Manager Corporate Strategy – HPE Networking
About The Position
HPE Networking is seeking a Strategy Manager to help define and drive high-impact, long-term strategies for its networking business. The role partners with senior leaders and cross-functional teams to assess market dynamics, customer needs, technology shifts, competitive implications, business performance, and growth opportunities across enterprise, data center, cloud, AI, security, and service-provider networking. As part of the HPE Networking strategy team, the manager conducts rigorous, data-driven analyses; develops recommendations for senior leadership; and supports strategic initiatives, partnerships, investments, and potential mergers and acquisitions. The role translates complex findings into clear, actionable insights and works with business partners to move recommendations from analysis through execution. This is an individual contributor role based in the San Francisco Bay Area, with an average requirement of two days per week in HPE’s Sunnyvale office.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Economics, Finance, Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
- At least 2 years of experience in top-tier management consulting, investment banking, corporate strategy, product management, or a similar strategic role.
- Demonstrated experience identifying, evaluating, and analyzing business opportunities and supporting strategic decisions across multiple business units or functions.
- Excellent analytical thinking, quantitative analysis, financial modeling, and problem-solving skills, with strong attention to detail.
- Advanced proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint, with experience in statistical analysis, financial modeling, and related analytical tools.
- Ability to structure ambiguous problems, summarize complex and abstract ideas clearly, and independently manage project objectives.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including executive-level presentation, negotiation, facilitation, interviewing, and influence.
- Strong project and relationship management skills, with demonstrated success partnering with and consulting business leaders.
- Developed leadership skills, including team building, cross-functional collaboration, conflict resolution, and project-team management.
Nice To Haves
- Advanced degree such as an MBA, or equivalent professional experience.
- Technical or engineering background.
- Experience in enterprise, data center, cloud, AI, security, or service-provider networking markets and technologies.
- Strong business acumen and ability to quickly build technical knowledge across networking products, customers, markets, and business models.
- Experience supporting corporate development, strategic partnerships, alliances, equity investments, or mergers and acquisitions.
Responsibilities
- Identify the research, tools, and analyses required to achieve objectives across multiple strategic workstreams and projects.
- Lead quantitative and qualitative analysis of networking markets, customer needs, technology trends, competitive dynamics, business performance, and growth opportunities.
- Manage the development of financial and statistical models, structure analytical approaches, and oversee data gathering from internal and external sources.
- Synthesize key findings and develop comprehensive recommendations to improve business and financial performance.
- Partner with leaders across product, engineering, sales, finance, operations, and other functions to support and execute strategic initiatives.
- Evaluate and support strategic investments, partnerships, alliances, equity investments, and mergers and acquisitions, including financial analysis and engagement with external parties.
- Manage cross-functional teams, project plans, objectives, deliverables, communications, and contingency plans to ensure timely execution.
- Facilitate joint problem-solving with business leaders and help translate recommendations into implementation plans.
- Independently develop and present high-impact executive deliverables that turn complex data into clear, creative, and actionable insights.
- Identify and implement opportunities to improve team effectiveness, analytical processes, and internal workflows.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits supporting physical, financial, and emotional wellbeing.
- Career-development programs to help employees pursue career goals and develop expertise or move to another division.
- Flexibility to manage work and personal needs.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
