Position Summary...
What you'll do...
The Strategy, Risk & Operations (S&O) group is responsible for leading strategic initiatives and streamlining processes and communications across Walmart Global Governance.
As the Senior Counsel, Outside Counsel Management, you are responsible for creating and managing processes and practices to improve day-to-day efficiency and effectiveness of the legal teams, facilitate change, and control costs.
Reporting into Lead Counsel, you will need to form strong partnerships across Global Governance, Finance, Procurement, and Global Tech functions.
You’ll sweep us off our feet if :
You can gather input from a variety of internal and external sources to identify and prioritize opportunities for process improvements, automation, and legal spend reduction.
You have significant experience (1) negotiating service agreements and fee arrangements with; (2) identifying and mitigating data security risks of;
and (3) managing performance of law firms and other legal service vendors, including
You have a strong working knowledge of and hands-on practical experience with processes, technology, and applications typically used in legal department settings.
You can bring stakeholders and partners together to align and collaborate.
You are agile, flexible, and able to change direction with rapidly evolving business needs.
You have great listening, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills.
You have an unquenchable thirst for learning and are a student of the business constantly curious.
You can communicate effectively with senior leadership and have strong stakeholder management skills.
You’ll make an impact by :
Designing, implementing, and managing a legal vendor management program using benchmarking metrics to evaluate outside counsel and legal service vendor performance against communicated expectations.
Assisting leadership with day-to-day legal operations , including reporting, dashboarding, budgeting, and cost reduction.
Identifying emerging trends and risks and partnering with leadership, technology partners, and external experts to identify legal tools and technology to deliver on strategy, automate repetitive or manual processes, and mitigate risks.
Identifying and developing cutting-edge strategies for increasing value and reducing outside legal spend while maintaining excellent legal representation and optimizing engagement practices with our law firms
Operating with excellence by presenting to all levels, delivering upon objectives, and developing yourself and others.
About Walmart
At Walmart, we help people save money so they can live better. This mission serves as the foundation for every decision we make, from responsible sourcing to sustainability and everything in between.
As a Walmart associate, you will play an integral role in shaping the future of retail, tech, merchandising, finance and hundreds of other industries all while affecting the lives of millions of customers all over the world.
Here, your work makes an impact every day. What are you waiting for?
Future Ways of Working :
Our company's success can be attributed to our employees. While technology has allowed us to be effective while working remotely, there is no substitute for being in the office together;
it helps to shape our culture, collaborate, innovate, build relationships, and move more quickly. We strive to provide flexibility in order to promote a healthy work-life balance but recognize that in-person interactions are important to our culture and shared success.
We'll meet in person on a regular and purposeful basis.
Benefits :
Benefits : Beyond our great compensation package, you can receive incentive awards for your performance. Other great perks include 401(k) match, stock purchase plan, paid maternity and parental leave, PTO, multiple health plans, and much more.
Equal Opportunity Employer :
Walmart, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer By Choice. We believe we are best equipped to help our associates, customers and the communities we serve live better when we really know them.
That means understanding, respecting and valuing diversity-unique styles, experiences, identities, ideas and opinions while being inclusive of all people.
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 .
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 .
The annual salary range for this position is $130,000.00-$260,000.00
Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses.
Additional compensation for certain positions may also include :
Stock
Minimum Qualifications...
Law degree from an accredited law school and 5 years’ experience in law.
License to practice law in at least one state.
Preferred Qualifications...
Leading cross-functional teams
Primary Location...
702 Sw 8Th St, Bentonville, AR 72716, United States of America
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