--- title: Principal Technical Program Manager at Walmart description: Walmart is hiring for the Principal Technical Program Manager role in Bellevue, WA. Full-time role. See the full description and apply. type: job url: https://www.foundrole.com/jobs/principal-technical-program-manager-at-walmart-inc-01a0e63b-aab5-777c-841f-352cec09157e date: 2026-09-28T21:20:51Z og_description: Join Walmart as Principal Technical Program Manager in Bellevue, WA. Pays $132K–$264K per year. Full-time role. og_image: https://www.foundrole.com/og/pkhcmn.png breadcrumbs: - label: Home url: https://www.foundrole.com/ - label: Search url: https://www.foundrole.com/jobs --- | | | |---|---| | **Company** | [Walmart](https://www.foundrole.com/companies/walmart?utm_source=ai_markdown) | | **Location** | Sunnyvale, CA | | **Salary** | $143K/yr - $286K/yr | | **Type** | Full Time | | **Posted** | Sep 24, 2026 | ## Description **Role summary:** The Principal, Technical Program Manager leads complex, large-scale technology programs by defining goals, managing cross-functional dependencies, and driving end-to-end delivery. This role requires expertise in program planning, technical design, risk management, and stakeholder engagement to ensure scalable, high-quality solutions. The position involves coordinating multiple teams, resolving ambiguities, and implementing process improvements to optimize outcomes. The successful candidate will communicate effectively across varied groups, mentor team members, and apply analytical problem-solving to deliver impactful results aligned with strategic objectives and operational excellence. **About the team:** The Marketplace Tech team at Walmart designs scalable, innovative solutions supporting a vast retail ecosystem. This multidisciplinary group of engineers, architects, and product leaders collaborates to build robust platforms for fulfillment, logistics, and seller experience. Their work spans global supply chain integration, marketplace growth, and customer-focused delivery and returns solutions. Leveraging advanced technology, data insights, and domain expertise, the team ensures Walmart Marketplace remains agile, reliable, and prepared to expand across new business models and markets, driving operational excellence and sustained growth. **What you'll do:** - Define and manage goals, stage gates, critical delivery paths, and key deliverables for large-scale technical programs with multiple dependencies. - Secure commitments for program scopes, delivery dates, and resources while managing cross-functional dependencies. - Translate product requirements into technical designs, ensuring scalability, high availability, and performance. - Identify risks, develop mitigation plans, and proactively resolve issues to maintain program momentum. - Establish and improve scalable workflows, prioritization frameworks, and automation opportunities across initiatives. - Communicate progress and risks clearly to stakeholders, aligning teams and driving consensus. - Mentor team members on best practices and technical program management methodologies. **What you'll bring:** - Extensive experience in program and project management, including risk and stakeholder management across complex, multi-area initiatives. - Proven ability to define goals, stage gates, and critical delivery paths while managing resource constraints and cross-functional dependencies. - Strong technical expertise in system design, cloud infrastructure, software lifecycle, and operational excellence frameworks. - Skilled in translating product requirements into technical designs and ensuring scalable, high-availability solutions. - Proficient in communication and alignment with vadied stakeholders to drive consensus and resolve ambiguities. - Demonstrated analytical problem-solving capabilities using data-driven decision-making and impact analysis. - Experience mentoring teams and implementing process improvements to accelerate delivery and enhance quality outcomes. 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 . 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-11656: The annual salary range for this position is $143,000.00 - $286,000.00 Bellevue, Washington US-11663: The annual salary range for this position is $132,000.00 - $264,000.00 Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses. Additional compensation for certain positions may also include : - Stock ## Skills - High Availability Systems - Project Management - Stakeholder Management - Decision Making - Impact Analysis - Program Management - English Language - Systems Design - Problem Solving - Automation - HTTP/HTTPS - Prioritization - Product Requirements Document (Prd) - Scalability - Software Development Life Cycle - Mentoring - Risk Mitigation - Cloud Infrastructure - Operational Excellence - Consensus Algorithms - Communication ## Benefits - Health Insurance - Dental Insurance - Vision Insurance - Disability Insurance - Life Insurance - Parental Leave - Paid Time Off (Pto) - Sick Leave - 401(k) Plans ## How to Apply [Apply for this position](https://www.foundrole.com/jobs/principal-technical-program-manager-at-walmart-inc-01a0e63b-aab5-777c-841f-352cec09157e?utm_source=ai_markdown) ## Related - [More jobs at Walmart](https://www.foundrole.com/companies/walmart?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Browse all companies](https://www.foundrole.com/companies?utm_source=ai_markdown)