What you'll do...

About Team: 
Working at Walmart International Technology means a career without boundaries. There’s always room to grow, to take on another challenge, to roll up your sleeves and contribute, and to find professional rewards for your hard work. Yes, we are a division of the Fortune #1 company, Walmart, Inc. But you’ll quickly find that we’re a company that wants you to feel comfortable bringing your whole self to work. A career at Walmart is where the world’s most complex challenges meet a kinder way of life. Our mission spreads far beyond the walls of our clubs. Join us and you'll discover why our company is a world leader in diversity and inclusion, sustainability, and community involvement. From day one, you’ll be empowered and equipped to do the best work of your life.

What you'll do:

• Lead a team of user experience professionals to define, validate and deliver UX documentation for product experiences to PM and Eng in a timely fashion.
• Chart out a path for the team to grow and prosper inclusive of the location strategy for talent, career training and individual enrichment culminating in a spirit of “it’s worthwhile to invest my career in Walmart and with the Customer Engagement Team.”
• Mentor and coach the design staff ensuring a sense of connection, support and accountability.
• Partner with UX Research to define learning objectives for research investments.
• Partner with the Content & Localization practice leader to ensure adequate coverage and velocity of those functions in your workstream.
• Facilitate in-person and or virtual design thinking workshops with cross-functional teams in the ideation and prioritization processes.
• Raise the bar on design thinking activities for the team to change expectations for what it means to partner with us.
• Partner with the Director of Inclusive Design to stand up, operate and hold accountable an Accessibility Testing function in close proximity to our Engineering colleagues in Bangalore.
• Effectively manage team capacity and velocity to ensure investment in UX headcount is used to it’s maximum ability.
• Run your team in an inclusive fashion actively supporting the leaders and contributors under your care effectively and as a servant leader should.
• Build, foster and grow effective relationships with UX org peers and market stakeholders to further build trust and partnership.
• Evangelize and advocate for the UX function to be resourced and heard in the organization.
• Bring a strategic point of view to your Product Management partners turbo charging the UX function to go beyond UI design and to be a strategic asset in the creation and execution of product evolution.

Who you are:

• High energy and have a bias for action.
• Passionate about practicing data-driven design (both qualitative and quantitative).
• Enthusiastic and excited about enterprise applications and design problems.
• Assertive and understand that UX Leaders need to be visible, vocal and active.
• Enjoy storytelling as a core part of your UX approach and practice.

What you'll bring:

• 15+ years leading UX Teams of 20 or more especially with a multi-disciplinary focus (content, user research, design systems, and of course interaction design).
• Demonstrated ability to influence large and complex organizations through strong presentation and analytical skills.
• Masters Degree in Human Factors, Human Computer Interaction, or Interaction Design preferred or a Bachelors Degree with 15+ years of total industry experience.
• A background in Enterprise Application design and leadership with highly complex usage scenarios and functionality.
• Demonstrated experience leading geographically distributed teams across multiple timezones.

Now, imagine doing all the above for the world’s largest retailer. That’s the Walmart experience. Intrigued?

You’ll really wow us if…

• Your ability to rise above group think and see beyond the here and now is matched only by your intellectual curiosity.
• You come to the table with a comprehensive knowledge of mobile and web application platform design as well as Agile methodologies (and how UX best fits).
• You consider yourself to be a student of the world who thrives in an ever-changing environment that holds within it new challenges and chances to prove your expertise.
• You level up when you have the opportunity to teach others and empower those around you to excel.

You’ll make an impact by…

• Effectively translating requirements into project parameters while working with agility from cradle to grave.
• Helping cross-functional teams to solve for business problems and develop solutions that enable us to redefine a “best-in-class” experience.
• Encouraging the teams that you oversee to work collaboratively and to aim for insight-driven outcomes