Principal Product Manager
This role has been designed as ‘Hybrid’ with an expectation that you will work on average 2 days per week from an HPE office.
Who We Are:
Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the global edge-to-cloud company advancing the way people live and work. We help companies connect, protect, analyze, and act on their data and applications wherever they live, from edge to cloud, so they can turn insights into outcomes at the speed required to thrive in today’s complex world. Our culture thrives on finding new and better ways to accelerate what’s next. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good. If you are looking to stretch and grow your career our culture will embrace you. Open up opportunities with HPE.
Job Description:
Principal Product Manager
You will be a member of DCN (Data Center Networking) Product org. and work with a group of technical teams & highly energetic solution-centric business transformation leader.
DCN group’s charter: Streamline engagement between various AI/ML DC and DC Solution /Architecture initiatives within HPE HPE-Juniper and Deliver those DC architectures for its top customers.
Role : The DCN Product Manager will own a broad set of responsibilities across supporting various inbound and outbound product management activities. These responsibilities include (but not limited to) identifying and managing customer requirements for hardware and software enhancements, supporting NPI and product development process, leading and tracking customer engagements, interacting and driving demand and supply planning process and increasing customer adoption
The candidate should be a well-experienced, versatile and innovative Product manager. The ideal candidate brings deep IP networking knowledge and experience designing Data Center features to help build AI/ML and enterprise connectivity. We seek an innovative, self-motivated individual who can work collaboratively with our global engineering, sales and operations team to bring the latest technologies to life and our mission to revolutionize Data Center networking.
Responsibilities:
Drive requirements for the DC portfolio of HPE-Juniper’s AI and Automated Datacenter solutions.
Assist with the 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
Basic Qualifications
Demonstrated the ability to influence engineering development, System Test teams, and Sales Engineering teams in the area of DC networking.
Demonstrated the 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 including financial and global business acumen can be an advantage.
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.
What We Can Offer You:
Health & Wellbeing
We strive to provide our team members and their loved ones with a comprehensive suite of benefits that supports their physical, financial and emotional wellbeing.
Personal & Professional Development
We also invest in your career because the better you are, the better we all are. We have specific programs catered to helping you reach any career goals you have — whether you want to become a knowledge expert in your field or apply your skills to another division.
Unconditional Inclusion
We are unconditionally inclusive in the way we work and celebrate individual uniqueness. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good.
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Job:
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TCP_05"The expected salary/wage range for this position is provided below. Actual offer may vary from this range based upon geographic location, work experience, education/training, and/or skill level.
– United States of America: Annual Salary USD 172,000 - 349,000 in California
The listed salary range reflects base salary. Variable incentives may also be offered."
Information about employee benefits offered in the US can be found at https://myhperewards.com/main/new-hire-enrollment.html
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Product pay context
Based on 1,673 disclosed Product salaries on RoleSuite, the role pays a median of $176K/year, with most offers between $142K and $216K (10th–90th percentile: $115K–$258K).
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