Walmart

Director, Program Management

Walmart

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Bentonville • California • United States

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Salary

💰 $90,000 - $180,000 per year

Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • Own and continuously evolve the enterprise Portfolio & Initiative Governance framework across Data Ventures.
  • Build and maintain a comprehensive portfolio view across all major initiatives.
  • Lead monthly portfolio review forums and executive-level reporting.
  • Implement structured governance to ensure readiness, risk mitigation, and stakeholder inclusion.
  • Institutionalize disciplined execution frameworks across discovery, build, and launch phases.
  • Standardize initiative intake, prioritization, and approval workflows.
  • Define milestone checkpoints and exit criteria for strategic initiatives.
  • Monitor initiative health, risk indicators, and adherence to planning commitments.
  • Drive quarterly planning cycles and roadmap alignment.
  • Serve as the single source of truth for initiative and portfolio health.
  • Build and maintain executive-ready dashboards integrating Jira and portfolio tools.
  • Cultivate strong, trust-based relationships across stakeholder groups.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, or related field
  • 5+ years of experience in program management, portfolio governance, or business operations
  • 5+ years of people leadership experience
  • Experience supporting enterprise strategic planning cycles
  • Strong executive communication and reporting capability
  • 5+ years in program management, portfolio operations, or product operations
  • Experience governing complex portfolios in SaaS, analytics, or data organizations
  • Demonstrated ability to design and scale portfolio governance frameworks
  • Experience leading enterprise planning cycles (LRP, AOP, quarterly planning)
  • Strong prioritization and resource allocation discipline
  • Experience building executive dashboards and performance KPIs
  • Ability to connect initiative health to financial and strategic outcomes
  • Comfort operating in high-growth, high-visibility environments
  • Proven experience building and mentoring program management teams
Benefits
  • 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.
  • Live Better U is a Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
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Soft Skills
executive communicationreporting capabilityprioritizationresource allocationrelationship buildingmentoringtrust-buildingleadershipstakeholder inclusiondiscipline