Walmart is cutting or relocating about 1,000 corporate jobs to address redundancies and duplicate roles.
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A spokesperson for the retail giant confirmed the number of roles affected to Business Insider on Tuesday. The Wall Street Journal earlier reported the news.
A person familiar with the restructuring said it was not driven by AI automation.
Two executives — Suresh Kumar, the chief technology and development officer, and Daniel Danker, the company’s executive vice president of AI acceleration, product, and design — announced the changes in a memo shared with employees on Tuesday.
“We’ve made changes to simplify how the work is organized, make ownership clearer, and better align roles to the work and skills we need going forward,” the memo read.
Walmart laid off 1,500 corporate employees in May last year, saying it needed to “remove layers and complexity.”
The company employed 2.1 million people as of January.
Read the full memo to employees:
To: Walmart associatesFrom: Suresh Kumar, Global CTO and Chief Development OfficerDaniel Danker, EVP, AI Acceleration, Product and DesignDate: May 12, 2026RE: Evolving our tech and product teams for the futureIn the past year, within Global Tech and Product + Design, we’ve gone from organizing separately for Walmart U.S., Sam’s Club, and our international markets to building in a unified way on a single, shared platform. This has enabled us to create once and scale globally, accelerate innovation, and reduce duplication. We’ve launched global capabilities like Marketplace across different markets more quickly and with greater impact. We’ve also seen places where we can operate more efficiently. In some cases, we’ve had different teams working on similar problems.That’s why today we’ve made changes to simplify how the work is organized, make ownership clearer, and better align roles to the work and skills we need going forward. That includes updating some roles to better match the work being done, bringing teams together where it makes sense, and aligning some roles to key locations where related work is already happening. In a few cases, these changes also create opportunities for associates to get promoted into broader roles.These changes also involve difficult decisions. Some work has been consolidated, and some roles have been eliminated, and we know that has a real impact on people and teams. We’re supporting those affected with care, including helping them explore other opportunities within Walmart where possible.Ultimately, we’re designing a team that’s set up to move faster, scale what works and deliver better experiences for customers and members everywhere. Today is an important step in continuing to evolve how we build and operate for the future.
