor’s Degree and 8+ years in benefits and retirement savings plan design and administration.Retail industry experience is a nice to have.CEBS and/or PPAC preferred.Pay range: $109,400.00 – $150,480.00. Pay will be determined based on relevant experience.Walmart will accommodate the disability‑related needs of applicants and associates as required by law.#J-18808-Ljbffr