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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.

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

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

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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.

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

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