Distinguished -Technical Program Manager

Location: Chennai

Job Summary:

Walmart People Tech is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Distinguished Technical Program Manager directly reporting to the Senior Director of TPM. You will be responsible of spearheading some of People Tech’s key projects, managing and leading communication with customers, stakeholders, and engineering teams.

About Team

The Enterprise People Technology team supports the successful deployment and adoption of new People technology across the enterprise. As a Fortune #1 company, our work impacts millions of associates globally. We strive to continuously improve people technology and products to help managers and associates so they can focus on what matters most - supporting our customers and members. People Technology is one of the major segments of Walmart Global Tech’s Enterprise Business Services, which is invested in building a compact, robust organization that includes service operations and technology solutions for Finance, People, and the Associate Digital Experience.

Walmart is a multi-national people led tech powered omnichannel retailer with over 2.2M associates. At People Tech, we help, support and empower the HR department with technology and solutions to improving productivity, harnessing the opportunities for growth, focusing on well-being and cultivating cultures of belonging to all Walmart's associates.

As a Distinguished, Technical Program Manager in the Well-being Org, you'll drive initiatives that connect over 2.2M associates to the benefits they count on every day. Our solutions must scale to meet the needs of a Fortune #1 company, while providing personalized support to individual Associates when they need it most.

Position Responsibilities:

What you will do:

Lead cross-functional teams, ensuring collaboration, alignment, and effective communication.

Utilize advanced project management tools to monitor KPIs, milestones, and deliverables, addressing potential roadblocks to keep projects on schedule.

Establish and enforce rigorous quality standards, conducting thorough reviews to meet or exceed customer expectations.

Support discovery and product documentation, including hands-on requirements gathering and creation of PRDs.

Oversee project budgeting and resource allocation, optimizing utilization while staying within budget constraints.

Develop clear communication plans to keep stakeholders informed of project progress, fostering transparency and trust.

Proactively address project-related challenges, employing strong problem-solving skills to maintain momentum.

Drive adoption of industry-leading project management methodologies, refining processes to enhance efficiency.

Conduct post-project evaluations to assess performance, capture lessons learned, and identify improvement opportunities.

What you will bring:

10 years of Technical Program Management experience in a related industry, with ownership of programs/products/features, scoping requirements, planning milestones, and project management.

5 +years of experience leading software development projects with aggressive schedules and significant business impact.

strong communicator in both verbal and written forms, adept at communicating upwards, outwards, and downwards.

Experience with agile development methodologies (e.g., Scrum).

Experience with project delivery for large, cross-functional projects.

Experience with object-oriented development and design, preferably in both client and server development solutions.

Experience and proficiency with web technologies and tools.

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a passion for data-driven decision-making.

Preferred Experience in SAP/Payroll, including configuration, implementation, and project management. Familiarity with SAP HCM modules, payroll processes, and compliance.

About Walmart Global Tech

Imagine working in an environment where one line of code can make life easier for hundreds of millions of people. That’s what we do at Walmart Global Tech. We’re a team of software engineers, data scientists, cybersecurity expert's and service professionals within the world’s leading retailer who make an epic impact and are at the forefront of the next retail disruption. People are why we innovate, and people power our innovations. We are people-led and tech-empowered. We train our team in the skillsets of the future and bring in experts like you to help us grow. We have roles for those chasing their first opportunity as well as those looking for the opportunity that will define their career. Here, you can kickstart a great career in tech, gain new skills and experience for virtually every industry, or leverage your expertise to innovate at scale, impact millions and reimagine the future of retail.

Flexible, hybrid work:

We use a hybrid way of working that is primarily in office coupled with virtual when not onsite. Our campuses serve as a hub to enhance collaboration, bring us together for purpose and deliver on business needs. This approach helps us make quicker decisions, remove location barriers across our global team and be more flexible in our personal lives.

Benefits:

Benefits Beyond our great compensation package, you can receive incentive awards for your performance. Other great perks include a host of best-in-class benefits maternity and parental leave, PTO, health benefits, and much more.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Walmart, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer – By Choice. We believe we are best equipped to help our associates, customers and the communities we serve live better when we really know them. That means understanding, respecting and valuing diversity- unique styles, experiences, identities, ideas and opinions – while being inclusive of all people.

The above information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed in the role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. The full Job Description can be made available as part of the hiring process.