(USA) Senior Manager, Program Management
Position Summary
The Senior Manager, Program Management leads the execution of complex business initiatives by aligning priorities, removing obstacles, and driving performance improvements. This role serves as the execution engine behind the People Partner organization's highest-impact priorities, translating strategy into actionable plans and ensuring initiatives move from concept to implementation. The Senior Manager simplifies complexity by leveraging AI-enabled solutions, dashboards, and data-driven insights to improve decision-making, streamline execution, and enhance organizational effectiveness. The role leads cross-functional initiatives across organizational design, talent, change management, and strategic workforce priorities, delivering scalable solutions that accelerate business outcomes.
About the Team
The People Partner organization supports Merchandising and Health & Wellness leaders in building high-performing teams that adapt quickly and deliver results. As part of this group, the Senior Manager, Program Management collaborates with People Leaders, People Partners, and business leaders to translate complex priorities into scalable solutions. The team brings clarity to ambiguity, leads cross-functional initiatives, and transforms strategy into sustainable actions that enhance organizational effectiveness and accelerate business outcomes. This role emphasizes structured execution, continuous improvement, and strong communication to drive impactful program management across the organization.
What You'll Do
- Lead execution of high-impact People and business initiatives by identifying priorities, aligning stakeholders, removing barriers, and driving measurable business outcomes.
- Partner with People Partners and business leaders to translate strategic priorities into scalable people solutions across organizational design, talent, change management, and workforce planning.
- Develop and manage governance routines, execution plans, dashboards, and AI-enabled solutions that improve decision-making, increase visibility, and accelerate execution.
- Drive continuous improvement by identifying process gaps, simplifying ways of working, and implementing scalable solutions that enhance organizational effectiveness.
- Evaluate program health using data and insights, proactively manage risks and dependencies, and influence cross-functional stakeholders to achieve strategic objectives.
What You'll Bring
- You're naturally curious, continuously look for better ways of working, and aren't afraid to challenge the status quo.
- You bring a positive attitude, a collaborative spirit, and know how to make hard work enjoyable while building strong partnerships.
- You thrive in ambiguity and enjoy bringing structure, clarity, and momentum to complex challenges.
- You're a strategic thinker who can translate ideas into action and deliver results through influence, collaboration, and execution.
- You build trusted relationships, communicate with confidence, and effectively partner with leaders across the business.
- You embrace technology, AI, data, and dashboards to simplify work, improve decisions, and create scalable solutions.
Minimum Qualifications
- 2 years' experience leading cross-functional teams.
- 3 years' experience using intermediate functionality of Microsoft Office.
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Human Resources, or related field and 4 years' experience in project management, compliance, operations management, or related area OR 6 years' experience in project management, compliance, operations management, or related area.
Preferred Qualifications
- Managing a budget, profit and loss statement, or related financial process.
- Master's degree in Business Administration or related field (e.g., project management, compliance, operations management).
- Project Management Certification.
Pay
The annual salary range for this position is $80,000.00 – $155,000.00. Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses and, for certain positions, stock.
Benefits
- 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.
- Live Better U is a Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates, covering high school completion to bachelor's degrees, English Language Learning, and short-form certificates—tuition, books, and fees are completely paid.