Senior Director, Software Engineering - Agent Builder

Reference: R-2576497

Posted:

Location:

BENTONVILLE, AR, United States Salary: $160000 - $320000/year

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Full time / Regular/Permanent Company:
Walmart Business Segment:
Home Office Position Summary :

Defines and leads the enterprise Agent Builder function — establishing the operating model, quality standards, and portfolio strategy for how Walmart designs, deploys, and scales production-grade autonomous agents. Leads Distinguished, Principal/Staff Builders, and Senior Agent Builders. Engages directly with EVP-level stakeholders.

What You'll Do :

Enterprise Function Strategy & Operating Model
Define and own the enterprise Agent Builder strategy — vision, operating model, intake criteria, and quality standards.
Determine organizational structure: when to embed builders within BUs vs. centralized delivery.
Build governance framework for autonomous agent deployment in partnership with AI Governance & Trust.
Champion the "biz/tech" model across Global Tech and business leadership.
Set strategic direction for agentic tooling and platform adoption across the enterprise. Portfolio Ownership & Business Outcomes
Own the enterprise agent portfolio, ensuring every program delivers measurable business outcomes.
Engage directly with EVP-level business partners to identify high-value automation opportunities.
Own portfolio-level outcome reporting to senior leadership.
Triage and prioritize incoming automation requests for maximum force-multiplier impact.
Establish portfolio-level KPIs and dashboards tracking aggregate business impact. Agentic Program Design & Technical Oversight
Provide technical and strategic guidance across the portfolio — reviewing architectures, flagging risks.
Lead design reviews for complex multi-agent programs.
Ensure human-in-the-loop design, monitoring, and rollback capability.
Drive adoption of shared Agent Builder patterns, reusable components, and tooling standards. Team Leadership & Talent Development
Hire, develop, and lead Distinguished Agent Builders, Principal/Staff Agent Builders, and Senior Agent Builders.  
Build high-performance culture rooted in ownership, speed, and measurable impact.
Define team structure, capacity planning, and talent development strategy.
Create clear career progression paths for both IC and People Leader tracks.

Minimum Qualifications Degree + 10 yrs in business ops, strategy, product, tech, or AI/automation.

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.

For information about PTO, see .

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.
Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change…