Position Summary...
What you'll do...
Role summary:
The Senior Director, Security, leads the development and execution of comprehensive security strategies to mitigate risks and protect company assets globally. This role oversees insider threat programs, disaster response initiatives, and regulatory compliance efforts while driving continuous improvement in security operations. Collaborating across multiple regions and stakeholders, the position ensures alignment with business objectives and legal standards. The Senior Director fosters a culture of integrity and accountability, promotes talent development, and leverages technology to enhance security capabilities, supporting the organization’s resilience and operational excellence.
About the team:
The team leads the development and execution of advanced global security technology strategies across Walmart’s enterprise. Focused on innovation, the group integrates innovative solutions such as AI-driven analytics, camera vision, and active threat detection to enhance safety and operational resilience. Collaborating across multiple markets, the team ensures scalable and effective security platforms that support stores, supply chains, and campuses worldwide. By driving continuous improvement and leveraging emerging technologies, the team strengthens situational awareness, reduces risks, and advances enterprise-wide security capabilities aligned with business objectives and regulatory standards.
What you'll do:
- Drive end-to-end strategy and operationalization of Walmart’s Global Security Technology and Innovation ecosystem.
- Define scalable security technology architectures integrating camera vision, drones, AI analytics, and intelligent alerting platforms.
- Drive innovation and deployment strategies for advanced retail security use cases including ORC detection, workplace violence prevention, perimeter monitoring, parking lot intelligence, and active threat response.
- Partner closely with Global Tech, Asset Protection, Operations, Legal, Compliance, and enterprise stakeholders to align technology investments and deployment priorities.
- Lead enterprise response coordination and operational improvement activities related to security technology incidents and system disruptions.
- Represent global security technology strategy, innovation trends, and operational risk posture in executive leadership forums.
What you'll bring:
- 10+ years of experience in security technology operations, enterprise technology, asset protection innovation, or related domains.
- 5+ years leading senior leaders or large cross-functional global teams.
- Experience leading enterprise-scale deployments involving AI, computer vision, analytics, drones, IoT, or intelligent security technologies.
- Strong understanding of retail security operations, threat detection methodologies, and operational technology ecosystems.
- Demonstrated experience building scalable platforms, governance models, and vendor partnerships.
- Strong executive communication, business case development, and strategic planning capabilities.
- Experience operating within large-scale, matrixed, or global enterprise environment.
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 $130,000.00 - $260,000.00
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 Human Resources Emergency Management, Risk Management, Security, or related field and 6 years’ experience in security, emergency management, risk management, law enforcement, fire service, or related area OR 8 years’ experience in security, emergency management, risk management, law enforcement, fire service, or related area. 2 years’ supervisory experience.
Preferred Qualifications...
Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.
Emergency Management, Project Management
Masters, Masters: Emergency Management, Masters: Human Resources, Masters: Risk Management
Primary Location...
703 Associate Dr, 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.