Walmart Staff Technical Program Manager Bay Area 

United States, California, Sunnyvale 

720166008

As a Manager, your

will revolve around managing large software development programs. You will work closely with architects, engineers, product, design and business leaders to ensure the successful completion of these programs' To do this, you will need to have a deep understanding of software architecture and software design principles. You will also need to demonstrate influential skills by building strong relationships with stakeholders across Walmart, ensuring alignment on roles, responsibilities, and programs project cadences. Your role will involve defining goals, stage gates, critical delivery paths, and key deliverables for large-scale programs that incorporate multiple programs with dependencies across multiple areas of work, timelines, and resource constraints. Efficient engineering resource utilization and delivery will be a priority, and you will need to simplify and clarify priorities and create plans with appropriate milestones for advance planning and executive buy-in. You will also establish a resource capacity allocation process and tool to transform the planning process. Your problem-solving and decision-making skills will be crucial in navigating any setbacks or obstacles that may arise. Overall, as a seasoned professional, your expertise and passion for driving technical projects to success will be invaluable in this role at Walmart Global Tech.

What you'll do :

• Owning and driving of several complex programs, forming a portfolio of workstreams that are geared towards achieving business goals of different market segments.
• Owning and driving complex, multi-disciplinary and multi-product technology projects using your techno-functional expertise.
• Ensuring planning through deep discovery, scope and feature set of programs, understand and articulate detailed requirements with internal customers and usher projects through the entire project lifecycle. This includes managing schedules, identifying risks and clearly communicating them to project stakeholders.
• Understanding systems interdependencies and lead cross-functional teams towards technical solutions
• Being equally at home explaining your team’s analysis and recommendations to executives as you are discussing the technical trade-offs in product development with engineers.
• Proactively and effectively communicating program statuses, identifying potential risks and setbacks, and developing mitigation strategies
• Constantly striving to develop best practices in a changing and dynamic environment to ensure on time delivery. Ensuring program documents are complete, current and available for staff and leadership review
• Actively driving and contributing to resource planning to ensure program success and driving internal process improvements across multiple teams and functions

What you'll bring :

• A bachelor’s degree in computer science/engineering or equivalent.
• 5+ years of experience as a Technical Program Manager in software delivery within a related industry managing aggressive schedules and significant business impact.
• Experienced in system/platform design concepts , architecture, UX design, services, APIs, and technologies.
• Build positive relationships and collaborate with product managers to understand target personas and business process needs, which you will then translate into features and user stories that engineers will leverage to iterate products quickly.
• Strong sense of ownership and accountability, with a love for data and solving complex problems.
• Expertise in change & risk management methodologies, project management tools, techniques, project tracking tools, dashboards, and reports
• Strong communicator in both verbal and written forms and are equally adept in communicating upwards, outwards, and downward.
• Deep understanding of JIRA, JIRA Align, Big Picture, etc. would be advantageous.

Benefits: Beyond our great compensation package, 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.