A Program Manager in FinOps will have accountability to one or more pillars. You will be responsible for helping Global Technology Platforms assess growth and investment opportunities in Cloud, driving the organization towards EDLC in technology, developing and managing and approach unit cost economic, and connecting costs to business values and goals. This leader will drive cultural change to remove blockers; empower engineering teams to deliver better features, apps, and migrations faster; and enable a cross-functional conversation about where to invest and when . These responsibilities will center on driving the FinOps governance model centrally. Intake and Tradeoffs to drive prioritization are the initial introduction into the role and set the foundation for future accountability and success.
What you'll do:
As a Program Manager, you will be responsible for :
- Drive proactive and constant alignment across all stakeholders towards the program goal.
· Coordinate with stakeholders and product team members to design and deliver financial management and reporting features to drive FinOps governance. · Analyze and solve complexities and problems with domain experts Including framing, analysis, narrative building, and facilitation
- Relationship Management techniques
- LRP & AOP for the Pillar – aligning to overall Go-Forward Strategy from Product Portfolio.
- Stakeholder management strategy
- Enable accountability of prioritization of product Investment
- Collaborate to balance multiple priorities including unexpected projects that surface
- Developing a comprehensive FinOps governance process aimed at optimizing decision making at scale. You will be working across pillars to establish a well-defined process to identify opportunities for greater investment and greater efficiency.
- Collaborating with a Tech Strategy (Core FinOps) team to facilitate a cultural shift toward a more wholistic view of cloud spend in the context of unit cost and business metrics.
- Collaborating with GTP leaders and partners in the Tech Strategy (FinOps) team to establish best practices for Cloud FinOps in several FinOps Domains like Charge back/show back
· Developing a comprehensive FinOps governance process aimed at optimizing decision making at scale. You will be working across pillars to establish a well-defined process to identify opportunities for greater investment and greater efficiency. · Identifying opportunities to improve the end-to-end strategy planning process, within the organization and across our sister organizations
Ongoing accountability includes collaboration across the portfolio and requires consistent review cadences with trusted data points.
- Partner with the Data team to build a FinOps Scorecard, validation and reporting.
- Data-driven and fact-based decision-making techniques/methodologies
- Manage communication and analytics around P&L for the Portfolio – CapEx, OpEx, Labor, etc.
- Resource alignment recommendations and utilization guidance
- Qualitative and quantitative data management (for example, feedback, facts, analysis)
- Track progress through setting up the right cadences and report progress against OKRs to teams, cross functional stakeholders, and Walmart leadership.
- Provide accomplishments and key portfolio metrics for Leadership forums like All Hands, MBRs, Pillar reviews
- Define strategic plans for platforms Cloud FinOps goals including attribution via chargeback or showback, efficiencies, forecasting, and unit costing
- Align with product, engineering, strategy, and finance stakeholders on broad range of FinOps strategies and plans
- Execute plans using program management techniques to advance FinOps cloud cost goals driving Product TCO
Deliverables:
Ongoing communication and assessment of the portfolio is critical to realizing strategic goals. The below deliverables will support the responsibilities listed above:
- Intake assessments and insights
- Pillar – Product/ Dev Manager owner sync up
- Planning deliverables
- Pillars reporting and Scorecard
- Prioritization model (including leadership alignment and understanding)
- Establish standard reporting template
- Monthly wins & accomplishment for Pillars
- Pillar Financial governance
- Prepare MBR and Deep Dive
- Communication Strategy and plans
- Chargeback/Showback strategy and execution plans
- Efficiency tracking process alignment, structure, and cadence
- Forecasting and Anomaly visibility
- Articulate business value and/or technical volume vs spend
What you'll bring:
To be a successful Program Manager for FinOps, you should have the following skills and qualifications:
- Proficiency in technical and soft skills are required for success in this role. Emphasis on core competencies allows faster alignment and portfolio negotiations to occur. It also establishes a foundation to build trust and accelerate alignment.
- Guide resource management decisions as part of prioritization and tradeoff discussions
- Program Management
- Financial Management
- Knowledgeable about contract renewal processes and timelines
- System (people, process, technology, places) design & optimization
Competencies:
- Communication/Influence
- Planning
- Adaptability
- Teamwork
- Judgement
- Customer Centered
- Forecasting recommendations
You’ll really wow us if…
- You bring strategic thinking to everyday Portfolio problems and back recommendations with accurate data.
- Your ability to rise above group think and see beyond the here and now is matched only by your intellectual curiosity.
- You consider yourself to be a student of the world who thrives in an ever-changing environment that holds within its new challenges and chances to prove your expertise.
- You seek out and champion opportunities to improve processes rather than just be added to a project to ensure it is efficiently run.
- Knowledge about the GTP Product Portfolio
Minimum Qualifications
- Successfully been a Project or Program Manager for several large scale efforts
- Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills
- Certification as a FinOps Practitioner and an understanding of FinOps Personas and how these relate to FinOps Domains and Capabilities.
- Knowledge of agile methodologies alongside some experience using tools like Confluence, JIRA, and experience writing project plans
- Experience communicating with senior executives in both Finance and Informational Technology on topics related to Total Cost of Ownership (TCO), FinOps, and Cloud.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills
- Comfortable presenting to and persuading at the Director and Vice-Presidential level.
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Management, Business or related field; experience may be substituted for degree + Minimum of 5+ experience in project management or change management
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience successfully implementing a Continuous Improvement program
- Lean Six Sigma certification
- Quantitative or engineering background
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.
Bentonville, Arkansas US-30095: The annual salary range for this position is $110,000.00 - $220,000.00
Sunnyvale, California US-11657: The annual salary range for this position is $143,000.00 - $286,000.00 Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses. Additional compensation for certain positions may also include :
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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 6 years’ experience in engineering, engineering program management, technical program management, product management, or related area.
- Option 2: 8 years’ experience in engineering, engineering program management, technical program management, product management, or related area.
Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.
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