(USA) Senior Manager, Program Management
About The Position
The Senior Manager, Program Management leads the execution of complex business initiatives by aligning priorities, removing obstacles, and driving performance improvements. This role serves as the execution engine behind the People Partner organization's highest-impact priorities, translating strategy into actionable plans and ensuring initiatives move from concept to implementation. The Senior Manager simplifies complexity by leveraging AI-enabled solutions, dashboards, and data-driven insights to improve decision-making, streamline execution, and enhance organizational effectiveness. The role leads cross-functional initiatives across organizational design, talent, change management, and strategic workforce priorities, delivering scalable solutions that accelerate business outcomes. About the team: The People Partner organization supports Merchandising and Health & Wellness leaders in building high-performing teams that adapt quickly and deliver results. As part of this group, the Senior Manager, Program Management collaborates with People Leaders, People Partners, and business leaders to translate complex priorities into scalable solutions. The team brings clarity to ambiguity, leads cross-functional initiatives, and transforms strategy into sustainable actions that enhance organizational effectiveness and accelerate business outcomes. This role emphasizes structured execution, continuous improvement, and strong communication to drive impactful program management across the organization.
Requirements
- 2 years’ experience leading cross-functional teams.
- 3 years’ experience using intermediate functionality of Microsoft Office.
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Human Resources, or related field and 4 years’ experience in project management, compliance, operations management, or related area OR 6 years’ experience in project management, compliance, operations management, or related area.
- You're naturally curious, continuously look for better ways of working, and aren't afraid to challenge the status quo.
- You bring a positive attitude, a collaborative spirit, and know how to make hard work enjoyable while building strong partnerships.
- You thrive in ambiguity and enjoy bringing structure, clarity, and momentum to complex challenges.
- You're a strategic thinker who can translate ideas into action and deliver results through influence, collaboration, and execution.
- You build trusted relationships, communicate with confidence, and effectively partner with leaders across the business.
- You embrace technology, AI, data, and dashboards to simplify work, improve decisions, and create scalable solutions.
Nice To Haves
- Managing a budget, profit and loss statement, or relate financial process
- Master’s degree in Business Administration or related field like (not limited to) project management, compliance, operations management, or related area
- Project Management Certification
Responsibilities
- Lead execution of high-impact People and business initiatives by identifying priorities, aligning stakeholders, removing barriers, and driving measurable business outcomes.
- Partner with People Partners and business leaders to translate strategic priorities into scalable people solutions across organizational design, talent, change management, and workforce planning.
- Develop and manage governance routines, execution plans, dashboards, and AI-enabled solutions that improve decision-making, increase visibility, and accelerate execution.
- Drive continuous improvement by identifying process gaps, simplifying ways of working, and implementing scalable solutions that enhance organizational effectiveness.
- Evaluate program health using data and insights, proactively manage risks and dependencies, and influence cross-functional stakeholders to achieve strategic objectives.
Benefits
- competitive pay
- performance-based bonus awards
- medical coverage
- vision coverage
- dental coverage
- 401(k)
- stock purchase
- company-paid life insurance
- PTO (including sick leave)
- parental leave
- family care leave
- bereavement
- jury duty
- voting leave
- short-term disability
- long-term disability
- company discounts
- Military Leave Pay
- adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement
- PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes
- Live Better U is a Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates in Walmart and Sam's Club facilities. Programs range from high school completion to bachelor's degrees, including English Language Learning and short-form certificates. Tuition, books, and fees are completely paid for by Walmart.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
