Staff, Technical Program Manager @ Walmart

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.

• Drive quarterly planning efforts, effectively negotiate against priorities, resources, and timelines to secure commitments from partner teams.
• Create the environment for effective collaboration across 4ITB by establishing appropriate forums and enabling Ways of Working improvements.
• Establish processes that drive efficient planning and execution.
• Work with product and engineering in solutioning of new capabilities, driving clarity in product requirements.
• Create a detailed program plan with milestones and timelines and maintain program documentation.
• Resolve ambiguous situations and bring clarity to the program teams.
• Manage program scope, including changes and scope creep ensuring that the program stays aligned with its original scope.
• Monitor program progress against the established schedule and provide weekly status reports to the program stakeholders.
• Proactively identify potential risks and develop mitigation plan and manage cross-functional issues to unblock program team.
• Ensure monitoring and alerting are set up and ensure effective operational excellence frameworks are implemented.
• Ensure that the program adheres to the organization s standards, policies, and best practices.

• A bachelor s degree in computer science/engineering or equivalent.
• Overall 15 years of technical experience with 8+years of experience as a Technical Program Manager in software delivery within a related industry managing aggressive schedules and significant business impact.
• Experienced in system/platform design concepts, architecture, UXdesign, 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, projectmanagement 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, BigPicture, etc.would be advantageous.