Job Description

Position Summary... What you'll do... Walmart Connect is Walmart’s media and advertising platform, uniquely designed to help brands reach hundreds of millions of shoppers across their entire shopping journey, online and in stores. As a fast-growing brand and business within Walmart, the Fortune 1 company, we are poised for continued growth and success. Data at Scale, Omni-Channel Solutions and a “One Walmart” approach are key differentiators for Walmart Connect. We aim to serve clients and suppliers across multiple categories with integrated Omni marketing solutions that connect brands with our customers. WALMART CONNECT, BUISNESS MARKETING OPERATIONS Marketing Operations within the WMC Marketing team is a small and mighty team. We are the owners of Business & Strategic Operations, Marketing Ways of Working, Process Mapping, Tools, Budget & Headcount, Creative Operations and Program Management and workplace culture initiatives. Our scope spans all x-functional teams within marketing, Walmart Connect, and Walmart teams. If there is a marketing process that needs to be figured out, we are typically the first team asked to help drive clarity and map out R&Rs and a clear way of working. It’s our job in marketing operations to ensure operations across the WMC Marketing org are streamlined. JOB OVERVIEW As the Associate Director of Business Marketing Operations, you will be critical to the success of business operations within the WMC Marketing organization. You and your team’s scope includes strategic operations, Annual Operations Planning (AOP), Objectives and Key Results (OKRs), QBRs/MBRs, budget & invoices, headcount management, marketing wide operations, and culture/workplace initiatives. This role will work very closely with the Director of Marketing Operations to create and maintain streamlined business operations for the organization. This role will report directly to the Director of Marketing Operations. This is a leadership position and has direct reports. IDEAL CANDIDATE - Understands & is excited about the business and can quickly synthesize marketing strategies across the marketing org for leadership needs - Excels at building clear & concise marketing strategic PowerPoints - Has experience mapping out marketing OKRs and creating an easy way to track across the org - Has Budget, AOP planning and Headcount management experience - Extremely detailed, has great follow-through, thoughtful in approach - Enthusiastic about driving workplace initiatives that drive employee satisfaction & retention - Team management experience Core Responsibilities: - Develop & drive Strategic Marketing Leadership decks across the marketing leadership team. Develop the template and create any upfront strategic slides, drive the comms to the leads, review deck to ensure accuracy to intended objective and ensure it goes through proper approvals channels before finalizing. - Develop & drive operations for tracking Marketing Goals:Marketing’s OKRs - Quarterly + Yearly Recaps & Reviews - Top Key Initiatives - Prioritization Tool: Develop a streamlined easy way for leads to prioritize work across the organization - Lead the strategy to drive Marketing team’s workstream visibility and alignment with WMC Leadership. Ensure your team operationalizes & executes upon strategy and refines when needed. - AOP Planning Support: Templates, Decks, AOP Headcount planning - Help with Leadership Offsite Planning - Develop and drive workplace initiatives that make WMC Marketing a better place to work. Be creative, proactive and enthusiastic about new culture driving ideas to bring to the org. Your team will lead the strategy, plan and execution of these ideas. - Ensure Budget and Headcount workstreams your team owns are running smoothly. Step in and advise or course correct when necessary. Help streamline process improvements for budget & headcount operations when necessary.   - Ensure all Marketing Wide operations are running smoothly and step-in when necessary to help your team: Monthly All Hands, Weekly Office Hours, various marketing wide forums, etc. - Develop new streamlined processes for marketing wide operations that make it easier for leads and the org to have visibility into operational forums & tasks each week.   Qualifications: - Bachelor's Degree and 8+ years experience with a consulting or marketing operations background. - Has experience working with senior leadership - Has experience streamlining business operations for marketing teams - Great at building PPT decks - Extremely detail oriented and organized in thought and execution - Ability to set and communicate clear expectations - Ability to understand and thrive in a fast-paced environment - Ability to work effectively and achieve results in ambiguous situations - High EQ At Walmart, we offer competitive pay as well as performance-based incentive 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 at https://bit.ly/3iOOb1J . Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance incentives. Additional compensation for certain positions may also include: - Regional Pay Zone (RPZ) (based on location) - Stock equity incentives 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, Marketing, or related field and 3 years' experience in marketing operations, business management, or related field OR 5 years' experience in marketing operations, business management, or related field. 3 years' experience in strategic sourcing and procurement. Preferred Qualifications... Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications. Leading cross-functional projects, Marketing or advertising agency management Primary Location...850 Cherry Avenue, San Bruno, CA 94066-3031, United States of America