Business Planning Manager III

Overview

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 Family Definition: Defines, manages, and evaluates business plans to ensure they are operationally executable against defined strategic objectives. Leads and partners with cross-functional teams to develop plans and execute with and support data-driven models. Prepares comprehensive implementation tactics, including execution plans, follow-up guidelines, assessment, and process and results accountabilities. Ensures that business activities are aligned with stated plans among different stakeholders.

Work cross functionally with other business units, create project plans, execute and track, and manage escalations as needed. Be accountable and hold others accountable for results.

Management Level Definition

• The Senior Program Manager for Ops Ramp / HPE Bundle Activation owns end-to-end customer activation and onboarding execution for all bundled customers across HPE hardware and Ops Ramp SaaS.
• This role is responsible for ensuring that customers who purchase bundles activate, onboard, and realize value, by proactively tracking every customer, identifying friction points, and driving resolution across Sales, Delivery, Product, Engineering, and Customer Success.
• This is a cross-functional execution role at the intersection of GTM, services delivery, and SaaS onboarding, with direct impact on attach realization, time-to-value, adoption, and expansion.
• This role is foundational to turning Ops Ramp + HPE bundles from sold products into activated, adopted, and expanding customer relationships.

Responsibilities

• Work cross functionally with service delivery teams and business units to ensure faster
• Activation / Onboarding / tracking / issue management, Ownership
• Program management and Cross functional execution
• Reinforcement of unification of Hardware & SaaS lifecycle
• Overall project tracking, including data and accounts tracking
• Operational visibility and Reporting and KPIs

Education And Experience Required

• 7+ years in program management, operations, deep knowledge of go-to-market, customer onboarding, and services delivery
• Strong experience working in complex, matrixed enterprise environments
• Background in SaaS, and infrastructure
• Excellent project management skills, including leading large, cross-functional initiatives that impact the organization and get results
• Strong analytical skills with comfort using dashboards, KPIs, and operational data
• Superior business acumen and technical knowledge within area of responsibility.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including executive ready communication (written and verbal)
• Strong leadership and relationship management skills, including partnering and team building, conflict resolution.
• Customer first mentality, customer experience is a plus
• Knowledge of HPE services is preferred

Additional Skills

• Accountability, Accountability, Active Learning, Active Listening, Bias, Business Decisions, Business Development, Business Metrics, Business Performance, Business Strategies, Calendar Management, Coaching, Computer Literacy, Creativity, Critical Thinking, Cross-Functional Teamwork, Design Thinking, Empathy, Follow-Through, Growth Mindset, Intellectual Curiosity (Inactive), Leadership, Long Term Planning, Managing Ambiguity, Personal Initiative

What We Can Offer You

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