Position Summary...

The Director of Data Delivery is responsible for ensuring the timely and high-quality delivery of data products across agile teams within Walmart Canada. This role drives efficiency and agile best practices through the leadership of scrum masters, while enabling strong stakeholder engagement and clear requirement gathering via data analysts. The Director is instrumental in transforming delivery practices to unlock business value, supporting strategic data transformation, and directly impacting business outcomes across multiple domains.

What you'll do...

• Stakeholder Engagement & Requirements: Guide data analysts in capturing clear, complete user stories and building strong stakeholder relationships.
• Agile Delivery Oversight: Lead scrum masters to improve team velocity, agile maturity, and delivery cadence.
• Data Product Strategy: Shift delivery focus from business domains to reusable, consistent data products.
• Executive Reporting & Visibility: Provide business outcome-focused reporting to senior leadership.
• Vendor Management: Manage performance and feedback for vendor resources and evolve the managed capacity model into managed services.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with technology, product, and global data teams to align delivery with strategic goals.
• Team Development: Hire, coach, and provide performance feedback to scrum masters and data analysts.
• Strategic Planning & Resource Management: Formulate strategy, target state, and roadmap for the Data Office, including resource allocation, methodology, standards, and budgeting.
• Project Management Practice: Lead and continuously improve project management processes, facilitate project plans, milestones, and roadmaps.
• Administrative Leadership: Plan, schedule, and facilitate Data Office meetings (e.g., Release Review, Steercos, Townhalls), and collaborate on content and input for meetings.
• Scrum Master Operations: Implement and mentor agile best practices, host daily stand-ups and agile ceremonies, and remove roadblocks for development teams.
• Communications Leadership: Develop Data Office branding and communication materials, facilitate exposure of initiatives, and set direction for communication channels.
• Budget Accountability: Manage an operating budget of $1.5MM to $2MM for a team of 10–15.

Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, or Data Analytics, or a related field is required.

Experience

• Minimum 15+ years of work experience in data delivery, analytics, or related fields.
• Minimum 7–10 years of supervisory/management experience.
• Experience in retail and / or eCommerce data environments preferred.
• Familiarity with Walmart Canada’s business domains is an asset.

Certifications

• Agile or Scrum certifications preferred (e.g., PMP, SAFe).
• No mandatory licenses or certifications, but technology or communications degrees are valued.

Skills & Knowledge

• Strong leadership in agile delivery and data product management.
• Deep understanding of stakeholder engagement and requirement gathering.
• Experience with vendor management and service model transformation.
• Familiarity with JIRA, agile methodologies, and data lifecycle practices.
• Strategic thinking with a business outcome mindset.
• Specialized knowledge in data analytics, master data management, product management, and project management.
• Excellent communication, change management, and team development skills.
• Ability to manage budgets and drive continuous improvement in delivery processes.

Leadership Expectations:

Respect the Individual:

Builds high-performing teams; seeks, and embraces differences in people, cultures, ideas and experiences; creates a workplace and experiences where all associates feel seen, supported and connected through culture of belonging so associates thrive and perform; drives a positive associate and customer experience for all.

Creates a discipline and focus around developing talent through feedback, coaching, mentoring, and developmental opportunities; builds the talent pipeline, fosters an environment allowing everyone to bring their best selves to work, empowers associates and partners to act in the best interest of the customer and company, and regularly recognizes others’ contributions and accomplishments; supports strategies and drives initiatives that attract and retain the best talent.

Builds strong and trusting relationships with team members and business partners; works collaboratively and cross-functionally to achieve objectives; and communicates and listens attentively, with energy and positivity to motivate, influence, and inspire commitment and action.

Acts with Integrity:

Maintains and promotes the highest standards of integrity, ethics and compliance; models the Walmart values and leads by example to foster our culture; supports Walmart’s goal of becoming a regenerative company by taking action to advance opportunity, sustainability, community, and integrity (e.g., creating fair opportunities for associates and suppliers, driving local giving efforts).

Ensures that teams follow the law, our code of conduct and company policies; promotes an environment where associates feel comfortable sharing concerns, and models our culture of non-retaliation; listens to concerns raised by associates and takes action, and enables others to do the same; holds self and teams accountable for achieving results in a way that is consistent with our values.

Acts as an altruistic servant leader and is consistently humble, self-aware.

Serve our Customers:

Delivers expected business results while putting the customer first and consistently applying an omni-merchant mindset and acting with an Every Day Low Cost mindset to drive value and Every Day Low Prices for customers.

Adopts a holistic perspective that considers data, analytics, customer insights, and different parts of the business when making plans and implementing strategies.

Strive for Excellence:

Consistently raises the bar and seeks to improve; demonstrates curiosity and a growth mindset; seeks feedback, asks thoughtful questions, and fosters an environment that supports learning, innovation, learning from mistakes, and intelligent risk-taking; and exhibits resilience in the face of setbacks.

Drives continuous improvements, supervises the adoption of new technology, and supports digital disruption in line with Walmart’s business model.

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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.

Preferred Qualifications...

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

Walmart will accommodate the disability-related needs of applicants and associates as required by law.

Primary Location…

1940 Argentia Rd, Mississauga, ON L5N 1P9, Canada

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