Senior Counsel - Realty Center of Expertise

Position Summary...

This Senior Counsel role will primarily support Walmart’s Facility Services and Construction activities across its U.S. portfolio, including maintenance and repair programs, remodels, capital projects, vendor and contractor relationships, and new construction. The role will also support general real estate transactions involving retail, industrial, and corporate properties.

You will provide practical, business-focused legal guidance; draft and negotiate a broad range of services, construction, procurement, technology, and real estate agreements; advise on operational risks; and build cross-functional partnerships to resolve complex legal issues. Success requires the ability to move seamlessly between high-volume, day-to-day matters and strategic initiatives with significant enterprise impact.

About the team:

The Walmart Realty Legal Center of Excellence partners with business leaders to support Walmart Realty that enables Walmart and Sam’s Club operations. The team provides strategic legal counsel across real estate, facility services, construction, and related transactions, including acquisitions, leasing, development, and regulatory compliance.

Team members collaborate with Realty, Operations, Procurement, Compliance, Finance, and other partners to develop scalable solutions that effectively manage legal and commercial risks. Combining deep legal expertise with a practical, business-focused approach, the team serves as a trusted advisor throughout the lifecycle of Walmart’s facilities, construction projects, and real estate transactions.

What you'll do...

• Serve as a legal advisor to Walmart Facility Services and Construction on maintenance and repair programs, remodels, capital projects, new construction, and related operations.

• Draft and negotiate services, construction, design, procurement, technology, and other project-related agreements.

• Advise on scope, pricing, change orders, schedules, performance standards, warranties, payments, liens, insurance, indemnification, subcontracting, termination, and dispute resolution.

• Counsel business partners on contractor and trade licensing, permitting, safety, environmental, accessibility, and other regulatory requirements.

• Advise on vendor performance, emergency work, payment disputes, construction defects, claims, and other operational or project-related matters.

• Support acquisitions, dispositions, leasing, development, easements, title and survey review, due diligence, and closings.

What you'll bring:

• Significant experience in facility operations, construction law, commercial contracting, and real estate, including maintaining, renovating, and constructing retail, industrial, or corporate facilities.

• Strong drafting and negotiation skills across construction, design, professional services, maintenance, procurement, and commercial agreements, with working knowledge of real estate transactions.

• Practical understanding of project risks, including changes, delays, defects, payment, liens, insurance, indemnity, warranties, and claims.

• Ability to assess legal and business risks and deliver practical, solutions-oriented advice.

• Confident, collaborative leader with sound judgment, clear communication, strong stakeholder relationships, and the resilience and organization to manage high-volume commercial and transactional work effectively in a fast-paced environment.

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 (https://one.walmart.com/) .

The annual salary range for this position is $130,000.00 - $260,000.00 Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses. Additional compensation for certain positions may also include :

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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.

Law degree from an accredited law school and 5 years’ experience in law.

License to practice law in at least one state.

Preferred Qualifications...

Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.

Leading cross-functional teams

Primary Location...

814 Respect Dr, Bentonville, AR 72716, United States of America

Walmart and its subsidiaries are committed to maintaining a drug-free workplace and has a no tolerance policy regarding the use of illegal drugs and alcohol on the job. This policy applies to all employees and aims to create a safe and productive work environment.

Walmart, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer- By Choice. We believe we are best equipped to help our associates, customers, and the communities we serve live better when we really know them. That means understanding, respecting, and valuing diversity- unique styles, experiences, identities, abilities, ideas and opinions- while being inclusive of all people.