Technical Program Manager

HP•Spring, TX

6d•$116,150 - $182,400

About The Position

The Technical Program Manager will lead HP’s strategic partnership with AMD, coordinating cross-functional teams to deliver exclusive programs and cutting-edge features to markets and customers. The role operates across complex technical disciplines and ambiguous environments, develops project goals aligned with HP’s long-term vision, and requires frequent interaction with AMD senior management and executive leadership across HP’s Personal Systems Business Units and Pan-HP teams. The position is part of the IHV Strategy & Insights team, which coordinates partner innovation opportunities and aligns external partner roadmaps with HP’s internal engineering execution. The team works with industry leaders to move innovation from proof of concept to market-ready features and to ensure pursued innovations deliver value to customers. The role includes managing programs from ideation through implementation, aligning technical roadmaps with engineering teams, guiding proof-of-concept implementation, and integrating new technologies and quality initiatives. The manager develops milestones and deliverables, influences work across HP business units, communicates progress and risks to stakeholders, and reviews program plans to improve program-management quality and efficiency.

Requirements

Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Business Management, Engineering, Computer Sciences, or equivalent.
Typically 5–7 years of experience.
Experience designing and developing project and program planning tools to create, manage, and track project results.
Ability to lead and influence diverse teams and work effectively across cultural and time-zone boundaries.
Strong organizational, communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
Ability to communicate program and technical plans, proposals, and results, and negotiate options at senior-management levels.
Ability to bridge highly technical engineering teams and non-technical business or executive leadership.
History of innovation, with examples of developing new business, technical, engineering, or manufacturing processes.
Business acumen and successful experience managing program activities, including executive briefings, scrum-team work, negotiations with business groups, stakeholder communication, and directing matrix teams and resources.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

Manage and lead programs involving multiple functions and project teams, from ideation through solution implementation, with defined timelines and resources.
Serve as the central point of contact for the AMD partnership and align technical roadmaps with engineering teams across disciplines.
Manage proof-of-concept implementation by guiding engineering, interfacing with multiple partners, and ensuring lessons learned are captured and shared.
Drive innovation and integrate new technologies and quality initiatives into projects to deliver solutions to market.
Develop and direct key milestones, critical deliverables, and other program-support requirements.
Lead and influence efforts across Pan-HP business units to ensure all areas are represented and solutions are implemented using HP processes.
Communicate program progress, escalations, and issue analyses to stakeholders and executives.
Synthesize program data into progress reports, risk analyses, and escalation paths for HP executives and partner stakeholders.
Review and evaluate program plans and provide feedback to improve the quality and efficiency of the organization’s program-management framework.