(usa) Staff, Technical Program Manager

Walmart Walmart · Retail · Irvine, CA

Lead end-to-end delivery of next-generation TV & Audio products by owning complex, interdependent hardware NPI and software platform programs from concept through mass production. This role aligns engineering, product, quality, supply chain, and global suppliers to hit critical milestones, manage risk, and ensure operational readiness for launch. The TPM drives clarity through ambiguity, balances technical tradeoffs, and helps scale program management best practices across the organization.

What you'd actually do

  1. Lead multiple complex TV & Audio hardware and software programs across vendors, platforms, and geographies.
  2. Own NPI execution: scope, schedules, milestones, dependencies, critical path, and risk/issue management.
  3. Drive cross-functional execution with Engineering, Product, Quality, Marketing, Legal, and Supply Chain.
  4. Partner with ODM/SoC suppliers (including off-hours meetings) to resolve issues and coordinate releases.
  5. Run program cadences, report status/metrics, and drive continuous improvement and lessons learned.

Skills

Required

  • 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.
  • 7 years’ experience in engineering, engineering program management, technical program management, product management, or related area.
  • JIRA
  • Confluence
  • SharePoint
  • Smartsheet
  • MS Project
  • PowerPoint

Nice to have

  • PMP preferred
  • 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.
  • knowledge of accessibility best practices
  • implementing Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA standards
  • assistive technologies
  • integrating digital accessibility seamlessly

What the JD emphasized

  • hardware NPI
  • software platform programs
  • consumer electronics
  • global supplier partners
  • system-level technical fluency