Principal, Technical Program Manager

Walmart Walmart · Retail · Bellevue, WA +1

Leads complex, large-scale technology programs by defining goals, managing cross-functional dependencies, and driving end-to-end delivery. This role requires expertise in program and risk management, technical design, and stakeholder engagement to ensure scalable, high-quality solutions. The position involves coordinating multiple teams, resolving ambiguities, and implementing continuous improvements while maintaining clear communication with stakeholders. The successful candidate will leverage domain knowledge and analytical problem-solving to optimize program outcomes, mentor team members, and promote operational excellence across technical initiatives.

What you'd actually do

  1. Define and manage large-scale technical programs with multiple dependencies, ensuring alignment of goals, timelines, and resources.
  2. Lead cross-functional teams to deliver end-to-end technology solutions, resolving ambiguities and driving clarity in program execution.
  3. Oversee system design discussions, ensuring scalability, high availability, and performance across software and infrastructure components.
  4. Identify risks, develop mitigation plans, and manage issues to maintain program momentum and achieve objectives.
  5. Establish and improve scalable workflows, prioritization frameworks, and operational excellence practices.

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, engineering, or related area and 6 years’ experience in engineering, engineering program management, technical program management, product management, or related area.
  • 8 years’ experience in engineering, engineering program management, technical program management, product management, or related area.
  • Extensive experience in program and project management, including risk mitigation and stakeholder engagement across complex, cross-functional initiatives.
  • Strong technical expertise in system architecture, software development, and infrastructure design, with the ability to translate requirements into scalable solutions.
  • Proven ability to define and execute program plans, manage dependencies, and drive continuous improvement processes.
  • Skilled in communication and alignment, capable of delivering clear, data-driven updates to stakeholders.
  • Demonstrated analytical problem-solving skills with a focus on data-driven decision making and impact analysis.
  • Experience mentoring teams and fostering high-performance environments to achieve strategic objectives.

Nice to have

  • Certification in Pr

What the JD emphasized

  • complex, large-scale technology programs
  • cross-functional dependencies
  • end-to-end delivery
  • program and risk management
  • stakeholder engagement
  • scalable, high-quality solutions
  • coordinating multiple teams
  • resolving ambiguities
  • implementing continuous improvements
  • clear communication with stakeholders
  • domain knowledge
  • analytical problem-solving
  • optimize program outcomes
  • operational excellence
  • technical initiatives
  • software engineering, data, AI systems, and rapid experimentation
  • intelligent automation at scale
  • agent orchestration
  • customer-facing AI systems
  • iteration speed
  • practical impact
  • systems that learn from usage
  • ambiguous problem spaces
  • define patterns as we build them
  • transforming how we solve challenging and impactful business and technical problems
  • Growth Tech
  • maximizing agentic development tools
  • Code Puppy
  • Claude Code
  • OpenAI Codex
  • AI coding agents extensively
  • plan, spec, design, implementation, testing, refactoring, documentation, and operational workflows
  • practical standards
  • building scalable, reliable, secure production systems
  • program and project management
  • risk mitigation
  • stakeholder engagement
  • complex, cross-functional initiatives
  • system architecture
  • software development
  • infrastructure design
  • translate requirements into scalable solutions
  • define and execute program plans
  • manage dependencies
  • drive continuous improvement processes
  • communication and alignment
  • clear, data-driven updates to stakeholders
  • analytical problem-solving skills
  • data-driven decision making
  • impact analysis
  • mentoring teams
  • fostering high-performance environments
  • achieve strategic objectives