As the Group Director of Communications, Growth Organization, you’ll lead a team that builds breakthrough narratives, strengthens executive visibility, and drives earned media strategies that reflect how Walmart is transforming from a traditional retailer into a digital-first ecosystem. This is an opportunity to tell the story of how Walmart is merging commerce, technology, and media to create new customer and partner value.What you'll do...
As the lead communications partner for the Growth Organization, you’ll define and deliver communications that shape Walmart’s perception among customers, media, stakeholders, and associates—grounded in innovation, relevance, and data.
Key Responsibilities:
Team Leadership
Lead and develop a high-performing team of communications professionals who support growth business verticals and initiatives. Drive engagement, excellence, and development across the team.
Executive Communications
Serve as a trusted counselor to senior leaders of the Growth Organization. Shape thought leadership, speaking engagements, interviews, and strategic messaging for Walmart Connect, Walmart+, Data Ventures, and Marketing leaders.
Strategic Communications Planning
Design and execute integrated communications strategies that span media relations, stakeholder engagement, internal comms, and social/digital storytelling—aligned with business goals and external moments.
Narrative Development & Storytelling
Translate complex business, tech, and data topics into compelling stories. Proactively identify opportunities to tell Walmart’s growth story through innovation, membership, data and media.
Media Relations
Build and maintain strong relationships with national, trade, tech and new media. Lead earned media strategies for announcements, launches, and brand initiatives across growth.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
Partner with teams across Walmart, including Corporate Affairs, Tech, Merchandising, and Finance, to ensure message consistency and business alignment.
Agency and Budget Management
Manage external PR agencies, including budgeting, contracting, and performance tracking. Ensure delivery of high-quality, scalable campaigns.
Insights and Measurement
Use data, market insights, and media monitoring to evaluate impact, refine messaging, and optimize communications plans.
GenAI Super User
Utilize technology tools including GenAI to ensure you and your team operate effectively and efficiently.
You’ll Make a Positive Impact By:
Being a great people leader in an ever-changing and fast-paced environment, developing a high performing team and inspiring them to deliver great results.
Bringing and implementing best-in-class ideas that take our communications to the next level.
Leveraging your proven relationship-building skills to develop and maintain strong relationships with members of the media and other external stakeholders.
Using data and landscape insights to inform and design communications strategies that break through the noise and resonate with target audiences.
Influencing senior leadership with a commanding and engaging executive presence.
Being an expert storyteller and making complex subjects easily understood through words and visuals.
Leading with vision and clarity across a rapidly evolving portfolio of digital and data-led businesses.
Telling stories that connect innovation to customer benefit and commercial value.
Operating with a high degree of agility, influence, and collaboration.
At Walmart, we offer competitive pay as well as performance-based bonus awards and other great benefits for a happier mind, body, and wallet. 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.
You will also receive PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes. The amount you receive depends on your job classification and length of employment. It will meet or exceed the requirements of paid sick leave laws, where applicable.
For information about PTO, see https://one.walmart.com/notices.
Live Better U is a Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates in Walmart and Sam's Club facilities. Programs range from high school completion to bachelor's degrees, including English Language Learning and short-form certificates. Tuition, books, and fees are completely paid for by Walmart.
Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to a specific plan or program terms.
For information about benefits and eligibility, see One.Walmart.
The annual salary range for this position is $160,000.00-$320,000.00
Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses.
Additional compensation for certain positions may also include:
- Stock
Minimum Qualifications...Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications.
Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Public Relations, Political Science, or related field and 6 years’ experience in public relations, managing projects or campaigns in politics, or related field OR 8 years’ experience in public relations, managing projects or campaigns in politics, or related field.3 years’ supervisory experience.Preferred Qualifications...
Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.
Government or media relations experience in a Fortune 500 company., Politics, journalism, or relevant area, Working in a corporate retail or Fortune 100 environmentPrimary Location...702 Sw 8Th St, Bentonville, AR 72716, United States of America