Director, Chief of Staff for Hybrid Cloud COO

About the role

The Office of HPE’s Hybrid Cloud COO is seeking an execution-focused Director, Chief of Staff to serve as a trusted operating partner to the senior leader and stakeholders across the HPE organization. This role will drive cross-functional execution, improve operational visibility, resolve issues, and ensure timely follow-through across engineering, product, operations, and HPE initiatives. This role has been designed as “Onsite” with an expectation that you will primarily work from an HPE office.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate executive priorities, communications, decisions, and follow-up.
• Drive execution across cross-functional initiatives, dependencies, risks, and escalations.
• Establish operating mechanisms for leadership meetings, accountability, and issue resolution.
• Prepare executive updates, operating reviews, presentations, and decision materials.
• Track KPIs, milestones, and deliverables; analyze data to identify risks and improvement opportunities.
• Drive process improvements that increase efficiency, quality, and execution consistency.
• Represent Hybrid Cloud in cross-functional HPE forums.
• Lead and develop a high-performing team.
• Travel approximately 25%.

Requirements

• 8+ years in business operations, product or engineering operations, program management, or a related field.
• Proven ability to drive execution in complex, fast-paced organizations.
• Strong business acumen and operational judgment.
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders without direct authority.
• Experience managing cross-functional dependencies, risks, escalations, and deliverables.
• Strong analytical, organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills.
• Technology industry experience, preferably in cloud or enterprise technology.
• Prior HPE experience or familiarity with HPE processes is highly desirable.
• People leadership experience preferred.

Benefits

• Health & Wellbeing: Comprehensive suite of benefits supporting physical, financial, and emotional wellbeing for team members and their loved ones.
• Personal & Professional Development: Investment in career growth with specific programs for becoming a knowledge expert or applying skills to another division.
• Unconditional Inclusion: Inclusive work culture celebrating individual uniqueness, flexibility to manage work and personal needs, and a commitment to bold moves together as a force for good.