(USA) Staff, Technical Program Manager

Position Summary...

What you'll do...

Staff Technical Program Manager

About the Team:

VIZIO is a pioneer in software and OS development for our Smart TVs. We are actively looking for a Technical Program Manager who is smart, pays attention to detail, and is good with critical thinking to manage delivery of the software development process, and define our roadmap.

Qualifications

• Driving multi-functional efforts across major technical fields: SW, HW, Product, and QA

• Excellent in communication, writing and self-starter

• Solid knowledge of software engineering standard methodologies and related dependencies

• Strong leadership skills and ability to inspire team members

• Solid understanding of SDLC

• Solid understanding of Agile, Scrum, Waterfall and Kanban development methodologies

• Good understanding of OS systems, media, and system architecture

• Sound understanding of UX and UI development

• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work with many different personality types

• 8+ years demonstrated ability with both engineering development and project/program management are required

• Bachelor's degree in computer sciences, Information Systems, or similar

• Ability to work well in a fast-paced, multifaceted environment

• Excellent planning, time management, organizational and interpersonal skills

• Excellent with project management tools and capacity planning is necessary as well as solid experience with JIRA & Confluence

• Solid experience and comfortable partnering with engineering teams throughout feature development from architecture, design, implementation, and validation

• Own roadmap, priorities, prioritization, and timelines for technologies

• Solid understanding of code repositories (Github/BitBucket) and build process

Responsibilities

• VIZIO is looking for a proactive and forward-thinking senior level technical program manager to enhance existing operations and platform projects

• In this hands-on role, you will help manage implementation efforts of our operations platforms, monitoring and leading engineering teams to ensure milestones and deadlines are met

• Run and lead engineering team to deliver products and solutions for sophisticated embedded systems

• Provide outstanding leadership to program team to deliver projects/programs timely, with high quality while achieving excellent results

• Perform overall program-level planning & lead program execution of interdependent projects, and drive effective and accurate status reporting

• Be responsible for the identification of risks and issues, and development of risk mitigation strategies and associated processes

• Identify critical partners and required engagement model and handle effective decision- making with leadership/engineering teams

• Supervise overall roadmap, identify and report potential obstacles such as scope creep, resource and personnel shortfalls, and problems with schedule, and release delays

• Communicate with related parties with software engineers, product managers, and development teams

• Conduct data analysis to deliver insights for Engineering Managers

• Outstanding communication and presentation skills to engineers, managers, and execs

• Identifying risks, developing mitigation strategies, and facilitating resolutions

• Proactively identify, prioritize, and drive resolution to program issues

• Help the team with ongoing improvements to the program management processes

• Collaborate with Engineering, Quality, Operations, and Marketing teams

At Walmart, we offer competitive pay as well as performance-based bonus awards and other great benefits for a happier mind, body, and wallet. Health benefits include medical, vision and dental coverage. Financial benefits include 401(k), stock purchase and company-paid life insurance. Paid time off benefits include PTO (including sick leave), parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting. Other benefits include short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more.
You will also receive PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes. The amount you receive depends on your job classification and length of employment. It will meet or exceed the requirements of paid sick leave laws, where applicable.
For information about PTO, see https://one.walmart.com/notices.
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.
Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to a specific plan or program terms.
For information about benefits and eligibility, see One.Walmart.

The annual salary range for this position is $110,000.00 - $220,000.00
Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses.
Additional compensation for certain positions may also include :
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Minimum Qualifications...

Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications.

• Option 1: Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, engineering, or related area and 5 years’ experience in engineering, engineering program management, technical program management, product management, or related area.
• Option 2: 7 years’ experience in engineering, engineering program management, technical program management, product management, or related area.

Preferred Qualifications...

Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.

Certification in Project Management., Master’s degree in Business Administration, with specialization in strategy, supply chain, finance, information systems, or related area and 3 years’ experience in product design., We value candidates with a background in creating inclusive digital experiences, demonstrating knowledge in implementing Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA standards, assistive technologies, and integrating digital accessibility seamlessly. The ideal candidate would have knowledge of accessibility best practices and join us as we continue to create accessible products and services following Walmart’s accessibility standards and guidelines for supporting an inclusive culture.

Primary Location...

, DALLAS, TX 75254-7521, United States of AmericaWalmart and its subsidiaries are committed to maintaining a drug-free workplace and has a no tolerance policy regarding the use of illegal drugs and alcohol on the job. This policy applies to all employees and aims to create a safe and productive work environment.

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