Walmart

Director, Learning and Development - AI Upskilling

Walmart$110K — $220K *
Education, Government & Non-Profit
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Business, Human Resources, Communications, Education, or related field.
  • 5 years of experience in adult learning or training content development, or 7 years of experience if lacking a degree.
  • Proven leadership in learning strategy and workforce development.
  • Strong strategic thinking to align workforce efforts with business goals.
  • Ability to manage complex, cross-functional projects effectively.
  • Excellent communication and change leadership skills.

Responsibilities

  • Lead a high-performing team in AI upskilling and workforce development.
  • Develop and execute strategies for AI fluency and career mobility programs.
  • Build scalable skills pathways aligned with business needs.
  • Partner with various teams to identify capability needs and deliver solutions.
  • Manage strategy, pilots, measurement, and improvement of programs.
  • Utilize data insights to guide decision-making and influence leaders.

Benefits

  • Medical, vision, and dental coverage.
  • 401(k), stock purchase, and life insurance options.
  • Generous paid time off including sick leave and parental leave.
  • Short-term and long-term disability benefits.
  • Company discounts and financial assistance for adoption and surrogacy.
  • Paid education benefits covering tuition and associated fees.
Full Job Description
Position Summary...

What you'll do...
Role summary:

The Director, AI Upskilling leads enterprise initiatives that prepare Walmart associates for the future of work. This role builds scalable learning solutions that increase AI fluency, accelerate workforce capability, and expand career mobility through programs such as Associate-to-Technician and other skills-based pathways. Partnering across GTL, Walmart Academy, Talent, Operations, and business stakeholders, the director identifies workforce priorities and aligns learning strategies to business needs. This role oversees strategy, scaling, and partnerships with functional teams to deliver measurable workforce and business impact while supporting Walmart's long-term workforce transformation.
What you'll do:
  • Lead a high-performing team focused on enterprise AI upskilling, specialty learning programs, and workforce pathways.
  • Develop and execute Walmart Academy's AI fluency and workforce capability strategy with GTL and business stakeholders.
  • Build scalable skills pathways and career mobility programs aligned to workforce demand.
  • Partner across GTL, Academy, Talent, Operations, and business teams to identify capability needs and deliver learning solutions.
  • Manage program strategy, pilots, scaling, adoption, measurement, and continuous improvement.
  • Use insights and data to evaluate impact, guide decisions, manage partnerships, influence leaders, and shape workforce transformation priorities.

What you'll bring:
  • Experience leading teams in learning strategy, workforce development, talent enablement, instructional design, or capability-building functions.
  • Proven ability to lead complex cross-functional initiatives and influence outcomes in matrixed organizations.
  • Strong strategic thinking with the ability to connect workforce capability efforts to business priorities and operational outcomes.
  • Experience designing and scaling enterprise learning, career mobility, workforce transformation, or skills-based talent programs.
  • Strong executive communication, stakeholder management, and change leadership skills.
  • Ability to navigate ambiguity, build alignment, and drive execution in fast-changing environments.
  • Familiarity with AI enablement, digital fluency, automation, or emerging workforce trends preferred.
  • Experience using data and insights to evaluate effectiveness and guide decisions.


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 $110,000.00 - $220,000.00

Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses.

Additional compensation for certain positions may also include :

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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.

Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Business, Human Resources, Communications, Education, or related field and 5 years' experience in adult learning, training
content development, or related area OR 7 years' experience in adult learning, training content development, or related area.

Preferred Qualifications...

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

Leading a cross-functional team, Project Management, Supervisory

Masters: Human Resources, Masters: Learning and Development

Project Management - Project Management Professional - Certification, Six Sigma - Certification
Primary Location...

806 Excellence Dr, Bentonville, AR 72716, United States of America

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2,300 employees
Market Cap
$387 billion
Industry
Net Income
$13.5 billion
Founded
1962
5 Year Trend
+3.3%
Revenue
$559.1 billion
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