Product Manager, Service Provider and SRX Platform

About the role

This role is a Hybrid position with an expectation of working 2 days per week from an HPE office. Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) is a global edge-to-cloud company that helps organizations connect, protect, analyze, and act on their data and applications. The role combines platform-level product ownership with vertical-specific strategic leadership.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the long-term vision, roadmap, and investment strategy for the High-End SRX platform
• Own portfolio decisions across features, SKUs, pricing, margins, and transitions
• Translate market and competitive insights into clear differentiation and roadmap priorities
• Build and present business cases to secure funding and executive alignment
• Ensure tight alignment across engineering, supply chain, marketing, sales, and operations
• Define the SRX security strategy for the Service Provider segment
• Deeply understand SP customer environments and use cases, including: 5G and mobile core security, Gi/SGi Firewalls and Security Gateways, Roaming and interconnect security, Large-scale DDoS mitigation and threat prevention
• Shape vertical-specific requirements, positioning, and value propositions
• Prioritize capabilities that deliver carrier-grade scale, performance, automation, and reliability
• Partner with customers, sales teams, and field organizations to capture real-world requirements
• Represent HPE as a trusted security thought leader for Service Providers
• Author clear, actionable product requirements and work closely with engineering on execution
• Collaborate cross-functionally to deliver high-quality products with faster time-to-market
• Present roadmap, strategy, and results to VP-level leadership and key customers
• Use customer feedback, support data, and market trends to continuously refine priorities
• Influence outcomes through credibility, data, and clarity—not authority alone

Requirements

Experience: 7+ years of Product Management experience, preferably in network security. Proven success owning complex, multi-year product lifecycles.

Technical & Market Depth: Strong understanding of network security technologies (firewalls, IPS/IDP, threat prevention, malware protection). Deep familiarity with Service Provider security architectures and deployment models. Experience defining both hardware and software product requirements. Hands-on exposure to Juniper SRX or similar platforms (Cisco, Palo Alto, Fortinet, Check Point, F5) strongly preferred.

Qualifications

Leadership & Communication: Strategic thinker with strong business and financial acumen. Comfortable influencing at the executive level. Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills. Collaborative, customer-focused, and outcome-driven.

Product & Business Strategy: Proven ability to create and execute product strategies that drive measurable business outcomes, including revenue growth, market share, and margin performance. Strong experience shaping strategy for Service Provider and/or large data center markets, with a deep understanding of their scale, performance, and reliability challenges. Well-versed in the network security market, including customer deployment models, consumption and monetization strategies, and evolving industry trends. Demonstrated success delivering complex products to market, from concept through launch and sustained adoption. Ability to forecast demand, define pricing and positioning, and successfully manage product transitions across lifecycle phases.

Skills

Product Management Excellence: 7+ years of full-lifecycle Product Management experience, owning strategy, roadmap, execution, and end-of-life decisions. Skilled at defining both hardware and software product requirements, authoring business plans, prioritizing features, and tracking delivery progress. Strong customer-backwards mindset, translating real-world problems into differentiated product capabilities. Experience balancing innovation with operational rigor to deliver predictable outcomes.

Benefits

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

Personal & Professional Development: Programs catering to career goals, including becoming a knowledge expert in your field or applying skills to another division.

Pay

Annual Salary USD 172,000 - 349,000 in California // 152,000 - 349,000 in Georgia & North Carolina & Texas

Schedule

Hybrid role with expectation of working 2 days per week from an HPE office.