Senior Director of Product Management, Private Cloud Edge

Hewlett Packard Enterprise•Durham, NC

2d•$179,500 - $434,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Director of Product Management, Private Cloud Edge is responsible for defining and driving the strategy, development, and execution of edge-focused solutions within the private cloud portfolio. This leader will own the product lifecycle end-to-end, partnering with engineering and go-to-market teams to deliver solutions that span infrastructure and software capabilities. The role requires a balance of technical depth and strategic thinking to help shape a rapidly evolving area and bring scalable, customer-focused edge solutions to market.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree or equivalent in computer science, engineering or related field of study.
18+ years of work experience in related field. (10+ years in product management, 5+ years in edge, IoT, distributed infrastructure, or related product domains).
7+ years of experience in progressive leadership related to product management.
Experience managing products deployed across thousands of remote or distributed sites.
Track record of defining and executing use case driven GTM strategies across multiple verticals.
Familiarity with connected, disconnected, and air gapped deployment models.
Demonstrated daily use of AI tools in professional workflow.
Edge and Distributed Infrastructure Expertise: Deep understanding of edge computing architectures, disconnected and air gapped operations, fleet management at scale, and the unique constraints of remote site deployments.
AI Native Product Leadership: Uses AI tools daily to accelerate research, analysis, and communication. Designs products with AI as a core capability.
Executive Communication and Presence: Produces decision oriented materials for senior leadership with minimal revision. Engages credibly in executive forums without extensive pre wires.
Use Case and Vertical Orientation: Experience defining solutions around specific customer use cases and industry verticals rather than generic platform capabilities. Understands how to narrow scope and prioritize for impact.
Broad Technical Depth: Systems level understanding of cloud platforms, infrastructure, networking, and AI/ML. Sees broadly across products and GTM. Uses AI to go deeper as needed.
Cross Functional Leadership: Aligns engineering, GTM, and operations in a matrixed environment. Forces decisions and builds credibility quickly.
Commercial Acumen: Connects product decisions to revenue, pricing, and competitive positioning.
Technical SME: Understanding and knowledge of the relevant industry and ability to provide product specific technical training to the team.

Nice To Haves

MBA or advanced degree in computer science or engineering preferred.

Responsibilities

Own unified Private Cloud Edge strategy and roadmap across all deployment models and verticals.
Define use case driven solutions spanning AI inferencing at the edge, OT/IT convergence, and distributed workloads.
Drive alignment across compute, networking, storage, and enterprise hybrid software teams to deliver one coherent Edge strategy
Partner with sales, field engineering, and channel to validate priorities and accelerate pipeline.
Build and scale a focused, high quality PM team for Edge
Deliver executive ready materials and reviews with minimal iteration.
Provides guiding principles for and defines value proposition, customer segmentation, and business case to bring innovative and disruptive business unit products to the market. (i.e. Product configuration mix, Revenue/margins, financials, market share).
Drives integration of the product portfolios lifecycles to business unit goals across all phases of the product portfolio and business unit lifecycle (e.g. planning, development, launch, management, exit).
Sets teams standards and operational metrics across all portfolios to align with the business unit's strategic goals (ie: revenue unit/margins, market share, quality performance, channel route to market, quarterly financials and on time to delivery).