Senior Principal, Product Manager - Data Center and AI Networking Hardware Architecture
About The Position
Hewlett Packard Enterprise is seeking a Senior Principal Product Manager for HPE Networking to shape the hardware architecture and product direction of next-generation data center switching platforms, with a strong focus on networking for AI clusters and high-performance Ethernet fabrics. The role translates technology choices into customer and new product introduction (NPI) decisions and helps set the direction for future switching hardware platforms. This is a senior individual-contributor role requiring deep technical expertise and product judgment. The successful candidate will assess emerging technologies and competing architectures, turn customer and market requirements into product decisions, and align product management, engineering, operations, partners, and executive leadership. The role also involves mentoring colleagues and contributing to HPE’s technical community. The position is hybrid, with an average of two days per week working from an HPE office, and is located in Sunnyvale, California.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in computer science, engineering, or a related field.
- 12 or more years of work experience in a related field.
- Technical understanding and knowledge of the relevant industry.
- Ability to translate technical requirements and functions into customer business value.
- Strong teamwork skills and ability to drive or influence cross-functional work through others.
- Effective communication skills, including the ability to tailor messages to different audiences.
- Extensive experience in data center networking, Ethernet switching, high-speed hardware systems, optical networking, semiconductor products, or related infrastructure technologies.
- Deep understanding of switching system architecture, including ASICs, SerDes, PHYs, high-speed interfaces, optics, signal integrity, power, thermal design, packaging, and system reliability.
- Strong understanding of networking for AI clusters and how GPU and accelerator roadmaps affect bandwidth, radix, topology, latency, congestion management, power density, cooling, optics, and rack design.
- Ability to convert complex technology evaluations into clear customer, product, portfolio, and NPI decisions.
- Strong product and business judgment, including assessment of differentiation, customer readiness, cost, reliability, ecosystem maturity, development risk, and time to market.
- Ability to influence senior executives and drive consequential cross-functional decisions without direct organizational authority.
- Willingness and ability to take hands-on Product Line Manager ownership of selected NPI programs as needed.
- Excellent customer engagement, communication, and executive presentation skills.
Nice To Haves
- MBA or advanced degree in computer science or engineering.
- Experience with technologies such as 800GbE, 1.6TbE and beyond, OSFP, LPO, LRO, XPO, NPO, CPO, silicon photonics, high-speed copper, liquid cooling, or rack-scale architecture.
Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end product strategy and operational product roadmaps for complex products or product portfolios.
- Shape multi-generation architecture and product direction for data center switching, including AI scale-up, scale-out, front-end, and data center interconnect networks.
- Define platform requirements for bandwidth, radix, topology, latency, congestion management, power, cooling, optics, cabling, form factor, and rack integration.
- Evaluate emerging switching, interconnect, optical, cooling, power-delivery, and rack-scale technologies.
- Lead fact-based trade-off analyses covering customer value, performance, power, density, reliability, serviceability, manufacturability, cost, ecosystem readiness, supply availability, and time to market.
- Translate technical analyses into platform definitions, product requirements, business cases, investment priorities, and NPI recommendations.
- Partner with AI infrastructure, hyperscale, cloud, and enterprise customers to anticipate requirements and validate product and architecture choices.
- Drive cross-functional and executive alignment with clear recommendations that explain benefits, risks, assumptions, dependencies, and commercial implications.
- Engage silicon, optics, connectivity, cooling, compute, accelerator, and manufacturing partners to understand roadmaps, maturity, and opportunities for differentiation.
- When needed, serve as Product Line Manager for selected NPI programs, defining product requirements, leading cross-functional execution, and managing product lifecycle activities across engineering, supply chain, and marketing.
- Represent HPE Networking in strategic customer discussions, partner engagements, executive briefings, and relevant industry forums.
- Provide guidance and mentoring to less-experienced team members and influence them to build effective requirements and roadmaps.
Benefits
- A comprehensive suite of benefits supporting physical, financial, and emotional wellbeing.
- Career and professional-development programs.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
