Chief of Staff - Strategy & Business Planning Lead, Design to Operate Value Stream

HP•Spring, TX

8d•$116,150 - $182,400

About The Position

HP’s Design to Operate (D2O) Value Stream team drives end-to-end digital enablement and transformation across the processes, technology, and operating capabilities supporting the journey from product design through operational execution, in partnership with the Global Business Units (PS, Print and HPS). The Strategy & Business Planning Lead is a strategic, organized, and execution-oriented senior professional who acts as an operating partner to the VP, Head of D2O Value Stream. The role helps a 200+ person organization operate with clarity, discipline, and speed, and represents the team with senior leaders and cross-functional partners. It connects strategic planning, executive communications, organizational operations, and cross-functional execution. The role requires sound judgment, discretion, business acumen, and the ability to turn complex transformation work into clear decisions, compelling narratives, and measurable results. The position is full-time, with 25% travel and no shift premium. The posted annual pay range is $116,150 to $182,400 USD for candidates in the United States, with additional bonus and/or equity opportunities. Pay varies by work location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

Requirements

10+ years of experience in business operations, strategy and planning, Chief of Staff roles, program or portfolio management, transformation, consulting, or a related field.
Demonstrated ability to partner with senior executives, exercise independent judgment, and handle sensitive information with discretion.
Exceptional executive communication skills, including the ability to create clear, concise, visually compelling presentations and decision materials.
Strong strategic thinking and execution skills, with a track record of turning broad objectives into coordinated plans and measurable results.
Strong business acumen and financial literacy, including experience with budgets, resource planning, investment tradeoffs, and operational metrics.
Ability to manage competing priorities, complex stakeholder requests, and fast-moving deadlines with minimal supervision.
Strong collaboration and influencing skills, including the ability to build trust, navigate organizational complexity, and drive outcomes without direct authority.
Ability to understand end-to-end business processes, enterprise technology, and operational dependencies and translate them into business priorities and operating plans.
Bachelor’s degree required.

Nice To Haves

MBA, MS, or another advanced degree.
Experience supporting a VP-level or senior executive leadership team in a Chief of Staff, business planning, strategy, or operations capacity.
Experience driving enterprise transformation and coordinating initiatives across multiple functions.
Familiarity with value stream management, process improvement, change management, and enterprise systems.
Experience defining and tracking transformation outcomes, including efficiency, quality, cycle time, cost, and adoption.
Experience designing and improving operating mechanisms for a complex organization, including OKRs, portfolio and roadmap reviews, executive dashboards, and leadership cadences.

Responsibilities

Serve as a trusted advisor to the Design to Operate Value Stream leader, helping shape priorities, evaluate tradeoffs, and advance the strategic agenda.
Translate leadership priorities into actionable plans with clear owners, milestones, dependencies, and measures of success.
Manage executive requests and emerging issues, ensuring appropriate leadership attention and timely follow-through.
Prepare the value stream leader for key meetings and decisions with briefings, stakeholder context, recommendations, and decision materials.
Represent the leader’s priorities in designated forums and drive alignment and follow-through on leadership decisions.
Develop presentations and communications for C-suite and senior executive audiences, including strategy updates, operating reviews, transformation narratives, investment cases, and progress reports.
Work with value stream leaders and subject matter experts to translate process, technology, and operational work into clear business narratives and measurable outcomes.
Ensure leadership communications consistently reflect the value stream’s strategy, priorities, commitments, and impact.
Establish reusable communication frameworks and recurring forums that improve understanding of the team’s work across HP.
Own the team’s leadership operating cadence, including staff meetings, business reviews, progress checkpoints, team-wide meetings, planning cycles, and offsites.
Drive annual and quarterly planning, aligning goals, OKRs, and owners across the value stream.
Track progress against strategic commitments, surface risks and gaps, and work with leaders to resolve issues and maintain execution.
Coordinate internal initiatives that 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.
Coordinate between the D2O Value Stream team and partners across business functions, Digital, and the broader HP organization.
Support alignment among process owners, business stakeholders, and technology teams to advance end-to-end transformation.
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.
Identify emerging issues and opportunities, develop recommendations, and mobilize stakeholders to drive action.