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Walmart Canada · 4 hours ago

Director, Automation Engineering

Bentonville, AR

Full-time

Onsite

Director/Executive

$130K/yr - $260K/yr

10+ years exp

Walmart Inc. is a leading retail company, and they are seeking a Director for Automation Engineering to lead the expansion of drone delivery services. This role involves defining and executing market expansion strategies, ensuring operational readiness of sites, and coordinating cross-functional initiatives to drive innovation in retail logistics.

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Responsibilities

Defining and executing Walmart’s drone delivery market expansion and site readiness strategy, ensuring sites are selected, entitled, built, and fully ready for handoff to Operations for Day 1 launch

Leading data-informed market and site prioritization in partnership with cross-functional stakeholders to support program footprint growth

Driving end-to-end site readiness across permitting, construction, vendor infrastructure, and site acceptance, ensuring regulatory and operational compliance

Serving as the central owner for cross-functional coordination, proactively managing dependencies, risks, and timelines across internal teams and external partners

Establishing scalable processes, standards, and governance models that enable repeatable, efficient site launches at scale

Qualification

Engineering degreeOperational readinessCross-functional leadershipStrategic judgmentPeople leadershipData-informed decision makingProject managementConstruction managementVendor managementRegulatory complianceTeam building

Required

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related field, or equivalent experience

10+ years of experience leading cross-functional initiatives spanning strategy, execution, and operational readiness

5+ years of people leadership experience managing multi-disciplinary teams

Preferred

Doctorate: Computer Engineering

Masters: Computer Engineering

Benefits

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.

Live Better U is a Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates in Walmart and Sam's Club facilities.