Position Summary...This role defines strategy, requirements, and delivers analytics, reporting, and data infrastructure to enhance data-driven operations, driving growth and efficiency. Collaboration with senior leaders across various functions helps unlock value through data integration.

What you'll do...

The Director, Data Architecture is responsible for overseeing the Data Supply Chain for the omni merchandising organization, managing all aspects of the data journey including acquisition, management, storage, transformation, forwarding, and usage. The role also leads the vision, strategy, and roadmap of the Data Platforms portfolio, encompassing master data management, data governance, and all data processes. By partnering with cross-functional stakeholders, the role enables use cases that maximize business value by increasing revenue, reducing costs, and enhancing customer experience.

The role develops, drives, and delivers the Annual Operating Plan (AOP) for the Data Platforms portfolio, managing resource prioritization to ensure the highest business return and appropriate levels of data expertise support for cross-functional projects. Building relationships and partnering with leaders across merchandising, supply chain, finance, IT, and other functions highlight opportunities for improved data/analytics to enhance business performance, resulting in a project roadmap with firm delivery dates and approved budgets.

The role also performs an active thought leadership role within the data office and overall data and analytics ecosystem. Effective management of large budgets, contractor teams onshore/offshore, and technology partners ensures optimized output within budget constraints. Leading a team of data engineers, business analysts/managers, systems architects, data visualization experts, and other data professionals, the role provides relevant technical guidance, feedback, and motivation to ensure timely completion of deliverables. Partnering with analytics/reporting/data operations leaders to share best practices and technologies elevates the discipline within the company.

Leadership Expectations:

Respect the Individual:

Builds high-performing teams; seeks, and embraces differences in people, cultures, ideas and experiences; creates a workplace and experiences where all associates feel seen, supported and connected through culture of belonging so associates thrive and perform; drives a positive associate and customer experience for all.Creates a discipline and focus around developing talent through feedback, coaching, mentoring, and developmental opportunities; builds the talent pipeline, fosters 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 recognizes others’ contributions and accomplishments; supports strategies and drives initiatives that attract and retain the best talent.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 to foster our culture; supports Walmart’s goal of becoming a regenerative company by taking action to advance opportunity, sustainability, community, and integrity (e.g., creating fair opportunities for associates and suppliers, driving local giving efforts).Ensures that teams follow the law, our code of conduct and company policies; promotes an environment where associates feel comfortable sharing concerns, and models our culture of non-retaliation; listens to concerns raised by associates and takes action, and enables others to do the same; holds self and teams accountable for achieving results in a way that is consistent with our values.Acts as an altruistic servant leader and is consistently humble, self-aware.

Serve our Customers:

Delivers expected business results while putting the customer first and consistently applying an omni-merchant mindset and acting with an Every Day Low Cost mindset to drive value and Every Day Low Prices for customers.Adopts a holistic perspective that considers data, analytics, customer insights, and different parts of the business when making plans and implementing strategies.

Strive for Excellence:

Consistently raises the bar and seeks to improve; demonstrates curiosity and a growth mindset; seeks feedback, asks thoughtful questions, and fosters an environment that supports learning, innovation, learning from mistakes, and intelligent risk-taking; and exhibits resilience in the face of setbacks.Drives continuous improvements, supervises the adoption of new technology, and supports digital disruption in line with Walmart’s business model.

Qualifications:

10+ years in Data engineering & Analysis10+ years in SQL and data tools & platforms3+ years in Data Governance processes and strategies5+ years in people management and team leadership

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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.

Age – 16 or older

Preferred Qualifications...

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

Walmart will accommodate the disability-related needs of applicants and associates as required by law.

Primary Location…

1940 Argentia Rd, Mississauga, ON L5N 1P9, Canada

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