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Position Summary...

We are looking for a **Senior Distinguished Technical Program Manager** to lead transformational programs that scale and enhance Walmart’s transactional platforms—powering billions of customer interactions across global markets. As a Senior Distinguished TPM, you will define and drive a portfolio of high-impact initiatives that shape the future of Walmart’s transactional systems, ensuring performance, reliability, and innovation at massive scale. You will partner with engineering, product, and business leaders to deliver strategic outcomes that advance Walmart’s mission to help people save money and live better.

About Team: Transactional Technology

The **Transactional Technology** team builds and evolves the platforms that power Walmart’s core commerce experiences—spanning payments, orders, receipts, and checkout across online and in-store ecosystems. We enable seamless, secure, and efficient transactions for hundreds of millions of customers globally.

Our team is part of **Walmart Global Tech** , working at the intersection of high-volume distributed systems, financial technology, and cutting-edge AI to ensure every customer experience is fast, reliable, and effortless.

What you’ll do:

+ Partner closely with business, engineering, and architecture leaders across Walmart International and U.S. markets to define and execute large-scale transactional system programs.

+ Lead the end-to-end delivery of multi-year, cross-functional initiatives that modernize transactional infrastructure and enable next-generation experiences in payments, checkout, and order management.

+ Establish and maintain program roadmaps, defining clear milestones, success metrics, and accountability across multiple organizations and stakeholders.

+ Provide technical thought leadership across architecture, reliability, scalability, and AI-powered automation within transactional systems.

+ Anticipate and mitigate program and delivery risks through proactive planning, data-driven insights, and effective communication.

+ Influence and align global stakeholders, balancing competing priorities and ensuring focus on business-critical outcomes.

+ Drive organizational excellence by mentoring TPMs and engineering leaders, establishing best practices in execution, communication, and long-term program sustainability.

+ Represent the Transactional Technology organization in strategic forums to advocate for scalability, customer impact, and innovation.

What** **you’ll** **bring:

+ Proven experience leading large-scale, high-complexity technology programs spanning engineering, architecture, and business domains.

+ Deep understanding of transactional systems, distributed architectures, and high-throughput data processing in enterprise-scale environments.

+ Strong technical acumen with the ability to guide architectural decisions, influence design trade-offs, and ensure alignment with Walmart’s enterprise platform strategy.

+ **Experience in defining and championing long-term technical vision and strategy** for the entire application portfolio, ensuring alignment with overall business objectives and enterprise architecture standards.

+ **Effectively lead, influence, and manage the technical output and direction** of multiple, geographically dispersed engineering teams and managers in a matrixed organizational structure.

+ **Lead high-stakes evaluations and make final “build vs. buy” determinations** for core system capabilities, factoring in total cost of ownership (TCO), speed to market, integration complexity, and strategic differentiation.

+ **Manage and be accountable for annual operational and capital budgets** , including resource allocation, software licensing, cloud consumption, and vendor spend.

+ Exceptional stakeholder management and executive communication skills—adept at driving clarity and alignment across global, cross-functional teams.

+ Ability to manage through ambiguity, identify synergies, and deliver measurable results under aggressive timelines.

+ Experience using advanced program management frameworks, financial modeling, and data-driven prioritization.

+ A leadership style grounded in mentorship, collaboration, and continuous improvement, fostering an inclusive and high-performance culture.

+ Passion for innovation, with demonstrated success driving modernization, automation, and platform evolution initiatives at scale.

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.

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.

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 (https://one.walmart.com/) .

Sunnyvale, California US-11807: The annual salary range for this position is $208,000.00 - $416,000.00

Bentonville, Arkansas US-10866: The annual salary range for this position is $160,000.00 - $320,000.00 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 8 years’ experience in engineering, engineering program management, technical program management, product management, or related area.

• Option 2: 10 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 6 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...

815 Eleventh Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94089-4731, United States of America

Walmart 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.

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, abilities, ideas and opinions- while being inclusive of all people.