(IND) Staff, Technical Program Manager

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What you'll do...

About Team

Intl Marketplace team focuses on building Seller Platforms and interfaces which enables sellers across multiple countries to sell and generate business on eCommerce platforms.

We're looking for highly skilled and experienced Staff Technical Program Manager with a breadth of skills who can create and execute a plan for new strategic initiatives as well as driving the global technology platforms across Global Tech. You should be able to drive high level design, solutioning & delivery of program with our next generation platforms keeping scalability, robustness and security aspects in focus. The platforms we build will be used by customers & sellers across multiple countries with each of them being a multi billion dollar business for Walmart.

If you thrive on solving complex technical problems and enjoy working in a fast-paced environment with passionate software developers, then this could be the perfect opportunity for you. As our business continues to expand into new opportunities and evolve with innovations in supply chain and customer experience, we have an exciting opportunity to build software that scales our operations, leads the industry through innovation, and delights millions of customers worldwide. We leverage cutting-edge technologies such as big data, machine learning, AI, real-time analytics, and high-volume, low-latency, high-availability services to achieve these goals.

What you'll do:

Your main responsibilities 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.

• Drive quarterly planning efforts, effectively negotiate against priorities, resources, and timelines to secure commitments from partner teams.

• Create the environment for effective collaboration across 4ITB by establishing appropriate forums and enabling Ways of Working improvements.

• Establish processes that drive efficient planning and execution.

• Work with product and engineering in solutioning of new capabilities, driving clarity in product requirements.

• Create a detailed program plan with milestones and timelines and maintain program documentation.

• Resolve ambiguous situations and bring clarity to the program teams.

• Manage program scope, including changes and scope creep ensuring that the program stays aligned with its original scope.

• Monitor program progress against the established schedule and provide weekly status reports to the program stakeholders.

• Proactively identify potential risks and develop mitigation plan and manage cross-functional issues to unblock program team.

• Ensure monitoring and alerting are set up and ensure effective operational excellence frameworks are implemented.

• Ensure that the program adheres to the organization’s standards, policies, and best practices.

What you'll bring:

• A bachelor’s degree in computer science/engineering or equivalent.

• Overall 15 years of technical experience with 8+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, UXdesign, 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, projectmanagement 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, BigPicture, etc.would be advantageous.

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 expert's 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.

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