ProLiant XD Compute Product Manager
About The Position
The ProLiant XD Compute Product Manager defines and executes the vision, strategy, and operational roadmap for the ProLiant XD compute business. The role partners with sales, marketing, engineering, support, and other value-chain stakeholders to deliver differentiated products, optimize business performance, and meet current and future customer needs throughout the product lifecycle. The position leads product strategy and portfolio lifecycle management, develops customer-focused value propositions and business cases, and translates market requirements, customer insights, and industry trends into product and marketing requirements. It also analyzes financial performance to improve profitability and provides technical leadership, mentoring, and product-management knowledge sharing across the organization. The role is hybrid, with an average requirement of two days per week in an HPE office.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in computer science, engineering, business, or a related field.
- Typically, 10 or more years of product management experience in a related technology or infrastructure field.
- Technical understanding and knowledge of the high-performance computing market.
- Demonstrated experience leading product strategy, roadmaps, and lifecycle management for complex products or portfolios.
- Experience developing customer-focused value propositions, market requirements, business cases, and financial models.
- Ability to influence and align cross-functional teams in complex and ambiguous environments.
- Experience delivering measurable outcomes such as improved time-to-market, cost reductions, margin improvement, or increased customer satisfaction.
- Extensive cross-functional leadership skills and ability to drive results through influence and collaboration.
- Strong business acumen, financial analysis, cost-efficient solution development, and root-cause analysis capabilities.
- Deep understanding of product lifecycle management, portfolio strategy, market segmentation, and customer needs.
- Ability to apply innovative principles and ideas to solve complex product and business problems.
- Strong communication, stakeholder-management, presentation, negotiation, and decision-making skills.
- Ability to provide product-specific technical training and guidance to teams.
- Demonstrated mentoring skills and ability to contribute to organizational knowledge sharing.
- Recognized technical authority in a relevant technology or product area.
Nice To Haves
- MBA or advanced degree in computer science, engineering, or a related discipline.
Responsibilities
- Lead the end-to-end product strategy and operational roadmap for one or more products in the ProLiant XD product portfolio.
- Define and communicate the value proposition, target customer segments, and business case for innovative and disruptive products.
- Translate market requirements, customer insights, and industry trends into product and marketing requirements.
- Guide stakeholders on portfolio strategy across lifecycle phases, from ideation and product definition through end-of-life.
- Drive alignment and collaboration across sales, marketing, engineering, support, manufacturing, and other value-chain partners.
- Develop and analyze financial performance metrics, including cost, margin, forecast, and business-case drivers, to optimize product profitability.
- Provide technical leadership for significant product initiatives.
- Mentor team members and share product-management knowledge across the organization.
Benefits
- A comprehensive suite of benefits supporting physical, financial, and emotional wellbeing.
- Programs to support career development and professional growth.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
