Position Summary...
Help scale Walmart Health Research Institute’s (WHRI) ability to deliver inclusive clinical research by leading a portfolio of transformation initiatives from strategy through activation. As Senior Manager, Transformation Portfolio Strategy & Activation, you’ll translate priorities into roadmaps, build repeatable operating mechanisms, and drive cross-functional execution across WHRI and the broader Walmart ecosystem. This is a high-impact individual contributor role for a strategic operator who can influence, communicate, and deliver outcomes at pace.
What you'll do...
- **Oversee Programs End-to-End: **Independently lead large projects/programs from definition through execution—setting milestones, managing dependencies, mitigating risks, and ensuring delivery.
- Collaborate Across the Ecosystem: Navigate and partner seamlessly with cross-functional teams—including compliance, legal, marketing, real estate, and senior leadership—to guide decision-making, build capabilities, and mitigate risks.
- **Monitor Market Trends: **Apply a strong foresight orientation to anticipate market shifts. Understand the competitive landscape and use customer feedback to shape future strategies.
- **Strategize and Implement: **Define, design, and achieve our overall strategy by leveraging business frameworks, technology, and an understanding of the biopharma value chain.
- Enable and Scale Offerings: Implement all necessary capabilities to support, market, and scale our offerings, including leveraging digital patient engagement tools and innovative clinical trial site models.
What you'll bring...
- Demonstrated experience leading complex, cross-functional programs or transformation initiatives with end-to-end ownership.
- Strong strategic thinking and structured problem-solving skills (ability to build frameworks, synthesize inputs, and recommend paths forward).
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including comfort communicating with senior/executive stakeholders.
- Proven ability to operate effectively in ambiguity, manage multiple priorities, and deliver outcomes with high attention to detail.
- Familiarity with technology enablement and scaling capabilities through process + tools.
About the team... Walmart Healthcare Research Institute (WHRI) offers inclusivity for patients in rural and underserved communities to participate in clinical research. Together, we can impact the healthcare landscape and ensure that every patient's voice is heard and represented in the journey towards better health outcomes. Our team is a small group, but we are empowered to dream and design the future of our work. Be a part of something bigger and help shape the future of healthcare! The above information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed in the role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. The full Job Description can be made available as part of the hiring process. #LI-DM1 This position is based at our main corporate campus in Bentonville, Arkansas! We have an excellent relocation package to help you get here! **Learn more about what Bentonville has to offer: **
- **https://www.bentonvillear.com/**
- **https://greaterbentonville.com/relocating/**
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 $90,000.00 - $180,000.00 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. __
Master’s degree in public health, business, or related area. Prior work experience with a sustained record of productivity at a strategic and operational level in the healthcare industry or in closely related health and life sciences fields. Prior work experience with large and complex end-to-end program management (from ideation to design to delivery). Prior work experience in portfolio and/or product management with successful design, execution, and scaling of new concepts/ innovations. Prior work experience in data utilization. Prior work experience in client-facing roles. 3 years’ managerial experience. Prior work experience in a high-growth environment to build a nascent operational infrastructure.
Preferred Qualifications...
Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.
Prior work experience in a matrixed environment., Prior work experience in community engagement, health literacy, and education strategies and activation., Prior work experience in patient-centered design across the care journey., Prior work experience with decentralized clinical trials and/or clinical trial program innovation from design to delivery., Prior work experience with omnichannel consumer engagement strategy and execution.
Primary Location...
1601 SE 10th St, Bentonville, AR 72716, United States of America
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