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Position Summary...

What you'll do... Role summary: Walmart is seeking a Senior Recruiter - Design to lead talent acquisition efforts by partnering with business leaders to develop strategic hiring plans aligned with organizational goals. This role leverages market data and analytics to advise on talent availability, compensation, and sourcing strategies while managing candidate pipelines and enhancing interview processes. The Senior Recruiter drives operational excellence through continuous process improvements and stakeholder collaboration, ensuring timely and high-quality hiring outcomes. Strong communication and analytical skills are essential to influence decision-making and deliver executive-level insights that support workforce planning and business priorities.

About the team: The Walmart AI Product and Design Talent Acquisition team leads strategic technology hiring across multiple U.S. locations, focusing on engineering, data, product, and infrastructure roles. Acting as trusted advisors, the team partners with senior leaders on workforce planning, skill segmentation, and hiring velocity. Utilizing market intelligence, data insights, and structured assessments, they enhance hiring quality and develop sustainable recruitment models. Managing complex, high-volume technical recruitment, the team influences organizational design and business outcomes, supporting Walmart’s innovation and growth objectives through effective talent acquisition strategy, market analysis, and stakeholder management.

What you'll do:

Advise hiring managers on talent availability, compensation competitiveness, and time-to-fill considerations using market data and analytics.

Develop and implement role-specific hiring strategies aligned with business priorities and workforce planning needs.

Design targeted sourcing approaches for critical skill sets, leveraging market intelligence and competitor analysis.

Partner with stakeholders to refine interview frameworks and improve candidate evaluation consistency.

Monitor recruiting metrics to identify process bottlenecks and recommend workflow improvements.

Negotiate offer packages balancing market data and internal equity to secure top talent.

Build and maintain strong relationships with business partners to influence hiring decisions effectively.

What you'll bring:

Proven expertise recruiting design talent across UX, Product Design, UI/Visual Design, Design Research, Content Design, and Design Leadership, with a strong understanding of design disciplines and talent markets. Strong ability to review and assess design portfolios Experience partnering with hiring teams to build structured, skills-based interview processes that improve consistency and maintain a high bar for design talent. Proficiency in analyzing recruiting metrics, pipeline health, and market data to identify gaps, improve conversion, and proactively adjust recruiting strategy. Proficiency in analyzing recruiting metrics, pipeline health, and market data to identify gaps, improve conversion, and proactively adjust recruiting strategy.

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 .

Sunnyvale, California US-08479: The annual salary range for this position is $104,000.00 - $202,000.00

Bellevue, Washington US-11663: The annual salary range for this position is $96,000.00 - $186,000.00

Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses.

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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.

Option 1: Bachelor's degree in business, human resources, or related area and 2 years' experience in human resources, talent acquisition, or related area. Option 2: 4 years' experience in human resources, talent acquisition, or related area.

Preferred Qualifications...

Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.

Professional in Human Resources certification

Human Resources - Professional HR (PHR) CERTIFICATION - Certification

Primary Location...

640 W California Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94086-4828, 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.