Senior Director, Technology Operations- Emerging Threats

Walmart

Actively hiring
Bentonville, AR · Sunnyvale, CA Posted 31 days ago $130,000–$260,000 / year
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TL;DR

The Senior Director of Emerging Threats at Walmart Marketplace will lead strategies to identify and mitigate new marketplace risks, ensuring a safe environment for customers and sellers. This role involves overseeing programs that detect complex seller risks throughout the lifecycle, from onboarding to global expansion, and requires deep expertise in fraud detection, identity risk, and counterfeit prevention. The director will collaborate with Data Science, Engineering, Trust & Safety, and Compliance teams to build advanced risk models and automation tools, establish governance processes, and provide executive-level briefings on threat trends. Essential skills include experience in large-scale marketplace risk management, strong analytical abilities, and the capacity to influence senior stakeholders while navigating global regulatory requirements.

Skills

Python SQL Kubernetes AWS Terraform CI/CD Docker Prometheus Grafana PostgreSQL MLOps Data Science Machine Learning Analytics

What you'll do

  • Lead the identification and mitigation of new marketplace risks across seller onboarding and lifecycle.
  • Develop risk frameworks and early-signal detection strategies for emerging threats.
  • Partner with Data Science and Engineering to build advanced risk models and automation tools.
  • Provide executive-level briefings on threat trends, risk tradeoffs, and recommended interventions.
  • Serve as the Marketplace risk representative in external partnerships and industry consortiums.

What we're looking for

  • Over 10 years of experience in marketplace risk, fraud prevention, trust & safety, or financial crimes.
  • Proven track record managing high-performing teams of at least 10 members.
  • Deep expertise in analytics for seller fraud, identity risk, counterfeit detection, and prohibited goods risks.
  • Strong analytical skills with prior experience in payments and marketplace risk management.
  • Ability to influence senior leaders and collaborate effectively across cross-functional teams.
  • Experience partnering with engineering and data science teams on policy implementation and model development.

Market check

Salary context

This $130,000–$260,000 range sits above 54% of similar postings on FindRole.

Peer median band

$149,900–$232,000

Median floor and ceiling across peers.

Typical midpoint (25–75%)

$157,200–$235,687

Middle half of comparable postings.

Based on 238 comparable postings.

* 240 is the maximum number of comparable postings sampled.

Employer

About Walmart

Walmart Inc. is the world''s largest retailer by revenue, operating a chain of hypermarkets, discount department stores, and grocery stores, as well as a growing e-commerce presence through Walmart.com. Industry: General Merchandise & Grocery Retail

Walmart currently has 495 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $117,000–$234,000 across 487 roles with salary data.

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