Walmart

Principal Technical Program Manager

Walmart

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Bentonville • California • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $110,000 - $220,000 per year

Job Level

Lead

Tech Stack

AzureCloudGoogle Cloud PlatformPyTorchTensorflow

About the role

  • Lead end-to-end execution of AI initiatives including agentic AI platforms, GenAI-powered tools, and multi-agent orchestration systems.
  • Translate strategic goals into clear execution roadmaps with milestones, KPIs, and stakeholder alignment across Sam’s Club Tech and Walmart Global Tech.
  • Mentor Staff TPMs, ensuring coordination, tooling consistency, and delivery rigor across AI and platform programs.
  • Manage complex interdependencies across product, data, AI/ML, and other engineering teams.
  • Drive integration of autonomous agents and GenAI across club operations, associate experiences, and member-facing tools.
  • Ensure platform readiness, agent collaboration, AI observability, and evaluations.
  • Serve as a trusted partner across AI/ML, data engineering, product, UX, and business stakeholders.
  • Champion cross-departmental transparency and alignment by driving regular program updates, risk management plans, and executive communications.

Requirements

  • Option 1: 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.
  • Option 2: 8 years’ experience in engineering, engineering program management, technical program management, product management, or related area.
  • 10+ years of technical program management experience, preferably in AI/ML, data platforms, or large-scale digital transformation efforts.
  • Strong technical fluency in cloud, data, and AI/ML architectures (e.g., GCP, Azure, Databricks, Snowflake, LangChain, etc.).
  • Deep understanding of AI observability, model governance, multi-agent systems, and orchestration patterns.
  • Experience leading cross-functional engineering teams and coordinating across TPM, product, data science, and infrastructure orgs.
  • Familiarity with AI/ML frameworks (e.g., TensorFlow, PyTorch, Hugging Face, OpenAI APIs).
  • Working knowledge of AI safety, bias detection, and model validation.
  • Experience with Agile methodologies, program tracking (JIRA, Confluence), and capacity planning.
  • Strong communication and systems thinking skills.
Benefits
  • Incentive awards for performance
  • 401(k) match
  • Stock purchase plan
  • Paid maternity and parental leave
  • PTO
  • Multiple health plans
  • Short-term and long-term disability
  • Company discounts
  • Military Leave Pay
  • Adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement
  • Live Better U education benefit program

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard skills
AI initiativesGenAI-powered toolsmulti-agent orchestration systemsAI/ML architecturescloud architecturesdata platformsAI observabilitymodel governanceAI safetybias detection
Soft skills
mentoringstakeholder alignmentcross-departmental transparencyrisk managementcommunicationsystems thinking
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