Distinguished, Technical Program Manager

Distinguished, Technical Program Manager

Bentonville, AR

Distinguished, Technical Program Manager

Bentonville, AR

Distinguished, Technical Program Manager

Bentonville, AR

Multiple locations

R-2591172

Bellevue, WA: $156,000 - $312,000/yr

Bentonville, AR: $130,000 - $260,000/yr

Regular/ Permanent

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Bellevue, WA: $156,000 - $312,000/yr

Bentonville, AR: $130,000 - $260,000/yr

Regular/ Permanent

Role summary: Distinguished Technical Program Manager, you’ll define and lead the operational strategy for Marketplace Engineering. You’ll partner with engineering executives to improve reliability, operational excellence, developer productivity, and engineering maturity across thousands of engineers. This role combines strategic leadership, technical depth, and organizational influence to deliver large‑scale engineering initiatives that improve how Marketplace builds, deploys, and operates software.

About the team: The Marketplace Platform Reliability team develops and maintains engineering systems that support thousands of engineers in delivering reliable, scalable, and high‑performing software. The team manages platforms, operational intelligence, AI capabilities, and engineering standards to enhance productivity and system reliability. Focused on innovation and continuous improvement, members design robust, scalable solutions that support business growth while optimizing operational efficiency.

Collaboration, strategic alignment, and effective program management drive technical excellence across the Marketplace organization, ensuring high‑quality standards and sustained platform performance.

What you’ll do:

• Define and lead Marketplace‑wide strategies for reliability, operational excellence, and engineering maturity.
• Partner with engineering leaders to drive cross‑organizational initiatives spanning availability, observability, incident management, engineering productivity, and AI.
• Establish engineering standards, operating mechanisms, and organizational metrics that improve consistency across Marketplace.
• Drive execution of complex, multi‑organization programs while influencing technical direction and engineering strategy.
• Measure outcomes through operational intelligence and continuously improve engineering performance at an organizational scale.

What you’ll bring:

• Experience leading large‑scale technical programs across multiple engineering organizations.
• Strong technical understanding of distributed systems, cloud platforms, software delivery, reliability engineering, and operational excellence.
• Proven ability to influence executive stakeholders and align engineering organizations around common technical objectives.
• Experience driving organizational transformation through engineering standards, operational metrics, and cross‑functional leadership.
• Excellent communication, strategic thinking, and executive presence with the ability to lead through influence rather than authority.
• Demonstrated success delivering measurable engineering and business outcomes in large, complex technology organizations.

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,…