Walmart

Senior Manager, Technology Operations

Walmart$108K — $216K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in relevant field or equivalent experience
  • 5-7 years in project/program management or related area
  • 2 years of supervisory experience
  • Strong understanding of technology operations and platform design
  • Experience with data governance and compliance enforcement
  • Exceptional stakeholder management skills
  • Deeply analytical with experience optimizing large-scale distributed data systems

Responsibilities

  • Lead strategic initiatives to enhance data infrastructure and pipeline processes
  • Implement data governance and risk management frameworks for new technologies
  • Identify and resolve infrastructure bottlenecks using data-driven analysis
  • Align cross-functional teams on data engineering priorities
  • Conduct technical risk assessments to identify and prioritize vulnerabilities

Benefits

  • Health benefits including medical, vision, and dental coverage
  • 401(k) plan and stock purchase options
  • Paid time off including sick leave, parental leave, and bereavement
  • Company-paid life insurance and disability benefits
  • Educational support through Walmart's Live Better U program
  • Company discounts and military leave pay
  • Adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement
Full Job Description
Position Summary...

What you'll do...
Role summary:
The Walmart Marketplace team is one of the fastest growing and most strategic areas within Walmart's global business portfolio. Our mission is to empower third-party sellers and deliver cutting-edge eCommerce solutions, leveraging the scale, reach, and innovative spirit of Walmart. By joining our team, you will be at the forefront of protecting our platform, driving strategic change, and developing the operational foundations that safeguard millions of daily transactions. The environment is fast paced, highly collaborative, and offers the opportunity to make an outsized impact on Walmart's future.

About the team:
The Marketplace Seller Risk team drives trust and platform integrity by developing advanced technology, tools, and frameworks that enable secure and efficient seller operations. Combining expertise in technology, business strategy, product development, data science, and engineering, the team delivers innovative solutions balancing operational efficiency with risk management. Members collaborate to support long-term marketplace excellence, continuously improving processes aligned with strategic goals. This team fosters a reliable environment for all stakeholders, ensuring sustainable growth and a healthy platform ecosystem through effective program management, stakeholder engagement, and technology-driven risk mitigation.

What you'll do:
  • Lead strategic initiatives focused on scaling the data infrastructure and pipeline architecture across Seller Risk tools.
  • Risk Mitigation for New Technologies: Implement data governance guardrails, lineage tracking, and schema enforcement frameworks for automated risk decisioning systems, ensuring pipeline integrity.
  • Use structured, data-driven problem solving to identify infrastructure bottlenecks and quantify system impact.
  • Influence cross-functional stakeholders to align on data engineering priorities and drive architectural execution.
  • Risk Assessment & Prioritization: Lead technical risk assessments to identify and prioritize data vulnerabilities impacting system latency, platform fairness, and ingestion reliability.


What you'll bring:
  • Strong knowledge of technology operations, platform design, and automation to support strategic technology initiatives.
  • Demonstrated ability to develop and enforce policies while ensuring compliance with organizational standards.
  • Exceptional stakeholder management and influencing skills to build consensus and drive collaborative outcomes.
  • Ability to translate business requirements into actionable technology solutions aligned with strategic goals.
  • Leadership experience in mentoring, coaching, and developing high-performing teams.
  • You are platform-savvy and understand how risk strategy translates into scalable backend architecture and features.
  • You are deeply analytical and comfortable optimizing large-scale distributed data systems.
  • You balance big-picture data architecture thinking with disciplined, Agile execution.


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 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.

Hoboken, New Jersey US-10279: The annual salary range for this position is $108,000.00 - $216,000.00

Sunnyvale, California US-11789: The annual salary range for this position is $117,000.00 - $234,000.00

Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses.

Additional compensation for certain positions may also include :

- Stock








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, management information systems, industrial engineering, engineering management, business,information systems, project/program management, information technology, finance, management, or related area and 5 years' experience inproject management, program management, program operations, or related area.Option 2: 7 years' experience in project management, program management, program operations, or related area.2 years' supervisory experience.

Preferred Qualifications...

Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.

Master's degree in computer science, management information systems, industrial engineering, engineering management, business, information systems, project/program management, information technology, finance, management, or related area and 4 years' experience in project management, program management, program operations, or related area., We value candidates with a background in creating inclusive digital experiences, demonstrating knowledge in implementing Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA standards, assistive technologies, and integrating digital accessibility seamlessly. The ideal candidate would have knowledge of accessibility best practices and join us as we continue to create accessible products and services following Walmart's accessibility standards and guidelines for supporting an inclusive culture.

Primary Location...

221 River St, Hoboken, NJ 07030, United States of America

About Walmart

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Size
2,300 employees
Market Cap
$387 billion
Industry
Net Income
$13.5 billion
Founded
1962
5 Year Trend
+3.3%
Revenue
$559.1 billion
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