PRINCIPAL, TECHNICAL PROGRAM MANAGER

Position Summary...

What you'll do...

About Team:

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'll do:

You will be part of a global engineering team that caters to learning needs for all associates across the globe at Walmart. The team leverages/implements standard modules as well as builds custom developments that integrate with several systems meant for associate learning related solutions. The solutions developed could potentially enable millions of users achieve efficiency in their day to day processes and thus enable massive cost savings for Walmart.

Your Responsibility shall include:

• Execute global tech talent development programs end to end

•  Build stakeholder partnerships/buy-in for the program globally

• Ensure program execution quality and excellence for each of our program

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

• Set up the right processes to ensure consistency in quality, component documentation.    

• Develop/Oversee development of the necessary tools/portal etc. to ensure a great User  experience for all associates

• 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 and provide the right view to them via reporting/Dashboards

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

• Program Manage the tech initiatives that Tech Strategy team coordinates/initiates like Idea Portal, etc.    

What will you bring

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

• Overall 11+years in IT experience with 9+ years of Technical Program Management experience in a related industry..

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

• Experienced PMO with demonstrable track record of supporting multiple programs projects

• Understanding of Program Project management methodologies and governance

• Strong project management & cross group collaboration skills.

• Prior experience with Agile methodologies

• Strong understanding of the different Phases of Development Life Cycle and Experience managing the same

• Experience of working with Technology deliveries and complex programs projects

• Good problem-solving skills and ability to think strategically

• Preferably CSM/SAFe certified

• Strong experience in Project Management Information systems including but not limited to Jira ,Excel & Confluence

• Adept at refinement, story splitting, estimation, velocity, retrospection, and other Scrum techniques

• Well versed with generating Reports and Dashboards using JIRA (or/and tools used)

• Has experience in managing an SAP Implementation or support projects

•  Understanding of Business Processes e.g: Finance/Accounting, and have basic knowledge of SAP (functional or technical),SQL, JQL,  REST API, Microservices, automations 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 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.

Walmart’s culture sets us apart, and we know being together helps us innovate, learn and grow great careers. This role is based in our [Bangalore/Chennai] office for daily work, with the flexibility for associates to manage their 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.

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