Senior Manager, Specialty Compliance and Ethics -...

Senior Manager, Specialty Compliance and Ethics (IP Policy & Risk)

The Senior Manager, Specialty Compliance and Ethics (IP Policy & Risk) leads global intellectual property policy development and strategic enforcement initiatives across Walmart's ecommerce platforms. The right person in this role oversees external-facing guidance, internal training, and operational workflows to ensure consistent, clear, and customer-trust-driven IP practices. With direct and dotted-line reports, the Senior Manager partners across Legal, Compliance, and Operations to drive global alignment, monitor emerging risks, and strengthen Walmart's brand protection posture.

About the team... We are a high-performing team of intellectual property and brand protection professionals focused on safeguarding customer trust and marketplace integrity. Our work spans policy development, enforcement strategy, and operational execution. We collaborate closely with Legal, Product, Engineering, and global stakeholders to ensure Walmart's IP practices are transparent, consistent, and responsive to evolving risks. The team values expertise, ownership, and a shared commitment to customer trust.

What You'll Do...

• Lead the development of Walmart's global IP policies and external-facing guidance, ensuring clarity and regional legal alignment.
• Oversee internal training content and rollout strategies to improve notice handling and reduce escalation risk.
• Manage SOPs, workflows, and templates to support scalable enforcement operations.
• Monitor global IP risk trends and partner with stakeholders to proactively update policies and protocols.
• Manage a team including direct reports, dotted-line contributors, and offshore support agents.
• Drive cross-functional collaboration with Legal, Compliance, and Operations to ensure consistency and clarity across markets.

What You'll Bring...

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.

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.

San Bruno, California US-08848 : The annual salary range for this position is $117,000.00-$234,000.00

Bentonville, Arkansas US-09401 : 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 : Stock

Minimum Qualifications...

Bachelor's degree in Business, Human Resources, or related field and 4 years' experience in compliance, ethics, legal, project management, or related area OR 6 years' experience in compliance, ethics, legal, project management, or related area. 2 years' supervisory experience. 3 years' experience using intermediate functionality of Microsoft Office.

Preferred Qualifications...

Masters : Business Administration Project Management - Project Management Professional - Certification

Primary Location...

850 Cherry Avenue, San Bruno, CA 94066-3031, 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.