Technical Program Manager

Position: Staff, Technical Program Manager

Position Summary... What you'll do...The Staff, Technical Program Manager – Data & AI Governance leads vendor and platform management across Walmart's AI ecosystem, driving data requirements into release cycles for third-party enterprise generative AI platforms and internally built AI platforms. This role requires expertise in data governance, program management, and stakeholder engagement to own business unit relationships spanning across the organization, and international markets.

The position involves driving intake, prioritization, and governance execution — data classification, layer placement, and access review for restricted data. The successful candidate will independently manage cross-functionally initiatives. About the team:
Team owns data foundation that powers responsible AI adoption across Walmart. We manage vendor relationships and platform integrations for the AI tools associates and teams rely on every day, while partnering with business units across the enterprise to govern how data is classified, accessed, and used. By driving data requirements into vendor release cycles and building repeatable onboarding motions for new platforms and business units, we reduce operational friction and enable leadership to answer critical questions about AI adoption and ROI.

Positioned at the intersection of data governance, vendor management, and business strategy, we turn complex challenges into scalable solutions. What you'll do:

• Drive data requirements into release cycles for third-party enterprise generative AI platforms and internally built AI platforms, bringing new platforms into production.
• Own business unit relationships across the organization, and international markets to align on data needs and priorities.
• Lead intake, prioritization, and governance execution for restricted data, including classification, layer placement, and access review.
• Land agent and prompt data across all platforms to support enterprise AI ROI reporting.
• Build a repeatable onboarding motion for new business units that run without Director-level involvement.
• Resolve data ownership gaps across business units, including Finance, to ensure clean, sustained data landing.

What you'll bring:

• Proven expertise in program management, including planning, execution, and governance for high-complexity data and AI initiatives.
• Strong vendor management skills, with experience driving requirements into external platform release cycles.
• Experience owning cross-functional business unit relationships across domestic and international markets.
• Technical knowledge of data classification, access control, and governance frameworks for restricted or sensitive data.
• Effective communication skills to align stakeholders and drive consensus without direct authority.
• Analytical problem-solving skills to translate ambiguous governance requirements into a repeatable operating model.
• Ability to identify process improvements and build scalable, sustainable governance motions.

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 experts 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.

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