About Team
Intl Search team focuses on building Search Platforms which enables customers across multiple countries to provide browse, search and detailed information on eCommerce platforms.
We're looking for highly skilled and experienced Staff Technical Program Manager with a breadth of skills who can create and execute a plan for new strategic initiatives as well as driving the global technology platforms across Global Tech. You should be able to drive high level design, solutioning & delivery of program with our next generation platforms keeping scalability, robustness and security aspects in focus. The platforms we build will be used by customers & sellers across multiple countries with each of them being a multi billion dollar business for Walmart.
If you thrive on solving complex technical problems and enjoy working in a fast-paced environment with passionate software developers, then this could be the perfect opportunity for you. As our business continues to expand into new opportunities and evolve with innovations in supply chain and customer experience, we have an exciting opportunity to build software that scales our operations, leads the industry through innovation, and delights millions of customers worldwide. We leverage cutting-edge technologies such as big data, machine learning, AI, real-time analytics, and high-volume, low-latency, high-availability services to achieve these goals.
What you'll do:
Owning and driving of several complex programs, forming a portfolio of workstreams that are geared towards achieving business goals of different market segments.
Owning and driving complex, multi-disciplinary and multi-product technology projects using your techno-functional expertise.
Ensuring planning through deep discovery, scope and feature set of programs, understand and articulate detailed requirements with internal customers and usher projects through the entire project lifecycle. This includes managing schedules, identifying risks and clearly communicating them to project stakeholders.
Understanding systems interdependencies and lead cross-functional teams towards technical solutions
Being equally at home explaining your team’s analysis and recommendations to executives as you are discussing the technical trade-offs in product development with engineers.
Proactively and effectively communicating program statuses, identifying potential risks and setbacks, and developing mitigation strategies
Constantly striving to develop best practices in a changing and dynamic environment to ensure on time delivery. Ensuring program documents are complete, current and available for staff and leadership review.
Actively driving and contributing to resource planning to ensure program success and driving internal process improvements across multiple teams and function
What you'll bring
A bachelor’s degree in computer science/engineering or equivalent with 15+ years of industry experience.
7+ years of experience as a Technical Program Manager in software delivery within a related industry managing aggressive schedules and significant business impact.
Experienced in system/platform design concepts, architecture, UX design, services, APIs, and technologies.
Build positive relationships and collaborate with product managers to understand target personas and business process needs, which you will then translate into features and user stories that engineers will leverage to iterate products quickly.
Strong sense of ownership and accountability, with a love for data and solving complex problems.
Expertise in change & risk management methodologies, project management tools, techniques, project tracking tools, dashboards, and reports
Strong communicator in both verbal and written forms and are equally adept in communicating upwards, outwards, and downward.
Deep understanding of JIRA, JIRA Align, Big Picture, etc. would be advantageous.
Desired Qualifications:
Proficient in search engine functions including algorithms, crawling, indexing, and ranking processes.
Capable of analyzing search data and trends, and utilizing this information for strategic decision-making.
Familiar with various search technologies and platforms such as Elasticsearch, Solr, and Google Search Console.
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 with primary in office presence coupled with an optimal mix of virtual presence. We use our campuses to collaborate and be together in person, as business needs require and for development and networking opportunities. This approach helps us make quicker decisions, remove location barriers across our global team, be more flexible in our personal lives.
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.
Belonging
We aim to create a culture where every associate feels valued for who they are, rooted in respect for the individual. Our goal is to foster a sense of belonging, to create opportunities for all our associates, customers and suppliers, and to be a Walmart for everyone.
At Walmart, our vision is "everyone included." By fostering a workplace culture where everyone is—and feels—included, everyone wins. Our associates and customers reflect the makeup of all 19 countries where we operate. By making Walmart a welcoming place where all people feel like they belong, we’re able to engage associates, strengthen our business, improve our ability to serve customers, and support the communities where we operate.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Walmart, Inc., is an Equal Opportunities 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 unique styles, experiences, identities, ideas and opinions – while being inclusive of all people.
Minimum Qualifications...Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications.
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.
Primary Location...Pardhanani Wilshire Ii, Cessna Business Park, Kadubeesanahalli Village, Varthur Hobli , India