Principal Technical Program Manager

Position Summary...

What you'll do...

As a Principal Technical Program Manager, you will be the owner and driver of several complex programs, forming a portfolio of efforts to meet the business goals that support the strategic vision of building the Walmart Commerce Platform

• Create the program structure and shared alignment with the program team across Walmart on vision, business goals, program, and secure cross-functional teams dependencies' commitment

• Lead executive committee meetings with key stakeholders to help make key decisions, remove obstacles, and address key program issues

• Provide on-going visibility to program status (key decisions, dependencies, issues, risks, metrics, etc.) to all stakeholders

• Anticipate and aggressively remove obstacles that slow down or prevent program teams from delivering on program outcomes.

• Manage new and existing technologies integration

• Create a collaborative team environment that fosters creativity, speed, innovation, and learning

• Be a thought leader who can help accelerate the capabilities delivery and challenge others to change

Now, imagine doing all the above for the world’s largest retailer. That’s the Walmart experience. Intrigued?
 

About the team
Walmart’s eCommerce Platform team has a strategic vision which is grounded in delivering one integrated platform that every Walmart business can build upon to participate in the Walmart eCommerce ecosystem. What is a Platform, exactly? In the physical world, it means “something you stand on top of to make you taller”. In technology, it means something similar: software you build on top of, so you can create new things more easily. A platform accelerates you precisely because it is opinionated: someone else has made many choices for you so that you can build things faster. We make it easy for our technology partners to create digital experiences online and in store for our customers and members

You’ll sweep us off our feet if…
 

• Have an entrepreneurial mindset that focuses on putting the customer first

• Bachelor's Degree or master’s degree in Computer Science (or related field) and 10+ years of Program Management experience in a related industry (experience owning a program/product/feature, scoping requirements, planning milestones, project management and working with technical teams)

• 7+ years of experience leading software development projects with aggressive schedules and large business impact

• Strong communicator in both verbal and written forms and are equally adept in communicating upwards, outwards, and downward

• Experience with designing scalable APIs & cloud native microservices.

• Lead executive committee meetings with key stakeholders to help make key decisions, remove obstacles, and address key program issues

• Experience with agile development methodologies (i.e., Scrum, Kanban etc.)

• Provide on-going visibility to program status (key decisions, dependencies, issues, risks, metrics, etc.) to all stakeholders

• Anticipate and aggressively remove obstacles that slow down or prevent program teams from delivering on program outcomes

• Strong Experience with project delivery for large, cross-functional projects

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

• A passion for data-driven decision-making

You’ll make an impact by: 

• Providing excellent decision-making skills with the ability to balance conflicting interests in a complex and fast-paced environment

• Helping cross-functional teams solve business problems and develop breakthrough capabilities that redefine a "best-in-class" customer and associates' experience

• Providing a clear vision for architecture design and great communication skills to articulate that to all levels of stakeholders 

• Managing relationships with geographically distributed teams, offshore development teams, and third-party vendors

• Ensuring business and global technology goals are being met

• Interacting, negotiating, and influencing decisions across multiple tracks and executive leadership

Benefits & Perks: 
Beyond competitive pay, you can receive incentive awards for your performance. Other great perks include 401(k) match, stock purchase plan, paid maternity and parental leave, PTO, multiple health plans, and much more. 

About Global Tech:
Imagine working in an environment where one line of code can make life easier for hundreds of millions of people and put a smile on their face. That’s what we do at Walmart Global Tech. We’re a team of 15,000+ software engineers, data scientists and service professionals within Walmart, the world’s largest retailer, delivering innovations that improve how our customers shop and empower our 2.2 million associates. To others, innovation looks like an app, service or some code, but Walmart has always been about people. People are why we innovate, and people power our innovations. Being human led is our true disruption. 

We’re virtual:
Working virtually this year has helped us make quicker decisions, remove location barriers across our global team, be more flexible in our personal lives and spend less time commuting. Today, we are reimagining the tech workplace of the future by making a permanent transition to virtual work for most of our team. Of course, being together in person is an important part of our culture and shared success. We’ll collaborate in person at a regular cadence and with purpose.

Minimum Qualifications...

Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications.

Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor of Science and 6 years' technical program management experience OR 10 years' technical program management experience.

Preferred Qualifications...

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

Primary Location...

850 Cherry Avenue, San Bruno, CA 94066-3031, United States of America