Principal Technical Program Manager

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Job Description

Walmart Global Tech is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Principal Technical Program Manager to join our team. In this role, you will be responsible for coordinating and managing the development of large-scale, cross-functional projects in a multi-disciplinary environment. 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.  

About The Team

Marketplace Engineering team is at the forefront of building core platforms and services to enable Walmart to deliver vast selection at competitive prices and with best-in-class post-order experience by enabling third-party sellers to list, sell and manage their products to our customers on walmart.com. We do this by managing the entire seller lifecycle, monitoring customer experience, and deliver high- value insights to our sellers to help them plan their assortment, price, inventory. The team also actively collaborates with partner platform teams to ensure we continue to deliver the best experience to our sellers and our customers.

 

What you'll do: 

As a Principal Technical Program Manager, your main responsibilities will revolve around managing large software development programs. You will work closely with architects, engineering, 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, software design principles and contribute to architectural decision-making processes. You will also need to demonstrate influential skills by building strong relationships with stakeholders across Walmart, ensuring alignment on roles, responsibilities, and 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 bring: 

Minimum Qualifications  

• 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. 

• Experience supporting and executing a large software portfolio, collaborating with multiple business stakeholders. 

• 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. 

Preferred Qualifications  

• Masters in degree in computer science/engineering or equivalent.  

• 10+ years of experience as a Technical Program Manager in software delivery within a related industry managing aggressive schedules and significant business impact. 

• 5+ years' experience in retail indust