Senior Manager, Specialty Compliance and Ethics - IP Escalations
Walmart
Compliance / Regulatory
Bentonville, AR, USA
USD 90k-180k / year + Equity
Posted on Sep 27, 2025
What you'll do at
Position Summary...
The Senior Manager, Specialty Compliance and Ethics (IP Escalations) leads Walmart’s global intellectual property escalation operations across ecommerce platforms. The right person in this role manages the resolution of high-sensitivity intellectual property escalations involving internal and external stakeholders, ensuring timely, accurate, and effective handling. This person will oversee hybrid teams and drive strategic improvements in enforcement systems, stakeholder engagement, and compliance alignment, prioritizing operational integrity and brand protection in a highly visibility and high impact space.About the team...
We are a global team of intellectual property and brand protection professionals committed to safeguarding customer trust and marketplace integrity. Our work spans enforcement strategy, policy alignment, and operational execution. We partner closely with Legal, Product, Engineering, and international stakeholders to ensure Walmart’s IP controls are effective, scalable, and responsive to evolving risks. The team values critical thinking, ownership, and a shared commitment to customer trust.
What you'll do...
- Lead global IP escalation operations, triaging high-sensitivity issues and applying sound judgment in complex, sensitive cases.
- Communicate with brands and senior stakeholders, driving resolution and closing the loop on escalations.
- Strengthen enforcement systems and SOPs through cross-functional collaboration.
- Monitor trends and risk signals to ensure timely, risk-aligned escalation.
- Manage internal and outsourced teams executing escalation workflows.
- Surface insights from global escalations to inform strategy and improve system effectiveness.
What you'll bring...
- 3–5+ years of experience in intellectual property enforcement and brand protection.
- Proven ability to lead, triage, and resolve sensitive escalations end-to-end.
- Strong analytical and strategic thinking skills, with the ability to balance enforcement rigor and business impact.
- Experience managing cross-functional initiatives and leading hybrid teams.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
- A high degree of ownership and independence—able to lead complex initiatives with minimal oversight and navigate competing priorities.
- Bachelor’s degree.
- Expertise in Excel, with the ability to analyze data and trends to inform strategic planning and operational improvements.
The above information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed in the role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. The full Job Description can be made available as part of the hiring process.
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 https://one.walmart.com/notices.
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 and may be subject to a specific plan or program terms.
For information about benefits and eligibility, see One.Walmart.
San Bruno, California US-08848:The annual salary range for this position is $117,000.00-$234,000.00
Bentonville, Arkansas US-30010:The annual salary range for this position is $90,000.00-$180,000.00
Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses.
Additional compensation for certain positions may also include:
- Stock
Minimum Qualifications...
Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications.
Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in Business, Human Resources, or related field and 4 years’ experience in compliance, ethics, legal, project management, or related area OR 6 years’ experience in compliance, ethics, legal, project management, or related area. 2 years’ supervisory experience. 3 years’ experience using intermediate functionality of Microsoft Office.Preferred Qualifications...
Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.
Masters: Business Administration Project Management - Project Management Professional - Certification
