Advanced Compute and Solutions Program Manager

HP • Fort Collins, CO

3d • $147,050 - $219,050

About The Position

HP’s Advanced Compute & Solutions (ACS) organization is seeking a Solutions Program Manager to lead systems-level programs across high-growth, future-oriented businesses, including data science, AI, and other emerging areas. The role manages ACS Solution Lifecycle programs and establishes foundational governance practices that enable teams to execute efficiently while delivering innovative products that meet customer needs.

The position is accountable for the integrated development and execution of complex software and hardware programs supporting business initiatives and new product releases. It organizes and leads cross-functional teams, aligns internal and external partners, champions complete solutions, and provides direction to product management, R&D, marketing, and supply chain teams. The manager also identifies opportunities to improve program and business processes and implements scalable best practices.

Because the programs may involve novel, first-of-their-kind solutions and differing combinations of hardware, software, and services for varied customer personas and go-to-market methods, the role requires an entrepreneurial approach alongside repeatable program-management and agile practices. The manager ensures cross-functional work aligns with business goals and helps build processes, scale emerging technologies, and shape the future of computing.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in engineering, computer science, business management, or equivalent.
• At least 10 years of relevant industry experience, including demonstrated knowledge of SaaS software and hardware program-management processes, tools, and delivery.
• At least 10 years of experience with Agile development processes and delivery.
• Leadership skills, including coaching, team building, and conflict resolution.
• Advanced program-management skills, including time and risk management, resource prioritization, project structuring, and schedule development and tracking.
• Experience managing integration of hardware and software lifecycles.
• Experience designing and developing project and program planning tools and software packages to create, manage, and track project results.
• A history of innovation, with examples of developing new technical, engineering, or NPI release processes.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Advanced written, verbal, and presentation communication skills for varied audiences; mastery of English and the local language.
• Ability to communicate program-management architectures, plans, proposals, and results, and negotiate options at business-unit levels.
• Strong business acumen and extensive knowledge of SaaS software delivery and technologies, particularly integration with hardware delivery.
• Advanced multitasking and prioritization skills.
• Advanced relationship-management skills, including partnering and consulting.

Nice To Haves

• PMP/PMI certification.
• Understanding of HP policies and processes.

Responsibilities

• Manage and lead key programs involving multiple functions and program teams to drive engineering development and implementation for products or service offerings within a Global Business Unit.
• Direct development of program strategy and general requirements to achieve business objectives.
• Communicate program progress, escalations, and issue analysis to product stakeholders; collaborate with business-unit management and manufacturing and development partners on improvements to products, processes, and business practices, including managing program costs.
• Develop execution plans defining objectives, deliverables, and detailed plans, and negotiate alternatives to create executable plans that meet program objectives.
• Identify milestones, assess resource needs, and obtain resource commitments from partners; coordinate with Product Management, Marketing, R&D, Supply Chain, Support, and other functions to enable delivery.
• Set objectives and priorities, drive tradeoff decisions across program plans and schedules, ensure ownership, and influence partner organizations to meet objectives.
• Lead cross-functional program activities and coordinate execution plans and schedules to monitor deliverables and potential schedule, quality, or cost slippage.
• Identify risks and dependencies, anticipate problems, ensure contingency plans are created, and coordinate responses.
• Surface program issues and disconnects, manage them to resolution, and track conditions and exceptions through closure.
• Serve as the first escalation point when issues or priorities cannot be resolved at the team level, and ensure escalations have clear ownership.
• Communicate status, issues, and resolutions to program teams and stakeholders, and prepare and deliver management checkpoint presentations.
• Ensure program decisions are supported by timely and effective change-management practices.
• Maintain focus on complete and timely delivery of program objectives while balancing customer and business objectives.
• Build relationships across functional teams and businesses to drive organizational change and align teams on common goals.
• Apply business acumen to connect day-to-day activities with the overall business strategy.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Long-term and short-term disability insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Life insurance
• Paid parental leave of 4–12 weeks based on tenure
• 11 paid holidays
• Flexible paid vacation and sick leave
• Bonus and/or equity compensation opportunities

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior