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Position Summary…
What you’ll do…
The Technical Program Manager & Scrum Master is a dynamic role focused on driving the planning, execution, and delivery of complex technical projects using the Scrum framework, while collaborating closely with cross-functional teams to ensure successful project completion. This position requires exceptional project management expertise, in-depth knowledge of Scrum principles, and the capacity to effectively lead and support cross-functional teams in achieving their goals.
About Team:
What you’ll do:
1. Define project scope, goals, and deliverables in collaboration with key stakeholders, and develop detailed project plans, including timelines, budgets, resources, and milestones.
2. Coordinate and manage cross-functional teams to ensure project tasks are completed on time and within scope, while facilitating Scrum events such as Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Review, and Sprint Retrospective.
3. Guide the team in understanding and applying Scrum principles and practices, and remove impediments and roadblocks to enable the team to focus on achieving their goals.
4. Collaborate with the Product Owner to ensure the team has a clear and prioritized backlog, and promote effective communication and collaboration within the team and with stakeholders.
5. Identify and mitigate project risks, monitor progress, and communicate updates to stakeholders regularly, while fostering strong relationships with internal and external partners to ensure project success.
What you’ll bring:
1. Strong project management skills: Demonstrated ability to define project scope, develop detailed plans, and effectively manage resources, timelines, and budgets to drive projects to successful completion.
2. In-depth knowledge of Scrum: Proficiency in applying Scrum principles and practices, facilitating Scrum events, and guiding teams in adopting the framework for improved project execution.
3. Exceptional leadership and team collaboration: Proven ability to lead and support cross-functional teams, fostering a culture of continuous improvement, and promoting effective communication and collaboration among team members and stakeholders.
4. Problem-solving and adaptability: Capacity to identify and remove impediments, mitigate project risks, and adapt to changing project requirements and constraints, ensuring project success.
5. Excellent communication skills: Ability to effectively communicate project updates, risks, and requirements to stakeholders, while fostering strong relationships with internal and external partners.
About Walmart General/Not Function Specific
Sam Walton opened the first Sam’s Club in 1983 to meet a growing need among customers who wanted to buy merchandise in bulk. Since then, Sam’s Club has grown rapidly, opening more than 600 clubs in the U.S. and 100 clubs internationally. By offering affordable, wholesale merchandise to members, Sam’s Club helps make saving simple for families and small business owners. Sam’s Club employs about 110,000 associates in the U.S. The average club is 134,000 square feet and offers bulk groceries and general merchandise. Most clubs also have specialty services, such as a pharmacy, an optical department, a photo center, or a tire and battery center.
Future Ways of Working:
Our company’s success can be attributed to our employees. While technology has allowed us to be effective while working remotely, there is no substitute for being in the office together; it helps to shape our culture, collaborate, innovate, build relationships, and move more quickly. We strive to provide flexibility in order to promote a healthy work-life balance but recognize that in-person interactions are important to our culture and shared success. We’ll meet in person on a regular and purposeful basis.
Benefits:
Benefits: Beyond our great compensation package, you can receive incentive awards for your performance. Other great perks include 401(k) match, stock purchase plan, paid maternity and parental leave, PTO, multiple health plans, and much more.
Equal Opportunity Employer:
Sam’s Club is an Equal Opportunity Employer- By Choice. We believe we are best equipped to help our associates, customers, and the communities we serve live better when we really know them. That means understanding, respecting, and valuing diversity- unique styles, experiences, identities, abilities, ideas and opinions- while being inclusive of all people.
The above information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed in the role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. The full Job Description can be made available as part of the hiring process.
At Sam’s Club, we offer competitive pay as well as performance-based incentive 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 https://one.walmart.com/notices .
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 at https://bit.ly/3iOOb1J .
The annual salary range for this position is $144,000.00-$216,000.00
Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance incentives.
Additional compensation for certain positions may also include:
– Regional Pay Zone (RPZ) (based on location)
– Stock equity incentives
Minimum Qualifications…
Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications.
• Option 1: Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, engineering, or related area and 5 years’ experience in engineering, engineering program management, technical program management, product management, or related area.
• Option 2: 7 years’ experience in engineering, engineering program management, technical program management, product management, or related area.
Preferred Qualifications…
Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.
Certification in Project Management., Master’s degree in Business Administration, with specialization in strategy, supply chain, finance, information systems, or related area and 3 years’ experience in product design.
Primary Location… 840 W CALIFORNIA AVE, SUNNYVALE, CA 94086-4828, United States of America
About Sam’s Club
Sam Walton opened the first Sam’s Club in 1983 to meet a growing need among customers who wanted to buy merchandise in bulk. Since then, Sam’s Club has grown rapidly, opening more than 600 clubs in the U.S. and 100 clubs internationally. By offering affordable, wholesale merchandise to members, Sam’s Club helps make saving simple for families and small business owners.
Sam’s Club employs about 110,000 associates in the U.S. The average club is 134,000 square feet and offers bulk groceries and general merchandise. Most clubs also have specialty services, such as a pharmacy, an optical department, a photo center, or a tire and battery center.
Sam’s Club is an Equal Opportunity Employer- By Choice. We believe we are best equipped to help our associates, customers, and the communities we serve live better when we really know them. That means understanding, respecting, and valuing diversity- unique styles, experiences, identities, abilities, ideas and opinions- while being inclusive of all people.
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