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About Walmart
Walmart Inc. is the world''s largest retailer by revenue, operating a chain of hypermarkets, discount department stores, and grocery stores, as well as a growing e-commerce presence through Walmart.com. Industry: General Merchandise & Grocery Retail
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Listed pay typically runs
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Staff, Technical Program Manager joins the Platforms organization to drive the execution engine for foundational technologies supporting eCommerce, Stores, Supply Chain, and Enterprise systems. This role involves managing medium- to high-complexity programs by defining goals, tracking critical paths, and resolving ambiguities in end-to-end technology solutions. The individual will translate product requirements into robust technical designs across applications, infrastructure, and security while ensuring SRE frameworks like observability and monitoring are applied. Key responsibilities include managing cross-functional dependencies, coordinating stakeholder commitments, and analyzing data to provide actionable insights. Required expertise includes Agile methodology, system design concepts, APIs, cloud computing, and hardware/software lifecycles. The role demands proficiency in program management techniques, benefit analysis, and communication processes to navigate complex technical deliveries while ensuring high-quality standards across the platform engineering landscape.
What does a Technical Program Manager earn in California?
Median $211325 from 72 postings across 20 companies.
Define goals, deliverables, schedules, and critical paths for high-complexity programs aligned with strategic objectives.
Secure commitments from involved teams and manage cross-functional dependencies within assigned work areas.
Translate product feature requirements into robust technical designs across applications, infrastructure, and security.
Manage design architecture and SRE frameworks including observability, monitoring, and roll-back plans.
Resolve ambiguous situations and provide clarity on end-to-end technology solutions during setbacks or blockers.
Track projects against milestones, quality metrics, and budgets while negotiating for necessary resources.
Synthesize data from engineering and product analytics into actionable insights to suggest alternative solutions.
Prepare and communicate complex technical information clearly to large and diverse audiences.
What we're looking for
Candidates must have a Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, engineering, or a related field and 5 years of experience in technical program management or related fields.
Alternatively, candidates may qualify with 7 years of experience in engineering, technical program management, product management, or related areas.
Experience is required in planning, execution, and risk mitigation for medium to high-complexity programs.
Candidates must possess a solid understanding of Agile methodology, system design concepts, APIs, cloud computing, and hardware/software lifecycles.
Knowledge of Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) concepts, including observability, monitoring, and pre-production checklists is required.
Proficiency in stakeholder management and the ability to coordinate cross-functional dependencies is required.
Candidates must be able to translate product feature needs into robust technical designs across infrastructure and security.
Ability to analyze data and use fact-finding techniques to improve processes and deliver measurable outcomes is required.