Product Lifecycle Manager (PLM) Program Manager - Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company

This role has been designed as 'Hybrid' with an expectation that you will work on average 2-3 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 diverse 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:

The Product Lifecycle Manager (PLM) Program Manager will drive and manage End-to-End Product Lifecycle Planning, Program Execution, and Performance Management for Compute products and services throughout the product lifecycle:

• Strategy, Definition and Development
• Launch & Sales Ramp
• Active Selling Lifecycle
• End of Sales/End of Support

The Compute PLM Program Manager will lead cross functional teams and form interlocks across all Business Units through the value chain to manage product(s) through the lifecycle - Product Management, Supply Chain, Finance, R&D, Sales Enablement, Marketing and Pointnext.

As a PLM program manager, you would:

Engage regularly with the PLM core team members - developing relationships, sharing best practices, identifying dependencies, identifying opportunities for improvement, fostering teamwork, and gaining synergies where applicable. Drive program planning and execution with Business Unit cross functional leads to achieve commitments in the following areas - business, financial, quality targets, schedule, process execution and product launch. Provide support and/or lead teams through the New Product Introduction process with related functions such as engineering, supply chain and Pointnext.

Responsibilities:

• Manage complex projects following defined process and governance, utilize program management tools, and implement best practices across end-to-end product lifecycle.
• Strengthen core team relationship through collaboration, influence, and negotiation. Be able to lead through ambiguity and change.
• Effectively program manage the product lifecycle ecosystem through required meeting infrastructure, such as Core Team, Program Approval Committee, and Readiness meetings.
• Develops and directs development of schedules, critical deliverables, budget, resource allocation plan, and other support requirements for assigned program.
• Manages activities of supporting project teams and internal development partners; ensures progress against established plan and makes determinations based on analysis of business information to alter or update schedule and resource allocation to meet product requirements and development schedule.
• Be an agent of change and support, apply and advocate governance processes and requirements.
• Manages cross-functional teams and communications to facilitate projects and ensure timely delivery to clients.
• Manages the development of project guidelines, contingency plans, objectives, and deliverables.
• Proactively identify issues and solutions, and marshal resources necessary to attack and resolve.
• Lead program lessons learned, feed back into the team & process for future programs.
• Consults with business leaders on a wide range of issues related to the strategy formulation process and related programs.
• Independently drafts and presents deliverables & recommendations, experience presenting to Sr. Executives.
• Drives innovation and integration of new technologies and quality initiatives into projects and activities in the manufacturing and/or engineering organization.
• Leads and provides guidance and mentoring to less-experienced staff members.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree required or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of experience of Program Management within a technology function.
• Strong knowledge of servers is preferred
• Understanding of R&D within a technology function

Knowledge and Skills:

• Excellent project management skills.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Extensive experience with using project and program planning tools and software packages to create, manage, and track project results.
• Ability to summarize abstract ideas clearly and independently manage project objectives.
• Product ecosystem understanding - products and customer requirements, dependencies, internal and external partners, etc. - technically and organizationally for effective program management.
• In-depth knowledge of hardware/firmware/software build, validation, and release processes.
• Create and form cross BU interlocks on roadmap and solution-level planning.
• Regularly host program core teams, update portals, share meeting minutes, track open actions through completion & be operationally effective.
• Analyze program performance - strategic, operational & financial.
• Comfortable with financial analysis to assess historical performance & demand plans - aligning financial plans to in-market performance/expectation.
• Very strong verbal and written communication skills, including negotiation, presentation, and influence; mastery in English and local language.
• Superior group facilitation and interviewing skills.
• Strong relationship management skills, including partnering and consulting.
• Developed leadership skills, including team building, conflict resolution, and management.
• Ability to learn and draw on new analytical techniques to develop creative approaches to project objectives.

Additional Skills:

Accountability, Accountability, Active Learning (Inactive), Active Listening, Bias, Business Decisions, Business Development, Business Metrics, Business Performance, Business Strategies, Calendar Management, Coaching, Computer Literacy, Creativity, Critical Thinking, Cross-Functional Teamwork, Design Thinking, Empathy, Follow-Through, Growth Mindset, Intellectual Curiosity (Inactive), Leadership, Long Term Planning, Managing Ambiguity, Personal Initiative {+ 5 more}

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.

Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We are unconditionally inclusive in the way we work and celebrate individual uniqueness. We know diverse 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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The expected salary/wage range for a U.S. -based hire filling this position is provided below. Actual offer may vary from this range based upon geographic location, work experience, education/training, and/or skill level. If this is a sales role, then the listed salary range reflects combined base salary and target-level sales compensation pay. If this is a non-sales role, then the listed salary range reflects base salary only. Variable incentives may also be offered. Information about employee benefits offered can be found at https://myhperewards.com/main/new-hire-enrollment.html .

USD Annual Salary: $86,000.00 - $198,000.00

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