(USA) Director, Data Analytics

Director, Data Analytics

As the Director, Data Analytics for Sam's Club, you will lead a cohesive data stewardship team responsible for building, scaling, and sustaining enterprise-grade data governance, quality, and compliance processes. You will partner closely with Walmart Enterprise Data Governance, Compliance, and cross-functional stakeholders to ensure Sam's Club data assets are documented, governed, and leveraged for maximum business value.

You will be focused on stabilizing processes, documenting key data assets, and building sustainable governance practicesparticularly around high-priority initiatives like Member 360 and other critical data platforms. A strong understanding of data analysis and data engineering principles will help you work more effectively with technical teams, ensuring governance strategies are practical, scalable, and aligned with how data is actually stored, transformed, and used.

Lead Transition and Stabilization of Key Data Assets Within the first 30 days, assess Member 360 and related asset governance processes, identify documentation gaps, and implement immediate improvements. Socialize governance standards across teams to ensure proper onboarding and adoption of data stewardship practices.

Establish and Document Governance Processes Within the first 90 days, create clear, accessible documentation for all high-value data assets and governance workflows. By year-end, deliver a comprehensive "what worked / what didn't" governance report to inform next-year strategy. Reduce Operational Complexity in a Fast-Moving Environment Identify bottlenecks and risks caused by too many simultaneous initiatives; implement process controls to prevent governance issues from "getting out of hand." Standardize procedures so that rapid execution does not compromise data integrity.

Integrate Data Analysis & Engineering Knowledge into Governance Apply a working knowledge of data analysis to interpret business data needs, collaborate with analytics teams, and validate that governance practices support accurate insights. Partner with data engineering teams to ensure governance processes align with data pipelines, storage, and integration patterns. Build and Scale a High-Performing Team Lead 3 direct reports and recruit for an open Senior Manager role, ensuring the team has the skills and capacity to deliver governance objectives. Establish clear KPIs for the team tied to adoption, data quality, and stakeholder satisfaction.

Drive Stakeholder Engagement and Adoption Partner effectively with Walmart Enterprise Data Governance and Compliance, ensuring seamless alignment on policies, tools, and standards. Achieve buy-in from business and technology leaders through regular updates, workshops, and governance advocacy. Deliver Measurable Governance Outcomes Reduce data quality issues in critical domains by at least 30% within the first 12 months. Ensure at least 80% of targeted business units adopt governance practices by year-end.

What You'll Bring Proven Leadership in Data Governance and Stewardship Successful track record in implementing governance frameworks and improving data quality in complex, fast-moving organizations.

Understanding of Data Analysis and Engineering Ability to collaborate with technical teams on data pipelines, storage, transformations, and analytics workflows to ensure governance processes are technically feasible and business-aligned.

Hands-On Process Building Experience establishing governance processes from the ground up, particularly in newly formed or rapidly scaling teams.

Stakeholder Partnership Skills Strong communication and collaboration abilities to work effectively across enterprise data governance, compliance, engineering, and analytics teams.

Operational Discipline in High-Velocity Environments Skilled at managing multiple moving parts simultaneously without sacrificing quality or compliance.

Change Management Expertise Ability to drive adoption of governance practices, build team capabilities, and influence organizational culture.

Talent Development Experience in developing high-performing teams, mentoring leaders and filling critical skill gaps.

At Sam's Club, 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, parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting. 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.

Other benefits include short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more.

Live Better U is a company 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.

The annual salary range for this position is $110,000.00-$220,000.00. Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses.

Minimum Qualifications Option 1 : Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Statistics, Economics, Analytics, Mathematics, Arts, Finance or related field and 5 years' experience in data analysis, data science, statistics, or related field. Option 2 : Master's degree in Business, Engineering, Statistics, Economics, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Information Technology or related field and 3 years' experience in data analysis, data science, statistics, or related field. Option 3 : 7 years' experience in data analysis, data science, statistics, or related field. 2 years' supervisory experience.

Preferred Qualifications Data science, data analysis, statistics, or related field, PhD in Machine Learning, Computer Science, Information Technology, Operations Research, Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Econometrics, Related industry experience (for example, retail, merchandising, healthcare, eCommerce), Successful completion of assessments in data analysis and Business Intelligence tools and scripting languages (for example, SQL, Python, Spark, Scala, R, Power BI, or Tableau), Supervisory experience

Primary Location 2101 Se Simple Savings Dr, Bentonville, AR 72712-4304, 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.

About Sam's Club Sam Walton opened the first Sam's Club in 1983 to meet a growing need among customers who wanted to buy merchandise in bulk. Since then, Sam's Club has grown rapidly, opening more than 600 clubs in the U.S. and 100 clubs internationally. By offering affordable, wholesale merchandise to members, Sam's Club helps make saving simple for families and small business owners. Sam's Club employs about 110,000 associates in the U.S. The average club is 134,000 square feet and offers bulk groceries and general merchandise. Most clubs also have specialty services, such as a pharmacy, an optical department, a photo center, or a tire and battery center.