Senior Manager, Strategic Initiatives
Position Summary...
Reporting to the Sr. Director of Strategic Initiatives within the Strategy Team, this Senior Manager role will sit within Walmart Canada's corporate Portfolio/Program Management Office; partnering with our Executive teams in setting & driving the strategic agenda for profitable growth for Walmart Canada. This role includes collaborating with business leaders across the entire organization to identify top-priority strategic initiatives, scope these initiatives and design compelling OKRs, roadmaps and execution plans to meet & improve our business performance goals (Walmart Canada in-year and long-range strategic objectives). The successful candidate will also drive excellence in enterprise strategic governance, while collaborating with senior executives across the organization. This role is an agent of the office of the president, and as such, must uphold a level of strong internal influence and no functional-related bias to ensure optimal delivery for Walmart Canada overall. It is a very high-visibility role that requires exceptional stakeholder engagement and critical thinking skills; the role has significant independent responsibilities and excellent prospects for career growth.What you'll do...
Support strategic portfolio management, project delivery and corporate governance approach.
o Partner with business leads to drive the most critical strategic projects to deliver on overall business goals.
o Support the development of key deliverables such as charters, OKRs, roadmaps, business cases, technology plans, interdependency models for each strategic project.
o Work collaboratively with project leads and senior executives to drive and support both corporate-led and business unit-led initiatives.
o Ensure a robust process to achieve desired outcomes from projects; identify & escalate issues as needed.
o Support creation of compelling content for executive board meetings and external audiences (including coaching & helping elevate the quality/rigor of project team outputs), to enhance strategic decision making and support recommendations.
Provide support / thought leadership to scoping and delivery of critical strategic projects.
o Develop a deep understanding of project risks & interdependencies, value realization against financial and resource investments, and the critical OKRs/outcomes of strategic projects, by generating insight across the strategic portfolio.
o Help business stakeholders to clearly articulate sources of growth opportunities & risks in financial building blocks of strategic plans.
o Be comfortable in a position of 'activist project support' (i.e. challenging leaders to ensure the business is driving towards the strategic intent & financial objectives defined).
o Work "within" critical strategic initiatives to help drive towards the intended OKR targets.
Maintain a deep understanding of the overall enterprise strategic aspiration and build a thought-leadership reputation.
o Support the design and adoption of new enterprise governance tools & platforms, strong program management methodologies, etc.
o Be a go-to resource for senior leaders on topics such as retail/digital transformation, new ways of working, Agile, product design, portfolio-mindset, etc.
o Support culture building and role modeling for the transformation office to cascade through the organization.
o From time-to-time, utilize market research and analytics-based insights to inform opportunities and risks for the organization, through internal and/or external sources.
Minimum Qualifications...
Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications.
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 ARGENITA RD, MISSISSAUGA, ON L5N 1P9, Canada