Private Cloud & Flex Solutions - Product Lifecycle Manager

Private Cloud & Flex Solutions - Product Lifecycle Manager

This role has been designed as 'Hybrid' with an expectation that you will work on average 2 days per week from an HPE office.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the global edge-to-cloud company advancing the way people live and work. We help companies connect, protect, analyze, and act on their data and applications wherever they live, from edge to cloud, so they can turn insights into outcomes at the speed required to thrive in today's complex world. Our culture thrives on finding new and better ways to accelerate what's next. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good. If you are looking to stretch and grow your career our culture will embrace you. Open up opportunities with HPE.

Job Description:

Provides support and/or lead teams through the engineering development process and implementation of company's products. Projects are typically shorter-term, less complex and more contained with a defined time frame. Programs are typically longer-term, multi-functional, multi-project with complex requirements and effort. Manage activities, resource capability, schedules, budgets, and ensure cross company communications to facilitate product completion on schedule within budget. Work with engineering management to identify and improve process and program efficiencies. Work can involve external parties such as standards bodies, partners, etc.

Contributions have visible technical impact on a product or major subcomponent. Applies in-depth professional knowledge and innovative ideas to solve complex problems. Visible contributions improve time-to-market, achieve cost reductions, or satisfy current and future unmet customer needs. Recognized internal authority on key technology area applying innovative principles and ideas. Provides technical leadership for significant project/program work. Leads or participates in cross-functional initiatives and contributes to mentorship and knowledge sharing across the organization.

We're looking for a program manager that can operate at the PLM and EPM levels. The Product Lifecycle Manager (PLM) Program Manager provides end-to-end program ownership across the product lifecycle, ensuring smooth execution from concept to end-of-life. The PLM Program Manager acts as the central coordinator between Product, Engineering, and cross-functional teams, driving alignment on scope, dependencies, risks, and release commitments.

The Engineering Program Manager (EPM) drives execution excellence within engineering by owning schedules, aligning dependencies, and ensuring successful delivery across all phases of the product lifecycle. EPM acts as the connective tissue between engineering, product, and customer-facing teams — removing roadblocks, governing agile practices, enabling smooth transitions from development through customer deployment and ongoing lifecycle management.

Responsibilities:

• Manages and leads key programs involving multiple functions and program teams to drive the engineering development and implementation process for multiple products or service offerings for a Global Business Unit.
• Facilitates the Product Development Lifecycle (PDLC) and ensures teams follow governance requirements.
• Works with Executive Stakeholders (PAC, Product Committees) to manage approvals, and governance decisions.
• Manages product planning and release schedules, including creating program release schedules in Smartsheet.
• Works with PLM (Product Lifecycle Mgt.) Program Manager to manage roadmap alignment and PAC/Executive reporting.
• Provides updates and input to the PLM Program Manager on engineering execution.
• Directs the development of overall program strategy, budgets, resource allocation plans, and general program requirements for the Global Business Unit.
• Manages activities of supporting program teams and internal and external development partners; ensures alignment with unit strategy and owns responsibility for overall program profit and loss management.
• Communicates program progress, escalations, and issue analysis to product stakeholders; collaborates with business unit management and internal manufacturing and development partners to recommend and implement changes to products, processes, or business practices to drive continuous improvement and manage program costs.
• Drives innovation and integration of new technologies and quality initiatives into projects and activities in the manufacturing engineering organization.
• Reviews and evaluates program plans and guidelines for compliance with program management guidelines and standards; provides tangible feedback to improve overall program management quality and results for the organization.
• Leads and provides guidance and mentoring to less-experienced staff members to set an example of program management innovation and excellence.

Education and Experience Required:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Business Management, Engineering, Computer Sciences, or equivalent experience.
• PMP/PMI certification preferred Typically 10+ years experience.
• 5+ years of experience managing/supporting engineering teams at the executive level.
• 4+ years of experience with software development and cloud train release models.

Knowledge and Skills:

• Knowledgeable about PDLC and Agile best practices.
• Experience designing and developing project and program planning tools and software packages to create, manage, and track project results.
• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills.
• Demonstrated business acumen, understanding of organizational strategy, and successful experience managing all aspects of cross- business unit programs, including communicating with internal and external stakeholders and directing matrixed teams and resources.
• History of innovation with examples of developing new technical, engineering and/or manufacturing processes.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; mastery in English and local language.
• Ability to effectively communicate program management architectures, plans, proposals, and results, and negotiate options at business unit levels.

Additional Skills:

• Accountability
• Action Planning
• Active Learning
• Active Listening
• Agile Methodology
• Agile Scrum Development
• Analytical Thinking
• Bias
• Coaching
• Creativity
• Critical Thinking
• Cross-Functional Teamwork
• Data Analysis Management
• Data Collection Management (Inactive)
• Data Controls
• Design
• Design Thinking
• Empathy
• Follow-Through
• Group Problem Solving
• Growth Mindset
• Intellectual Curiosity (Inactive)
• Long Term Planning
• Managing Ambiguity

What We Can Offer You:

Health & Wellbeing

We strive to provide our team members and their loved ones with a comprehensive suite of benefits that supports their physical, financial and emotional wellbeing.

Personal & Professional Development

We also invest in your career because the better you are, the better we all are. We have specific programs catered to helping you reach any career goals you have — whether you want to become a knowledge expert in your field or apply your skills to another division.

Unconditional Inclusion

We are unconditionally inclusive in the way we work and celebrate individual uniqueness. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good.

USD Annual Salary: $130,500.00 - $300,000.00

HPE is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Veterans/Disabled/LGBT employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, or any other protected category, and all decisions we make are made on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need. Our goal is to be one global team that is representative of our customers, in an inclusive environment where we can continue to innovate and grow together.