Job title: Staff Technical Program Manager
Company: Walmart
Job description: About Walmart
Human-led and tech-empowered since 2002, Walmart Global Tech India delivers innovative solutions to the biggest retailer in the world Walmart. By leveraging emerging technologies, we create omnichannel shopping experiences for our customers, across the globe and help them save money and live better. Imagine working in an environment where one line of code can make life easier for hundreds of millions of people, and put a smile on their face. Thats what we do at Walmart Global Tech. Were a team of 15,000+ software engineers, data scientists, and service professionals within Walmart, the worlds largest retailer, delivering innovations that improve how our customers shop and empower our 2.2 million associates. A core philosophy at Walmart is operating with everyday low cost (EDLC). We use technology to operate smarter and deliver everyday low prices (EDLP) to customers and members.
Job Description
Core Program Management skills :
1. Ability to drive complex strategic initiatives with high visibility, critical timelines and multiple teams
2. Ability to foresee risks and adopt relevant risk mitigation strategies
3. Ability to drive complex strategic initiatives with high visibility, critical timelines and multiple teams
4. Ability to build relationships with internal/external stakeholders
5. Develops, drives and implements Program / Project Management practices
6. Interacts with key Business Stakeholders, Engineering/Product Leaders, and Executive sponsors.
7. Expert in understanding and driving complex solutions involving multiple stakeholders/teams to
achieve a desired outcome in stipulated time.
8. Develops, and implements processes and practices to meet business needs.
9. Leads the end to end lifecycle of IDC projects and cross functional programs from inception to
completion of rollouts.
Agile skills :
1. Is able to drive quintessential agile practices in day today routine of squads.
2. Able to coach the squad members about the ways of working Scrum, Scaled Agile or any adopted
ways of working methodology
Communication skills:
1. Excellent executive reports and exec communication skills
2. Uses written communication skills to deliver regular program reports and verbal communication to effectively talk to team members and monitor program progress
Multitasking skills :
1. Work on many tasks/program in parallel, which makes multitasking skills a must-have
Time management skills :
1. Since Technical program managers work with strict deadlines, time management is an essential component of this job
Problem-solving skills:
1. Technical program managers use problem-solving skills to isolate and solve problems with programs to keep progress on track
Your Qualifications:
An Engineering Degree – B.E/B.Tech/MS in any stream Computer Science preferred.
7+ years of Technical Program Management experience in a related industry.
10+ years of relevant work experience in software applications environment and significant managerial
experience.
Experience building processes, project management, and complex program schedules.
Strong project management & cross-group collaboration skills
Prior experience with implementing and driving initiatives using agile methodologies
Solid understanding of the current web technologies and general ability to ramp up and go deep in
based on need. Exposure to retail technology would be preferred.
Think creatively and critically about architecture, and capabilities with innate curiosity and ability to self-
start in an ambiguous and rapidly-changing environment
Good problem-solving skills and ability to think strategically.
Expected salary:
Location: Bangalore, Karnataka
Job date: Sun, 29 May 2022 07:29:44 GMT
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