(USA) Senior Manager, Specialty Compliance and Ethics - Walmart Connect (Testing & Monitoring)

Walmart•Bentonville, AR

1d•$90,000 - $180,000•Onsite

About The Position

Walmart Connect is key to Walmart’s growth strategy. Walmart has built a closed-loop media business division of America’s largest omnichannel retailer. Walmart Connect offers unparalleled opportunities for brands to reach their desired customers, no matter where, how and when they shop. This is a unique opportunity to join a high-visibility team within the largest company in the world. What you'll do... Walmart Connect is a leading ad tech platform, committed to delivering innovative solutions and ensuring the highest standards of compliance and integrity. We are seeking a seasoned Senior Manager to drive and manage compliance testing and monitoring for our fast-growing U.S. retail media network. This role designs and executes a risk-based testing program focused on advertising compliance, data use, and ethical business practices across the campaign lifecycle. This candidate will also ensure ad enforcement by managing monitoring of ads after they go live to ensure they are compliant. The highly qualified candidate brings deep experience in advertising controls, measurement and targeting oversight, and continuous monitoring, with the judgment to calibrate controls to business realities. You will partner cross-functionally with teams like Legal, Privacy, Ad Operations, Sales, Product, Data Science, Finance, and Internal Audit to validate control effectiveness, surface insights, and drive remediation that improves compliance outcomes and operational integrity. Reporting into the Walmart Connect Director of Compliance and Ethics (US), the Senior Manager, Compliance will play a pivotal role in advertising controls, testing and monitoring, ensuring we meet regulatory requirements and maintain the trust of our partners and clients.

Requirements

Professional skills and experience to contribute to an impactful and high performing team, one that is committed to developing innovative solutions, prioritizing our internal clients, operating with agility, and delivering results.
Analytical ability to synthesize information, triangulate findings, and create data-driven insights.
Experience successfully achieving short, medium, and long-term results while keeping future possibilities top of mind.
Strong people and communication skills to connect authentically with internal stakeholders, and partners.
Excellent judgment and the ability to interface with and influence peers and leaders.
High standards and the ability to hold project contributors accountable.
You’re stimulated by challenges and are ready to engage at Fortune 1 scale.
You accept and thrive in a tech-oriented, constantly evolving, fast paced, multi-dimensional environment.
Bachelor's degree in Business, Human Resources, or related field and 4 years’ experience in compliance, ethics, legal, project management, or related area OR 6 years’ experience in compliance, ethics, legal, project management, or related area.
2 years’ supervisory experience.
3 years’ experience using intermediate functionality of Microsoft Office.

Nice To Haves

Advanced degree preferred- such as Juris Doctorate or Master’s degree in Business or Enterprise Risks Management and minimum 3 years’ experience in compliance, ethics, audit, testing and monitoring, legal, program management or related area OR 6 years’ experience in compliance testing and monitoring, risk management , or control assurance or related area with at least 1 year of supervisory experience or in a leadership role, and experience supporting ad tech or digital media or marketing compliance in the US market.
Experience within the advertising tech, retail media network, retailer, or related industry.
Demonstrated expertise implementing risk-based testing programs and continuous monitoring, including drafting test plans, sampling strategies, and workpapers, and communicating findings to senior stakeholders.
Deep understanding of advertising, FTC regulations, AI, advertising industry standards and data privacy laws preferred.
Proven track record of developing and/or implementing successful compliance programs.
High ethical standards and integrity, with a commitment to maintaining confidentiality and discretion.
3 years’ experience using intermediate functionality of Microsoft Office.
Experience building and executing effective testing and monitoring programs
Retail media network experience or deep familiarity with retailer-first party data, closed-loop measurement, and commerce media monetization models preferred.
Experience designing testing for campaign QA, brand safety/fraud monitoring, and measurement/attribution validation in omnichannel retail media (onsite, offsite, in-store, email, CTV) preferred.
Prior collaboration with Legal, Privacy, Security, Data Science, Ad Operations, and Sales teams in a second-line or assurance capacity preferred.
Background in regulated or high-scrutiny categories (e.g., health, finance, alcohol) and claim substantiation preferred.
Experience in corporate communications preferred.
Project management experience or certification preferred.
Experience supporting global markets.
Business and people leadership Proven experience in managing cross functional stakeholders and building strong relationships within an organization.
High degree of professional confidence and credibility with effective presence, strong written and verbal skills to present complex information in a clear and concise manner to a variety of audiences, including executive levels in the company.
Experience working with cross-functional teams and external stakeholders.
Excellent execution, communication, and interpersonal skills Proven ability to manage and motivate teams in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
Strong abilities to succeed and progress through periods of rapid growth and ambiguity.
Bring a sense of “fun” that inspires others and creates a healthy team environment.
Experience using technology solutions to scale and improve processes.

Responsibilities

Design and maintain a comprehensive, risk-based compliance testing and continuous monitoring program covering end-to-end advertising workflows, including audience creation and targeting, creative review and approvals, campaign trafficking and optimization, measurement and reporting, billing and revenue recognition touchpoints, and post-campaign analyses.
Manage annual testing plans, sampling methodologies, and testing scripts aligned to regulatory, self-regulatory, contractual, and platform-policy requirements.
Lead thematic testing of marketing claims substantiation and restricted categories (e.g., health and wellness, financial services, alcohol), disclosure and native ad labeling, testimonial/influencer compliance, environmental/social claims, and retail price and promotion representations.
Establish monitoring for brand safety, viewability, fraud/invalid traffic, and platform policy adherence using ad verification and QA tools; investigate exceptions, escalate issues, and recommend control enhancements.
Develop and track corrective action plans; validate remediation; maintain high-quality workpapers and evidence; prepare clear written reports and dashboards communicating testing results, root causes, business impact, and control maturity trends to senior leadership and relevant committees.
Coordinate with Global Internal Audit, Enterprise Risk Management and Business Risks and Controls teams (as applicable), to align testing scopes, avoid duplication, and ensure effective second line of defense oversight.
Maintain current awareness of emerging laws, self-regulatory developments, platform policy changes, and industry best practices; translate regulatory change into updated control objectives and test procedures.
Support investigations of control exceptions and potential misconduct identified through testing or monitoring; partner with Legal and HR as needed; contribute to training content to address control gaps and embed lessons learned.
Ensure effective and timely updates and reporting to Director of Compliance, highlighting key issues and remediation plans.
Develop recommendations for product enhancements and AI use around testing and monitoring.
Develop Standard Operating Procedures and process documentation for Walmart Connect testing and monitoring governance, where relevant to Compliance organization.
Demonstrate curiosity and a growth mindset; create an environment that supports learning, innovation, compliance and ethics, and exhibit resilience in the face of setbacks.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams including legal, product, engineering, sales, operations, business operations, strategy, and marketing to identify and implement controls and ensure effectiveness of controls.
Build strong and trusting relationships with team members and business partners.
Work collaboratively and cross-functionally to achieve objectives and communicate to a variety of audiences with influence and inspiration to garner commitment and action.

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.
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.
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.