Sr Principal Engineering Program Manager

About the role

This role has been designed as ‘Onsite’ with an expectation that you will primarily work from an HPE office.

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.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic software and hardware quality improvement initiatives across the HPE Networking portfolio.
• Drive quality governance, continuous improvement, release quality, product reliability, and operational excellence through cross-functional leadership and data-driven decision making.
• Define and execute portfolio-wide quality improvement roadmaps.
• Establish quality governance processes, executive reviews, and operating rhythms.
• Drive organizational alignment around quality goals, metrics, and accountability.
• Champion a quality-first culture across engineering and operations teams.
• Communicate program progress, escalations, and issue analysis to product stakeholders; collaborate with business unit management and internal partners to recommend and implement changes to products, processes, or business practices to drive continuous improvement and manage program costs.
• Lead with authority and offer guidance and mentorship to less-experienced team members to set an example of program management innovation and excellence.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in business management, Engineering, Computer Sciences, or equivalent.
• PMP/PMI certification preferred.
• Typically 10+ years’ experience.

Knowledge and Skills

• Experience managing programs and projects, designing and implementing processes, tools and governance in the areas of HW and SW quality improvement.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrated business acumen, understanding of organizational strategy, and successful experience managing all aspects of cross-business unit programs, including communicating with internal and external stakeholders and directing matrixed teams and resources.
• History of innovation with examples of developing new technical, engineering and/or manufacturing processes.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; mastery in English and local language, with an excellent ability to communicate nuanced concepts and influence in written and oral communications with a broad vocabulary.
• Ability to effectively communicate program management architectures, plans, proposals, and results, while also negotiating options at business unit levels.

Pay

The expected salary/wage range for this position in the United States is:

• Annual Salary USD 174,000 - 352,500 in California

The listed salary range reflects base salary. Variable incentives may also be offered.