Principal Product Manager

Principal Product Manager

Company:
Hewlett Packard Enterprise.

This role is designed as ‘Hybrid’ with an expectation that you will work on average 2 days per week from an HPE office.

Houston, TX

Designs, plans, develops and manages a product or portfolio of products throughout the solution portfolio lifecycle: from new product definition or enhancements to existing products; planning, design, forecasting, and production; to end of life.

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.

• Independently lead and drive the end‑to‑end strategy and operational product roadmap for one or more complex products or a product portfolio.
• Build and deliver the value proposition, target customer segments, and business case to bring innovative and disruptive products to market for a product portfolio with respect to the whole company product portfolio (i.e., product configuration mix, revenue/margins, financials, market share).
• Synthesize market requirements (MRD) into marketing/customer details through having intimate customer knowledge and business, financial, and industry market acumen.
• Guide key stakeholders on the portfolio strategy across all phases of the lifecycle (e.g., planning, development, launch, management, exit).
• Create and drive goal alignment and collaborate across one or more products’ value chain partners to optimize margins and enable success of products per plans across the product lifecycle (e.g., Engineering: product development, Supply Chain: SKUs, inventory and Marketing: marketing and pricing strategies and Go‑To‑Market Plan).

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in computer science, engineering or related field of study. MBA or advanced degree in computer science or engineering preferred.
• 10+ years of work experience in related field.
• Technical understanding and knowledge of the relevant industry.

• Extensive team skills and ability to cross‑functionally drive/influence work through others, ability to mentor and lead teams to achieve results for complex, ambiguous projects.
• Extensive skills in cost‑efficient solution building, financial performance metric creation and analysis.
• Extensive business acumen and knowledge of root cause analysis and problem detection.
• Technical understanding and knowledge of the relevant industry and ability to provide product‑specific technical training to the team.

• Cross Domain Knowledge
• Customer Engagement
• Design Thinking
• Development Fundamentals
• Dev Ops
• Go‑to‑Market Expertise
• Partner Management
• Product Lifecycle Management
• Security‑First Mindset
• Strategic Pricing
• Strategy Creation
• User Experience (UX)
• Value Creation
• Vendor Management

Health & Wellbeing:
Comprehensive suite of benefits supporting physical, financial, and emotional wellbeing.

Personal & Professional Development:
Programs to help reach career goals, whether within HPE or in other divisions.

Unconditional Inclusion:
Inclusive work environment celebrating individuality; flexible to manage work and personal needs.

USD Annual Salary: $ - $

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 based on 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.

Please :
Equal Employment Opportunity.

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