Sr Principal Product Manager

About the role

Job Family Definition: Designs, plans, and manages a product or portfolio of products throughout the solution portfolio lifecycle, specifically focusing on sales enablement and go-to market activities.

Management Level Definition: Contributions have substantial impact on HPE's Private Cloud and Flex Solutions Portfolio or products. Go-to creator and innovator for critical business challenges and opportunities. Substantial, unique contributions provide long-lasting, recurring benefits like time-to-market improvements, cost reductions, or satisfying future and current unmet customer needs. Leads and connects others across functions to unite around a common goal. Actively mentors others and contributes to the HPE technical community.

Responsibilities

• Independently leads and drives the go-to-market product strategy and operational product roadmap for Private Cloud AI products
• Create and articulates the value proposition, target customer segments and business cases, to effectively drive go-to-market activities
• Serve as the voice of the field, collaborating with sellers to bring customer requirements into the product management team
• Synthesizes market requirements (MRD) into marketing/customer details through having intimate customer knowledge and business, financial, and industry market acumen
• Actively engages across verticals or customer segment engagements
• Collaborate with tech marketing, product marketing and sales operations to ensures effective positioning and marketing of Private Cloud AI products
• Acts as a leader, providing guidance and mentoring to less-experienced team members and influences them to build effective requirements and roadmaps

Requirements

• 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
• Translation of technical requirements/functions into business value for the customer

Skills

• 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
• Works cross-functionally to align with marketing, operations, and other functions
• Extensive business acumen and knowledge of root cause analysis and problem detection
• Communicates effectively and can tailor message to various audiences
• Ability to engage with analysts and industry experts
• Technical understanding and knowledge of the relevant industry and can provide product specific technical training to the team

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 programs for becoming a knowledge expert or applying skills to another division
• Unconditional Inclusion: Inclusive culture celebrating individual uniqueness, flexibility to manage work and personal needs

Pay

Annual base salary range (USD):

• Colorado: $169,500 – $322,500
• Minnesota & Texas: $161,500 – $370,500

Variable incentives may also be offered. Actual offer may vary based on geographic location, work experience, education/training, and/or skill level.

Schedule

This role is designated as Onsite with an expectation to primarily work from an HPE office.