The opportunity timeline

• Overview

  Walmart is hiring a Academic Advisor in Long Beach, CA.

• Role description

  The Academic Advisor role at Walmart is open because Long Beach is growing, and Critical Thinking is suddenly our busiest department. The promise is concrete — $89,000 - $133,000, temporary hours, 4 years honored, and a general role at Walmart that grows with you.

  Key Responsibilities

  • Keep Long Beach, CA stakeholders briefed without burying them in updates
  • Provide hands-on support to colleagues and Walmart clients as needed
  • Partner with peers to troubleshoot issues and share practical knowledge
  • Carry general projects from napkin sketch to Long Beach, CA rollout
  • Chase down the root cause instead of slapping on a patch
  • Close the loop on every Long Beach request you touch
  • Keep skills current through ongoing training and self-directed learning
  • Spot the Long Beach pattern in feedback before it becomes a complaint

  What You'll Bring

  • Calm under the deeply collaborative chaos a mid-level role tends to generate
  • The kind of empathy that makes hard feedback land softly
  • Comfort owning general decisions in a CA market
  • A Walmart mindset: scrappy today, scalable tomorrow
  • A solid foundation in Empathy, refined over 4+ years
  • Real Process Improvement chops, plus the Empathy curiosity to keep growing
  • Fluency across Process Improvement and Empathy, with strong opinions on both

  Walmart is a joyfully-rigorous company in Long Beach, CA that turns complex general problems into simple, elegant solutions. Our Long Beach team treats every retro like a chance to quietly upgrade how we operate.

  The headline reads $89,000 - $133,000; the fine print is all upside, mentorship, benefits, and freedom to grow your Empathy.

  The Walmart team is expanding in Long Beach, CA this quarter, and this seat is part of that growth.

  Got the drive and the Empathy? we'd love to see your application.

• Required skills

  • Emotional Intelligence
  • Teamwork
  • Innovation
  • Critical Thinking
  • Growth Mindset
  • Public Speaking
  • Process Improvement
  • Empathy
  • Adaptability

• Benefits & perks

  • Relocation assistance
  • Continuing education leave
  • Commuter benefits
  • Paid jury and witness duty
  • On-site cafeteria
  • Ping Pong
  • Disability Insurance
  • Voluntary benefits marketplace
  • Annual flu and wellness fairs
  • Internet Reimbursement
  • Paid sick leave
  • Unlimited PTO
  • Discounts on company products
  • Core hours flexibility
  • Standing flexible benefits credits

• Apply before 2026-12-03

  Submit your application for this Temporary general position.