Sr Principal Engineering Program 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.

Who We Are:

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:

   

Job Description Summary

It is an exciting time to be part of HPE. As more and more companies continue to embrace and embark on their own Digital Transformation journeys, they are looking for strategic partners like HPE to help them get there. Combining HPE's unique blend of offerings under a consumption based "pay as you go" model allows organizations to scale their transformation effectively. This Engineering Program Manager role is the driver to ensure those offerings are delivered effectively and in line with HPE's vision and strategy. This is an excellent opportunity for someone that is mid-career and is looking to join a team that is consistently willing to challenge the status quo and operate differently to ensure effective delivery of programs and offerings.

Job Description

At HPE we believe in The Power of "Yes We Can", Accelerating What's Next, Making Bold Moves, and Being a Force For Good. Among a multitude of others, we push our team members to:

Obsess over the customerFail fast, learn & improveDemonstrate "We" before "I"Exercise healthy impatienceBe relentlessly curiousEmbrace courage over comfort

The Engineering Program Manager is responsible and accountable for planning, tracking, and driving various programs from Pre-Concept through to Launch within our Private Cloud and Flex Solution Business Unit. This role will work across multiple Business Units (BUs) and engage cross functionally with peers and executives. This includes active engagement and management of all aspects of the program including communication, status reporting, schedule creation and management and identification /mitigation of issues and risks.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Managing highly complex engineering programs utilizing standard Program Management tools while implementing best practices across each phase of the program.Creating and managing program schedules that show all applicable stakeholders, risks, issues and dependencies while maintaining a clear and well-defined path to completion.Overseeing and ensuring all program deliverables are released and align with applicable milestones and completion criteria.Partnering with Product Management to understand the market, customer requirements, product area/roadmap, roadmap dependencies & targeted technical needs.Ensuring team members are aligned prior to key milestone checkpoints & governance reviews and that core functions are aligned with their respective leadership.Communicating program changes and updates proactively and effectively – verbally and in writing, while working to create simple messaging for complex topics. Managing cross-functional teams, working with peers to establish and strengthen relationships that foster communication and a sense of teamwork. Providing clear, timely and objective communication to executivesDocumenting program results and where applicable drive lessons learned. Leading through ambiguity and change and being an advocate for process improvement initiatives and ideas.Exhibiting strong leadership skills, including coaching, team- building, and conflict resolution.

For qualified candidates located within the US, this role may be open to location as long as the candidate is within the US.

Education and Experience Required:

Experience managing a variety of business or product development programs is requiredKnowledge of private cloud initiatives and the strategic direction of private cloudBachelor’s or master’s degree in Business Management, Engineering, Computer Sciences, or equivalent.PMP/PMI certification preferredExperience presenting and working with executive level management6+ years of experience managing/supporting engineering teams at the executive level5+ years of experience with software development and cloud train release models5+ years managing highly complex NPI engineering programs utilizing standard Program Management tools while implementing best practices across each phase of the program.

Knowledge and Skills:

Excellent project management skills, including project structuring and managing multiple work streams interdependently.Strong analytical thinking, analysis, and problem-solving skillsAbility to effectively communicate program management architectures, plans, proposals, and results, while also negotiating options at business unit levels.Business acumen and strategic agility with demonstrated technical cognizance.Strong verbal and written communication skills, including negotiation, presentation, and influence.Ability to independently draft and present deliverables, recommendations, and communication strategies.History of innovation with examples of developing new technical, engineering and/or manufacturing processes.Superior group facilitation, interviewing, and influence skills.Proficiency in and use of program and product management tools such as Smartsheets, Aha! and other programs.Strong relationship management skills, including partnering and consulting.Willingness to challenge the status quo.

This role is open to remote workers within the US, unfortunately this role is unable to offer sponsorship at this time.

Additional Skills:

Accountability, Accountability, Action Planning, Active Learning (Inactive), 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 {+ 5 more}

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.

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Job:

Engineering

Job Level:

TCP_05

    

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