Senior Director, Information Security

What you'll do

Cyber Risk Management

• Cyber Risk Assessment & Management: Identify and assess security risks, threats, vulnerabilities, and gaps in the organization's policies, processes, and defenses.

• Risk Treatment & Business Impact: Evaluate treatment options for identified cyber risks and assess their potential business impact and consequences.

• Emerging Threats: Stay updated on evolving security risks and emerging threats to preemptively address vulnerabilities and strengthen defenses.

• Effectiveness of Current Techniques: Evaluate and improve existing risk assessment techniques to ensure alignment with organizational principles and policies.

• Cyber Risk Implementation: Lead and oversee the implementation of risk assessment activities across the organization to ensure comprehensive coverage and mitigation. 

Risk and Security Governance

• Identify and Analyze Security Risks: Evaluate existing security threats, vulnerabilities, and gaps in organizational security policies through risk and security gap analysis.

• Develop and Update Security Policies: Create and refine corporate security policies to safeguard business operations, recommending updates to address identified risks.

• Implement Security Controls and Protocols: Introduce appropriate technologies, processes, and tools to monitor and enforce compliance with security policies and protocols.

• Assess Processes Against Security Standards: Continuously assess and ensure that organizational processes align with established security standards and frameworks.

• Communicate and Review Security Policies: Drive communication of security policies, ensure their effective implementation, and regularly review security controls to meet benchmark standards.

Cyber Security Audit

• Cyber Security Audit Methodologies: Knowledge of audit tools, methodologies, and interpretation of noncompliance with regulatory requirements (including cloud, IoT, containers, and virtualization technologies).

• Risk Management & Control: Providing resolutions for IT risks, conducting cost-benefit analysis of audit tools, and supervising the use of audit/control techniques.

• Team Development & Best Practices: Coaching team members on quality reviews, audits, and ensuring the implementation of best practices in cybersecurity audits.

Requirement And Scoping Analysis

• Requirements Analysis & Alignment: Analyze and prioritize requirements based on business objectives, conducting risk and cost analysis, and ensuring alignment with business goals. Guide teams to assess feasibility and mediate conflicting stakeholder requirements.

• MVP Creation & Prioritization: Define and prioritize core features for the Minimum Viable Product (MVP) to meet key requirements, ensuring focus on essential functionalities while balancing trade-offs.

• Continuous Improvement & Product Enhancements: Identify opportunities for product enhancements and new features based on customer feedback and evolving requirements.

• Agile Methodology & User Stories: Create and guide the scoping of epics and user stories, making decisions on trade-offs and ensuring proper user story development for complex requirements.

Security Domain Acumen

• Domain Strategy and Competitor Analysis: Develop domain strategies with executives by understanding competitive landscapes, market standards, and technologies, while analyzing the business directions of key competitors and industry leaders, including their impact on Walmart.

• Industry Engagement and Brand Influence: Proactively engage with the external community to build Walmart’s brand and influence industry practices, leveraging domain-specific methodologies, tools, and processes.

Functional Strategy Planning

• Strategic Frameworks & Decision-Making: Utilize strategy frameworks, financial planning processes (like AOP and LRP), and macroeconomic insights to make informed decisions and formulate optimal strategies.

• Industry & Market Knowledge: Understand the domestic and global economy, industry structures, competitors, and customer needs, with specific focus on Walmart’s market position and stakeholder relationships.

• Sustainable Advantage & Trade-Offs: Leverage strategic planning experience to identify key drivers of sustainable advantages, balancing resources, technology, and capabilities in complex environments.

• Governance & Innovation: Develop strategy governance processes, measure operational effectiveness, and define sustainable value-creation models that foster innovation.

• Data-Driven Insights & Contingency Planning: Use data sources to predict competitors' actions, inform scenario planning, and recommend approaches to improve future planning and resource utilization.

Managing Functional Partnerships

• Stakeholder Identification & Engagement: Identify, map, and analyze stakeholders; engage effectively to align with business goals.

• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Foster collaboration across diverse teams with varying technical viewpoints to drive business success.

• Strategic Direction: Develop and communicate business strategies aligned with customer needs, operational goals, and cost management.

• Governance & Innovation: Define governance processes and use data to predict industry trends and create contingency plans.

• Talent Development: Attract, develop, and retain talent, fostering a culture of continuous learning and mentorship.

• Ethical Leadership: Maintain the highest standards of integrity and ethics, integrating them into all business practices.

• Internal & External Partnerships: Build strong networks with stakeholders to maximize business success and support community initiatives.

• Diversity & Inclusion: Respect individual differences, foster a culture of belonging, and support diverse talent.

• Collaboration & Communication: Build strong, trusting relationships across teams and communicate with positivity to inspire action.

• Integrity in Decision Making: Model and enforce company values, ensure compliance with laws, and promote a transparent, supportive environment.

• Customer-Centric Mindset: Focus on delivering value and low-cost solutions while prioritizing customer/member needs.

• Holistic Approach: Consider data, insights, and the entire business ecosystem when making decisions and implementing strategies.

• Continuous Improvement: Strive for excellence by seeking feedback, embracing innovation, and demonstrating resilience.

• Adopting New Technologies: Lead the adoption of new technology and support digital transformation aligned with business models.

• Results-Oriented Leadership: Ensure teams deliver results that align with the company's strategic objectives and values.

Minimum Qualifications

Option 1:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, engineering, information systems, cybersecurity, or related field.

• 7 years of experience in information security or a related area at a technology, retail, or data-driven company.

Option 2:

• 9 years of experience in information security or a related area at a technology, retail, or data-driven company.

Supervisory Experience:

• 4 years of supervisory experience.

Preferred Qualifications

Certifications:

• Security+

• GISF

• CISM

• CISA

Education:

• Master’s degree in:
  • Computer Science

  • Information Technology

  • Engineering

  • Information Systems

  • Cybersecurity

• 5 years of experience in leading information security or cybersecurity projects.

Digital Accessibility:

• Background in creating inclusive digital experiences.

• Knowledge of Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA standards.

• Experience with assistive technologies.

• Ability to integrate digital accessibility seamlessly.

• Familiarity with accessibility best practices.

Cultural Fit:

• Support and contribute to Walmart’s accessibility standards and guidelines.

• Promote an inclusive culture through accessible products and services.

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.