Distinguished Technologist, Product Management, Hybrid Cloud Portfolio & AI Innovation

  

This role has been designed as 'Hybrid' with a requirement 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:

   

The Opportunity

HPE Hybrid Cloud is seeking an experienced Distinguished Technologist, Product Manager to lead portfolio-level product management execution across the Hybrid Cloud business and serve as the executive lead for the Hybrid Cloud Product Management Council. The successful candidate will implement AI-PDLC capabilities, operationalize Product Management Council decisions, drive cross-functional execution, and deliver measurable business outcomes through disciplined program leadership, innovation execution, and continuous improvement. This role serves as the portfolio-level Product Management leader for Hybrid Cloud, integrating roadmaps, delivery dependencies, operating rhythms, and product management practices across independently managed business units while driving AI adoption and portfolio execution excellence.

A significant focus of this role will be accelerating adoption of AI-enabled Product Development Lifecycle (AI-PDLC) practices by coordinating cross-business-unit readiness, integrating dependencies across product and engineering teams, and ensuring metrics are tied to customer, delivery, and operational outcomes. You will work as part of a cross functional team to accomplish this and will need significant influencing skills to accomplish the goal. As the leader of the Hybrid Cloud Product Management Council, you will act as a connective force across the portfolio, aligning and integrating cross-business-unit dependencies across customer outcomes, AI innovation investments, portfolio simplification, platform execution, quality improvements, and execution excellence.

Responsibilities

Hybrid Cloud Product Portfolio Leadership

• Lead portfolio-level product management execution across the Hybrid Cloud organization.

• Drive alignment of business-unit roadmaps priorities to support integrated Hybrid Cloud execution.

• Own cross-portfolio roadmap dependency management, ensuring critical dependencies, risks, and delivery blockers are identified, tracked, escalated, and resolved across business units.

• Establish portfolio-wide mechanisms for roadmap transparency, dependency management, execution tracking, and customer outcome measurement.

• Drive resolution of roadmap conflicts, execution challenges, and cross-functional delivery issues.

• Partner directly with business unit leaders to ensure delivery dependencies are visible, commitments remain on track, and measurable operating outcomes are achieved.

Product Management Council Leadership

• Establish and evolve the mission, operating model, governance, and effectiveness of the Product Management Council.

• Foster collaboration across product organizations representing multiple Hybrid Cloud businesses.

• Surface and resolve portfolio-wide product challenges, roadmap conflicts, customer needs, and cross-functional dependencies.

• Drive adoption of common product management frameworks, tools, processes, and best practices.

• Facilitate sharing of innovation, market insights, competitive intelligence, AI initiatives, and product management learnings across business units.

• Partner with Architecture, CTO, Security COE, Quality Council, Customer Experience leaders, and Engineering leaders to ensure alignment across councils and governance bodies.

• Act as a portfolio-level voice for product management within Hybrid Cloud leadership discussions.

Product Management Transformation

• Lead the transformation and modernization of Product Management across Hybrid Cloud, establishing a consistent operating model, governance framework, portfolio management discipline, and best practices. 

• Champion and measure adoption of AI-enabled Product Management and AI-PDLC practices to improve product quality, engineering productivity, innovation velocity, and customer outcomes. 

• Develop & Implement Product Management capabilities across Hybrid Cloud through community building, mentoring, knowledge sharing, and leadership development. 

• Drive continuous improvement in investment prioritization, business case development, customer outcome measurement, and portfolio performance.

Executive Stakeholder Management

• Build alignment among product, engineering, architecture, customer success, operations, marketing, finance, and sales leadership.

• Prepare executive recommendations supported by business cases, market insights, competitive analysis, and customer feedback.

• Present portfolio recommendations, cross-business-unit dependencies, and execution risks to senior leadership teams.

• Act as a trusted advisor to Hybrid Cloud executives on portfolio integration, roadmap dependencies, and delivery decisions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or related field required, MBA or advanced technical degree preferred.

• Must have 15+ years of product management experience, including ownership of complex enterprise software, cloud, infrastructure, or platform products.

• Demonstrated experience aligning and integrating roadmaps, priorities, and dependencies across multiple product lines or business units.

• Deep understanding of enterprise software, cloud platforms, AI technologies, and modern product development practices.

• Proven ability to influence executive stakeholders in matrixed organizations.

• Experience building and leading cross-functional governance forums, councils, or strategic initiatives.

• Exceptional communication, executive presence, and stakeholder management skills.

• Experience with AI products, GenAI, LLM platforms, agentic systems, or AI infrastructure.

• Experience implementing AI-enabled product development processes.

• Experience leading portfolio transformation initiatives.

• Experience working across large-scale enterprise software portfolios.

Success in this role will be measured through:

• Improved alignment and integration of critical cross-business-unit dependencies across the Hybrid Cloud portfolio.

• Increased effectiveness of the Product Management Council in driving portfolio-level decisions and execution discipline.

• Greater visibility and faster resolution of major roadmap dependencies, delivery risks, and cross-functional blockers.

• Improved consistency and accountability in roadmap execution across business units.

• Measurable business and operational impact from integrated roadmap execution, AI-PDLC adoption, and cross-business-unit coordination.

• Increased reuse and standardization of operating practices, dependency tracking, and delivery governance across Hybrid Cloud product teams.

• Reduction in unresolved cross-portfolio roadmap dependencies impacting delivery commitments.

Accessibility

HPE is committed to creating an inclusive and accessible workplace and encourages applications from all qualified individuals, including those with disabilities. If you believe you require accommodation during any stage of the application or interview process, please submit your request by completing our secure form linked here.

Note: This option is reserved for applicants needing assistance/reasonable accommodation related to a disability.

What We Can Offer You:

Health & Wellbeing

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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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Job Level:

TCP_07

    

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 179,500 - 358,500 in Colorado // 194,000 - 388,000 in Massachusetts // 170,000 - 412,500 in North Carolina & Texas
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

The estimated job application period closure is December 7 2026; this timeline is provided for transparency and internal planning purposes.

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