Distinguished, Risk Expert

Position: (USA) Distinguished, Risk Expert
Reference: R-2669856

Posted:

Location:

BENTONVILLE, AR, United States; HERNDON, VASalary: $130000 - $260000/year

Type:
Full time / Regular/Permanent Company:
Walmart Business Segment:
Home Office Role summary:
Join Walmart as a Distinguished Risk Expert, leading the assessment and management of cyber and organizational risks to safeguard critical assets. This role involves designing and implementing advanced security strategies, conducting comprehensive control assessments, and ensuring compliance with regulatory standards. Collaborating across functions, you will drive initiatives that enhance security posture, evaluate emerging threats, and influence governance frameworks. Your expertise will support informed decision-making and promote resilience in a dynamic risk environment, contributing to Walmart’s commitment to secure and reliable operations.

About the team:
The team leads enterprise cybersecurity assessment, compliance, and emerging technology risk management with a focus on AI advancements. It develops and implements risk methodologies across regulatory compliance, third-party risk, and remediation programs. The group ensures alignment with frameworks such as SOX, PCI DSS, NIST, and ISO, driving sustainable risk reduction. Leveraging AI and automation, the team enhances risk identification, assessment coverage, and remediation efficiency.

Collaborating across the organization, it promotes responsible technology adoption while maintaining robust governance and controls to protect the enterprise against evolving cyber threats and regulatory challenges. What you'll do:

Serve as a senior enterprise expert for cybersecurity risk, regulatory compliance, assurance, and emerging technology risk. Anticipate risks associated with AI, autonomous agents, third parties, cloud technologies, and evolving digital ecosystems, translating regulatory, industry, and audit expectations into actionable controls and governance practices. Establish consistent enterprise approaches for evaluating, prioritizing, and communicating risk while identifying systemic control weaknesses and developing scalable remediation strategies.

Monitor evolving AI regulations and audit expectations to proactively strengthen assurance programs. Advance AI-enabled assessment and remediation capabilities to increase coverage and efficiency,  reduce duplication, improve control effectiveness, and strengthen enterprise risk management.

What you'll bring:

Extensive expertise in cyber risk assessment, management techniques, and evolving security threats.

Proficiency in security governance, compliance frameworks, and implementation of corporate risk policies.

Strong knowledge of security control assessments, and control design

Experience with security auditing methodologies and regulatory compliance including SOX,PCI, and NIST standards.

Ability to analyze threat intelligence and conduct root cause analysis to inform risk mitigation strategies.

Skilled in designing and integrating secure architecture and authentication systems.

Proven capability to lead cross-functional initiatives and collaborate with technical and business stakeholders.

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…