Director, Business Strategy, Earnings Governance (Independent Contractors)
About The Position
Lead the enterprise governance & risk management strategy for our global independent contractor earnings ecosystem, ensuring regulatory integrity, control excellence, and scalable oversight. This Director role shapes policy, risk management, and operating standards that promote accountability, audit readiness, and responsible engagement in the gig economy while enabling sustainable growth across markets. About the Independent Contractor (Spark Driver) Earnings Team Our team partners with senior leadership, legal, compliance, operations, and product to ensure our contractor earnings programs meet the highest standards of compliance, transparency, and efficiency. We drive strategic initiatives that balance regulatory requirements with seamless contractor experience, supporting the company’s vision for growth and trust.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in governance, risk, compliance, audit, or enterprise strategy roles.
- Demonstrated success designing and scaling enterprise control frameworks in regulated environments.
- Expertise in contractor earnings, tax reporting, or financial operations compliance.
- Experience leading audit engagements, regulatory exams, or enterprise-wide controls programs.
- Strong executive communication skills with the ability to influence senior leaders and partners.
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Statistics, Social Science, Communications, or related field and 6 years’ experience in retail merchandising, operations management, or related area OR 8 years’ experience in retail merchandising, operations management, or related area.
- 2 years’ supervisory experience
Nice To Haves
- Leading a cross-functional team
- Masters: Computer Engineering
- Masters: Computer Science
- Masters: Mathematics
- Masters: Supply Chain
- Masters: Transportation
Responsibilities
- Define and operationalize the global governance framework / operating model for contractor earnings.
- Lead enterprise risk assessments and oversee controls testing to ensure regulatory and audit readiness.
- Establish policies, standards, and decision-rights frameworks that clarify accountability across stakeholders.
- Implement governance reporting, KPIs, and monitoring mechanisms to measure compliance effectiveness.
- Drive cross-functional alignment to embed governance, transparency, and control discipline at scale.
Benefits
- 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.
- 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.
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Career Level
Director
