Position Summary...

Manager, IP Compliance Risk Mitigation
The Manager, Specialty Compliance and Ethics is responsible for ensuring that Walmart's policies, products, and services meet both internal and external legal requirements. This role involves developing strong partnerships with brand owners and demonstrating Walmarts commitment to brand protection by implementing monitoring standards that uphold the integrity of Walmarts brand protection tools. The primary focus of this role is to build and identify feature and technical gaps in the Brand Portal and drive efforts to improve Brand Portal functionality. The Manager will be tasked with handling escalations from internal stakeholders and external parties. In addition, they will be responsible for communicating and coordinating process changes to risk operations team and other relevant stakeholders.

What you'll do...

• As the Manager, Specialty Compliance and Ethics, you will be responsible for managing the consistency of compliance and ethics, responding to compliance questions, and monitoring laws and regulations. This includes researching laws, regulations, policies, and procedures, and drafting and updating policies and standard operating procedures with input from leadership. You should identify, report, and address compliance concerns, and recommend and develop strategies for identified compliance and ethics gaps.

• You will also manage the development, execution, and maintenance of legislation assessment strategies. This involves identifying and investigating relevant proposed legislation, determining its implications on the business area, and developing plans to adapt to proposed legislation. It's crucial to support the development of corporate positions on various issues by reconciling research into a refined message for review.

• You will implement tools and monitoring standards to mitigate compliance risks associated with Intellectual Property Risk

• Work cross functionally with IP team, risk operations team, legal, product and engineering to address pain points faced by rights owners

• Track and ensure quick resolution of technical issues and drive efforts to improve proactive monitoring tools by providing recommendations based on rights owner feedback

• Manage a 3rd party team to ensure execution of IP and Rights Owner verification

• Finally, you are expected to model Walmart values, act as a servant leader, demonstrate curiosity and a growth mindset, and deliver expected business results while putting the customer first. You should foster a culture of belonging, build strong and trusting relationships, and focus on talent management.

Leadership Expectations:

Respect the Individual:

Demonstrates and encourages respect for others; drives a positive associate and customer experience for all; embraces differences in people, cultures, ideas, and experiences; supports workplaces where associated feel seen and connected through a culture of belonging, so all associates thrive and perform; contributes to an environment allowing everyone to bring their best selves to work.

Demonstrates engagement and commitment to the team, developing others through feedback, coaching, mentoring, and developmental opportunities; and recognizes others’ contributions and accomplishments.

Builds strong and trusting relationships with team members and business partners; works collaboratively to achieve objectives; communicates with impact and listens attentively to a range of audiences; and demonstrates energy and positivity for own work.

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 making a positive impact for associates, customers, and the world around us (e.g., creating a sense of belonging, eliminating waste, participating in local giving).

Follows the law, our code of conduct and company policies, and encourages others to do the same; supports an environment where associates feel comfortable sharing concerns; reinforces our culture of non-retaliation; listens to concerns raised by associates and takes action; acts with accountability for achieving results in a way that is consistent with our values.

Is consistently humble, self-aware, honest, and transparent.

Serve our Customers:

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

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

Strive for Excellence:

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

Implements and supports continuous improvements and willingly embraces new digital tools and ways of working.

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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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