Principal, Technical Program Manager : Tech Strategy

Walmart s Enterprise Business Services (EBS) is a powerhouse of several exceptional teams delivering world-class technology solutions and services making a profound impact at every level of Walmart.

As a key part of Walmart Global Tech, our teams set the bar for operational excellence and leverage emerging technology to support millions of customers, associates, and stakeholders worldwide. Each time an associate turns on their laptop, a customer makes a purchase, a new supplier is onboarded, the company closes the books, physical and legal risk is avoided, and when we pay our associates consistently and accurately, that is EBS. Joining EBS means embarking on a journey of limitless growth, relentless innovation, and the chance to set new industry standards that shape the future of Walmart.

What you will do:

• Lead cross-functional teams spread across geography to deliver complex program

• Define, monitor and improve critical to success metrics for the success of the program

• Anticipate bottlenecks, provide escalation management, anticipate and make tradeoffs, and balance the business needs versus technical constraints.

• Plan and manage multiple parallel projects

• Identify, assess, track and mitigate issues and risks at multiple levels

• Drive effective teamwork, communication, collaboration and commitment across multiple disparate groups with competing priorities.

• Apply best practices to the software development life cycle for projects based on experiences with a number of agile and blended approaches, as well effectively coordinating the implementations across teams using very different approaches

• Interact with Project Sponsors, Project Stakeholders and multiple business and technical teams to define and deliver complex features

• Work very closely with various business stakeholders to drive the execution of multiple business plans and technologies

• Ensure consistent and transparent status updates with all stakeholders (engineering, Business, product, leadership)

• Knowledge of project management principles and the ability to apply the principles, tools and techniques to develop/plan, manage or execute projects or work plans to ensure successful completion (e. g., on time, within budget).

• Measure Project/program performance, Operational performance and Portfolio performance:

• Identify, analyze and map expected benefits to related programs and projects.

• Engage stakeholders including downstream business owners in the identification, execution and sustainment stages of benefits realization management.

• Communicate benefits and learning back into the strategy planning cycle.

• Implement effective metrics to measure benefits and everage these metrics in reports.

• Recommend improvements and drive alignment across teams

• Serve as a Coach and Mentor within the organization

• Coach and mentor the organization to facilitate adoption and maturity

• Lead and influence others including management on best practices

• Manage partnerships with external vendors

• Ensure the following of Scrum and Kanban Rituals as needed

What youll bring :

• An Engineering Degree - B.E/B.Tech/MS/PhD in any stream Computer Science preferred.

• 8+ years of Technical Program Management experience in a related industry.

• 12+ years of relevant work experience in internet-related program and/or technical program management in a software applications environment

• Experience building processes, project management, and release schedules.

• Prior experience with agile methodologies and practices

• A first-hand working knowledge of open stack technologies

• Strong Java/Spark/Scala/Big Data development track record

• A good understanding of CS Fundamentals, Data Structures, Algorithms and Problem Solving Understand the product and project management space

• Experience across the product development SDLC

• Preferably CSM/SAFe certified

• Strong experience in Project Management Information systems including but not limited to Jira and Confluence

• Ability to navigate through complex and ambiguous situations

• Ability to think strategically, and roll up sleeves on hands on tech as required

• Understanding of Business Processes eg: Finance/Accounting, and have basic knowledge of Scala,Java,SQL,JQL,React, REST API, Microservices is added advantage.

About Walmart Global Tech
Imagine working in an environment where one line of code can make life easier for hundreds of millions of people. That s what we do at Walmart Global Tech. We re a team of software engineers, data scientists, cybersecurity experts and service professionals within the world s leading retailer who make an epic impact and are at the forefront of the next retail disruption. People are why we innovate, and people power our innovations. We are people-led and tech-empowered.

We train our team in the skillsets of the future and bring in experts like you to help us grow. We have roles for those chasing their first opportunity as well as those looking for the opportunity that will define their career. Here, you can kickstart a great career in tech, gain new skills and experience for virtually every industry, or leverage your expertise to innovate at scale, impact millions and reimagine the future of retail.

Flexible, hybrid work
We use a hybrid way of working with primary in office presence coupled with an optimal mix of virtual presence. We use our campuses to collaborate and be together in person, as business needs require and for development and networking opportunities. This approach helps us make quicker decisions, remove location barriers across our global team, be more flexible in our personal lives.

Benefits

Beyond our great compensation package, you can receive incentive awards for your performance. Other great perks include a host of best-in-class benefits maternity and parental leave, PTO, health benefits, and much more.

Belonging

We aim to create a culture where every associate feels valued for who they are, rooted in respect for the individual. Our goal is to foster a sense of belonging, to create opportunities for all our associates, customers and suppliers, and to be a Walmart for everyone.

At Walmart, our vision is "everyone included." By fostering a workplace culture where everyone is and feels included, everyone wins. Our associates and customers reflect the makeup of all 19 countries where we operate. By making Walmart a welcoming place where all people feel like they belong, we re able to engage associates, strengthen our business, improve our ability to serve customers, and support the communities where we operate.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Walmart, Inc., is an Equal Opportunities 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 unique styles, experiences, identities, ideas and opinions while being inclusive of all people.