Staff Technical Program Manager

Walmart•Bentonville, AR

9d•Onsite

About The Position

The Staff Technical Program Manager leads multiple highly complex projects or a large complex Global eCommerce program, guiding projects through their lifecycle to completion. The role develops project managers, mentors peers and management, and promotes and improves Walmart Global eCommerce project management practices, including Agile methodologies. It also leads project and program development, including scope, budgets, metrics, capital and resource plans, timelines, deliverables, risk management, change control, and status reporting to stakeholders and senior leadership. The position manages geographically distributed and offshore teams as well as third-party vendors, coordinating schedules and priorities, integrating teams into project strategy, and ensuring functional, sustainable delivery. It applies technical program management expertise to support business solutions, build stakeholder relationships, address business needs, monitor results, and adapt to changing organizational demands. The role is based at 811 Excellence Dr, Bentonville, Arkansas. The employer requires a bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field plus five years of relevant experience, or a master’s degree or equivalent in one of those fields plus two years of relevant experience. The listed pay range is $110,000 to $220,000 per year, with additional annual or quarterly performance incentives.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field plus five years of experience in technical project management or related experience; OR a master’s degree or equivalent in one of those fields plus two years of such experience.
Experience developing software solutions, including with Java or Python.
Experience coding using Java and Python.
Experience designing data integration pipelines using ESB Pipeline, IBM Data Stage, IBM Integrated Bus (IIB), SAP BODS, or SAP Hana.
Experience designing and implementing enterprise integrations using Managed File Transfers (MFT) technology.
Experience managing code repositories in GitHub.
Experience with backlog grooming and prioritization of epics in Jira.
Experience managing data using Big Data technologies such as Hadoop, Spark, or HIVE.
Experience designing and developing Unix shell scripts for data enrichment, data purging, and data transfers.
Experience with data analysis using SQL and PL/SQL.
Experience handling data integrations using pub-sub technology such as Kafka.

Responsibilities

Mentor project managers, monitor program and project progress, provide status reports and executive summaries, develop new project managers, and guide peers and management on project management methods.
Adhere to and promote Walmart Global eCommerce project management methodologies, contribute to methodology development and improvement, and communicate needed changes through established feedback channels.
Manage multiple highly complex projects or a large complex program through its lifecycle, including serving as project lead or scrum master, maintaining schedules, managing risks and change control, escalating issues, coordinating production issue resolution, and reporting status to senior leadership and stakeholders.
Lead project and program development by collaborating on scope, forecasting expenses, managing budgets, establishing metrics, developing capital and resource plans, defining timelines and deliverables, ensuring delivery, and providing feedback on project success.
Manage geographically distributed teams, offshore development teams, and third-party vendors by coordinating schedules and priorities, integrating teams into project strategy, communicating status, evaluating system capabilities, and ensuring proper and sustainable functionality.
Provide expert advice and guidance, support customer and business needs, and build commitment for recommendations and best practices.
Build stakeholder relationships, identify business needs, carry out processes and practices, monitor progress and results, identify improvement opportunities, and adapt to competing demands and organizational changes.