Position Summary...Drives the execution of multiple business plans and projects by identifying customer and operational needs; developing and communicating business plans and priorities; removing barriers and obstacles that impact performance; providing resources; identifying performance standards; measuring progress and adjusting performance accordingly; developing contingency plans; and demonstrating adaptability and supporting continuous learning. Provides supervision and development opportunities for associates by selecting and training; mentoring; assigning duties; building a team-based work environment; establishing performance expectations and conducting regular performance evaluations; providing recognition and rewards; coaching for success and improvement; and ensuring diversity awareness. Promotes and supports company policies, procedures, mission, values, and standards of ethics and integrity by training and providing direction to others in their use and application; ensuring compliance with them; and utilizing and supporting the Open Door Policy. Ensures business needs are being met by evaluating the ongoing effectiveness of current plans, programs, and initiatives; consulting with business partners, managers, co-workers, or other key stakeholders; soliciting, evaluating, and applying suggestions for improving efficiency and cost-effectiveness; and participating in and supporting community outreach events.

What you'll do...

Job Description Summary

As a Technical Program Manager, you’ll be responsible to drive planning and execution of critical programs and initiatives for all international markets of Walmart. You’ll bring in Technical leadership, planning, execution, stakeholder management, cross functional team collaboration, problem solving skills to drive the programs

Job Description

About Team:

Our team collaborates with Walmart International, which has over 5,900 retail units operating outside of the United States under 55 banners in 26 countries including Africa, Argentina, Canada, Central America, Chile, China, India, Japan, and Mexico, to name a few.

What you'll do:

As a Technical Program Manager, you’ll be responsible to drive planning and execution of critical programs and initiatives for all international markets. You’ll be expected to provide technical leadership and oversight for cross functional teams (Engineering, Product and Program Managers). AS a TPM, you’ll define goals, objectives and timelines and communicate program status (Risks and issues) to all stakeholders of the initiative.

Technical Skills :

Understands architectural paradigms, design patterns and software assetsUnderstand and track technical issues and find solutions for program problems as they arise

Organization skills:

Able to use organization skills to manage multiple facets of a large-scale project and track progress for several programs at onceAble to manage and communicate with multiple stakeholders (internal and external)

Core Program Management skills:

Ability to drive complex strategic initiatives with high visibility, critical timelines and multiple teams Ability to foresee risks and adopt relevant risk mitigation strategiesAbility to drive complex strategic initiatives with high visibility, critical timelines and multiple teamsAbility to build relationships with internal/external stakeholdersDevelops, drives and implements Program / Project Management practices
Interacts with key Business Stakeholders, Engineering/Product Leaders, and Executive sponsors.Expert in understanding and driving complex solutions involving multiple stakeholders/teams to achieve a desired outcome in stipulated timeDevelops, and implements processes and practices to meet business needs.Leads the end to end lifecycle of IDC projects and cross functional programs from inception to completion of rollouts.

Agile skills:

Is able to drive quintessential agile practices in day today routine of squads.Able to coach the squad members about the ways of working – Scrum, Scaled Agile or any adopted ways of working methodology

Communication skills:

Excellent executive reports and exec communication skillsUses written communication skills to deliver regular program reports and verbal communication to effectively talk to team members and monitor program progress

Multitasking skills :

Work on many tasks at once, which makes multitasking skills a must-have

Time management skills :

Since staff technical program managers work with strict deadlines, time management is an essential component of this job

Problem-solving skills:

Staff technical program managers use problem-solving skills to isolate and solve problems with programs to keep progress on track

What you'll bring:

An Engineering Degree - B.E/B.Tech/MS in any stream – Computer Science preferred.7+ years of Technical Program Management experience in a related industry.10+ years of relevant work experience in software applications environment and significant managerial experience.Experience building processes, project management, and complex program schedules.Strong project management & cross-group collaboration skillsPrior experience with implementing and driving initiatives using agile methodologiesSolid understanding of the current web technologies and general ability to ramp up and go deep in based on need. Exposure to retail technology would be preferred.Think creatively and critically about architecture, and capabilities with innate curiosity and ability to self- start in an ambiguous and rapidly-changing environmentGood problem-solving skills and ability to think strategically.

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.

 

Equal Opportunity Employer:
Walmart, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity 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 diversity- unique styles, experiences, identities, ideas and opinions – while being inclusive of all people.

Minimum Qualifications...

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

Minimum Qualifications:Option 1: Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, engineering, or related area and 6 years' experience in engineering, engineering program management, technical program management, product management, or related area. Option 2: 8 years' experience in engineering, engineering program management, technical program management, product management, or related area.

Preferred Qualifications...

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

Primary Location...Pardhanani Wilshire Ii, Cessna Business Park, Kadubeesanahalli Village, Varthur Hobli , India