Principal Product Manager

Hewlett Packard Enterprise • Sunnyvale, CA

10h • Hybrid

About The Position

The Principal Product Manager will be a member of the Data Center Networking (DCN) Product organization, working with technical teams and solution-centric business transformation leaders. The DCN group's charter is to streamline engagement between various AI/ML Data Center and Data Center Solution/Architecture initiatives within HPE, and to deliver these Data Center architectures for top customers. This role involves a broad set of responsibilities across supporting inbound and outbound product management activities, including identifying and managing customer requirements for hardware and software enhancements, supporting the New Product Introduction (NPI) and product development process, leading and tracking customer engagements, interacting with and driving the demand and supply planning process, and increasing customer adoption. The ideal candidate is an experienced, versatile, and innovative Product Manager with deep IP networking knowledge and experience designing Data Center features to help build AI/ML and enterprise connectivity. This individual will work collaboratively with global engineering, sales, and operations teams to bring the latest technologies to life and revolutionize Data Center networking.

Requirements

• Demonstrated ability to influence engineering development, System Test teams, and Sales Engineering teams in the area of DC networking.
• Demonstrated ability to influence customer network architectures.
• Solid understanding of EVPN-VXLAN, IP Fabric solutions for AI Data Centers, Enterprise, and Cloud Data Centers.
• Executive-level partnerships and effective communication skills with all levels of employees, individual contributors, customers, and account teams.
• Superior planning, organizational, change management, and cultural awareness skills.
• 12+ years of experience in the DC/networking industry.
• 5+ years of experience in product management (alternately, background in sales engineering, network engineering, technical marketing engineering, hardware engineering, or software engineering with strong product instincts).
• Strong communication and listening skills to enable transformational change in a positive work environment internally while maintaining strong partnerships with a diverse customer base.
• Traveling up to 10% of the time is possible.

Nice To Haves

• Financial and global business acumen can be an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Drive requirements for the DC portfolio of HPE-Juniper’s AI and Automated Datacenter solutions.
• Assist with market and competitive analysis, product strategy, pricing, positioning, and collateral.
• Evangelize/Innovate the hardware and software features/Solutions both internally and externally.
• Product liaison for technology partnerships with external, internal, and broader HPE teams.
• Responsible for helping achieve quarterly forecasts in collaboration with GTM and operations teams.
• Actively build and nurture customer and partner engagement and relationships.
• Actively engage with customers and sales to drive adoption and growth of DCN portfolio.

Benefits

• Health & Wellbeing comprehensive suite of benefits that supports their physical, financial and emotional wellbeing.
• Personal & Professional Development programs catered to helping you reach any career goals.
• Unconditional Inclusion: We are unconditionally inclusive in the way we work and celebrate individual uniqueness.
• Flexibility to manage our work and personal needs.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal
• Education Level: No Education Listed