Corporate Strategy Expert

HP • Palo Alto, CA

7d • Onsite

About The Position

The opportunity We are seeking an experienced, results-oriented strategy practitioner to join HP’s Corporate Strategy team, reporting to the Senior Manager of Corporate Strategy as part of the HP Global Strategy & Transformation function. This team of strategy professionals is widely respected across HP and regarded as a seeding ground for HP’s future leaders. We work as a 'meritocracy' that appeals to and rewards high achievers. Your success paves the way for a rewarding career within Strategy or entry into one of HP’s businesses. This role is responsible for driving the company's strategic direction, ensuring that it remains competitive and adaptable in a rapidly changing business landscape. In this role you will define our gameplan that will impact our product/portfolio roadmap, GTM motions, competitive responses, M&A approach, etc. You will inform the strategic choices by conducting in-depth analyses, synthesizing the analytical results, testing hypotheses, and forming the recommendations. The role will need collaboration with cross-functional leaders to refine and align strategy with organizational goals. This role is open to the following locations: Palo Alto, CA

Requirements

• 2-4 years in strategy, corporate development, management consulting, or product strategy roles (hands-on business strategy experience required)
• Experience building business plans, TAM analyses, investment theses, and executive narratives in emerging technology domains
• Strong financial modeling and business case development capabilities
• Demonstrated track record of crafting high-quality C-suite presentations and strategic recommendations
• Ability to navigate ambiguity, frame problems independently, and move quickly to insight and action

Nice To Haves

• MBA preferred, advanced technical or business degree a plus

Responsibilities

• Strategy & Narrative Development: Support the creation of strategic frameworks, hypothesis trees, and storylines that simplify complex technology spaces into compelling, executive-ready narratives. Leverage strategic and management consulting frameworks to implement a comprehensive portfolio approach for evaluating and managing the organization's diverse business units, platforms, and products. Develop clean, visually strong, and insight-driven slides that distill data, frameworks, and technical content into high-clarity recommendations. Craft strategic narratives that guide ELT decision-making—including vision statements, investment rationales, and long-term strategic choices.
• Business Planning & Investment Thesis Development: Build data-driven long-term business plans that articulate opportunity size, economics, monetization models, costs, and risks. Work cross-functionally to manage Long-Term Planning process to ensure end to end alignment with strategic focus of the assigned BU. Develop robust business models and forecasts on where to play and how to win over 1-to-5-year horizons with recommendations on de-risked operational plans that drive alignment and accountability. Partner with GBU to evaluate and prioritize strategic investments within the long‑term planning process, pressure‑test key assumptions, and deliver insights benchmarked against industry standards.
• Driving Thought Leadership: Consults with business executives on a wide range of issues related to the strategy formulation process, including risk management and new growth opportunities. Provides thought leadership and contributes to expanding the knowledge base within area of expertise which includes developing new methods, techniques and criteria for developing strategy analysis and recommendations.
• Cross-Functional Influence: Collaborate with GBU leaders and Product teams to align opportunity framing with HP’s technology roadmap and capability strengths. Clarify what matters most, distilling customer needs into technology implications and strategic choices. Drive alignment across senior stakeholders and influence decision-making through structured, insight-led storytelling.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Long term/short term disability insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Life insurance
• Generous time off policies, including; 4-12 weeks fully paid parental leave based on tenure
• 11 paid holidays
• Additional flexible paid vacation and sick leave

What This Job Offers

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