Storage Program Manager III in Bristol

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

Who We Are: 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. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good. If you are looking to stretch and grow your career our culture will embrace you. Open up opportunities with HPE.

Job Description:

Job Family Definition: Provides support and/or leads teams through the product development lifecycle process and implementation of HPE Storage products. Projects are typically shorter-term, and less complex efforts with defined time frames. Programs are typically longer-term, focused efforts with defined deliverables and may span multiple functions, projects, and release activities across engineering, supply chain, manufacturing, services, quality, product management, and go-to-market teams. Manages activities, resource capability, schedules, budgets, and cross-company communications to facilitate product delivery on schedule and within budget. Works with PMO management and cross-functional stakeholders to improve process and program efficiency. Work can involve external parties such as OEM partners, standards bodies, suppliers, and other partners.

Management Level Definition: Contributions impact technical components of HPE products, solutions, or services. Leverages subject matter expertise to solve common and sometimes complex program and business issues, recommends alternatives where needed, and uses independent judgment to determine the best approach for meeting objectives. Partners with engineering, supply chain, manufacturing, services, quality, and product management teams to drive Storage program execution, manage dependencies and risks, resolve schedule, readiness, and operational issues, and manage sustaining activities. May provide guidance and mentoring to less-experienced team members.

Responsibilities:

• Position reports into the HPE Storage Program Management Office (PMO) within the Hybrid Cloud organization.
• Leads one or more Storage programs across functions and project teams to deliver product offering, release scope, and service-related deliverables.
• Creates schedules, key deliverables, budget inputs, resource plans, and other support requirements for assigned programs and release activities.
• Coordinates with internal and external partners, ensures alignment, tracks progress against plans, and drives updates to schedules, milestones, or resource allocation to meet product requirements and timelines.
• Manages the activities of a cross functional team, ensures effective collaboration and communication.
• Drives cross-functional execution for Storage releases, readiness activities, sustaining work, documentation, and launch support.
• Communicates program status, risks, escalations, and issue analysis to stakeholders and collaborates with management and partner teams to resolve issues and support program objectives.
• Provides guidance and mentoring to less-experienced staff members.

Education and Experience Required:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Business or Information System Management, Engineering, Computer Sciences, or equivalent.
• PMP/PMI certification preferred.
• Typically, 4-6 years’ experience as a program manager.

Knowledge and Skills:

• Experience using program planning tools and software packages, including Smartsheet and related systems, to create, manage, and track the programs integrated schedules, action trackers, dependencies, risks, and program readiness.
• Experience working with OEMs.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to assess risk, identify issues early, evaluate alternatives, and drive decisions using data from engineering, supply chain, services, and operations.
• Demonstrated experience coordinating cross-functional teams across engineering, product management, supply chain, manufacturing, services, quality, finance, and go-to-market functions.
• Ability to create and manage schedules, milestone plans, and budget inputs for Storage programs spanning the Product Lifecycle; product introduction, execution, release readiness, sustaining activities, and operational follow-through.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate program plans, risks, decisions, and status clearly to stakeholders and management.
• Ability to escalate issues appropriately and negotiate options across management and partner teams.
• Ability to work independently while seeking support and accepting guidance when needed.

What We Can Offer You:

Health & Wellbeing: We strive to provide our team members and their loved ones with a comprehensive suite of benefits that supports their physical, financial and emotional wellbeing.

Personal & Professional Development: We also invest in your career because the better you are, the better we all are. We have specific programs catered to helping you reach any career goals you have — whether you want to become a knowledge expert in your field or apply your skills to another division.

Unconditional Inclusion: We are unconditionally inclusive in the way we work and celebrate individual uniqueness. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good.

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