Applied AI Strategy Business Planning Lead - Chief of Staff

HP•Spring, TX

4d•$130,700 - $205,200

About The Position

HP’s Applied AI organization builds internal AI solutions, runs the AI platform, develops AI tools and infrastructure, and enables employee AI training and adoption. HP is seeking a highly organized, strategic, and execution-oriented senior professional to serve as Strategy & Business Planning Lead for Applied AI. The role acts as an operating partner to the VP, Head of Applied AI, helping an organization of more than 120 people operate with clarity, discipline, and speed, while representing the team effectively with senior leaders and cross-functional partners. The successful candidate will manage leadership requests, translate complex AI and technology work into clear executive narratives, maintain financial and operational discipline, and coordinate across leaders, workstreams, and peer Chief of Staff and business operations teams. The role includes executive communications, operating cadence and organizational effectiveness, and coordination or leadership of transformation initiatives and special projects. The annual pay range is $130,700 to $205,200 USD, with additional opportunities for bonus and/or equity for candidates in the United States. Pay varies by work location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. HP offers health, dental, and vision insurance; short- and long-term disability insurance; an employee assistance program; flexible spending accounts; life insurance; and paid time off, including 4–12 weeks of fully paid parental leave based on tenure, 11 paid holidays, and flexible paid vacation and sick leave. Relocation is available.

Requirements

At least 10 years of experience in business operations, strategy and planning, Chief of Staff roles, program or portfolio management, transformation, consulting, or a related field.
Exceptional executive communication skills, including the ability to create clear, concise, visually strong presentations for C-suite and senior leadership audiences.
Strong business acumen and financial literacy, including comfort with budgets, headcount and resource planning, and operational metrics.
Ability to manage complex intake, competing priorities, multiple stakeholders, and fast-moving deadlines with minimal supervision.
Strong collaboration and influencing skills, including the ability to work through leaders and peers without direct authority and build trust across functions.
Technical fluency and curiosity, with the ability to understand AI, data, software, platform, infrastructure, and responsible AI concepts and translate them into business-relevant narratives and operating plans.
Bachelor’s degree required.

Nice To Haves

MBA, MS, or another advanced degree.
Experience working in or supporting AI, data science, software engineering, cloud or platform, infrastructure, automation, or enterprise technology organizations.
Experience supporting a VP-level or senior executive leadership team in a Chief of Staff, business planning, strategy, or operations capacity.
Familiarity with AI adoption, AI governance, responsible AI, privacy, security, model lifecycle, or enterprise AI enablement topics.
Experience building operating mechanisms for a complex organization, including OKRs, portfolio reviews, roadmap reviews, executive dashboards, and team cadences.

Responsibilities

Develop presentation materials for C-suite and senior executive audiences, including strategy updates, operating reviews, transformation narratives, investment cases, and progress reports.
Work with Applied AI leaders to translate technical AI, platform, infrastructure, and product work into clear business narratives and measurable outcomes.
Create reusable communication frameworks and recurring forums to explain Applied AI strategy, priorities, and impact.
Design and manage the Applied AI operating cadence, including staff and leadership meetings, business reviews, OKR checkpoints, team-wide meetings, planning cycles, and offsites.
Drive annual and quarterly priority-setting, clarifying goals, OKRs, milestones, dependencies, and owners across the organization.
Coordinate internal initiatives to improve team effectiveness, coordination, engagement, planning discipline, and cross-functional alignment.
Partner with finance, HR, and Applied AI leadership to maintain budget, forecast, headcount, contractor, vendor, and investment trackers.
Engage with Chiefs of Staff, strategy teams, and peer organizations across HP to share information, resolve dependencies, and align on enterprise initiatives.
Lead or coordinate high-priority special projects for Digital, especially initiatives spanning multiple teams or requiring executive visibility.
Apply structured problem solving, analytical rigor, and practical judgment to ambiguous business and operating challenges.