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Strategy Operations Manager roles sit at the intersection of business planning and execution, making them strong candidates for H-1B visa specialty occupation status. Employers in tech, consulting, and finance regularly sponsor this title. Your degree field, job duties, and the employer's LCA filing history all shape your path to sponsorship.
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INTRODUCTION
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 Manager, Business Operations, Strategy & Design, and End-to-End Program Management plays a key leadership role within the Lead-to-Cash (L2C) Transformation Office. This position is responsible for translating strategic business priorities into executable transformation initiatives, operating models, and measurable business outcomes.
Working across Product Management, Sales, Finance, Operations, Supply Chain, Legal, IT, and Customer Success, this leader drives alignment across people, processes, technology, data, and governance to deliver complex enterprise initiatives. The role combines business strategy, organizational design, operational excellence, and program leadership to enable successful transformation, new product introductions (NPI), and long-term business growth.
The ideal candidate brings a balance of strategic thinking and execution excellence, with the ability to influence stakeholders, navigate complexity, and deliver results in dynamic business environments.
Key Responsibilities:
Strategy & Business Transformation
- Partner with Lead To Cash functional leaders to define, prioritize, and execute transformation initiatives aligned with enterprise objectives.
- Translate strategic priorities into actionable roadmaps, business cases, and implementation plans across the Lead to Cash program.
- Identify opportunities to improve customer experience, operational performance, scalability, and business effectiveness.
- Support strategic planning activities, transformation reviews, and executive decision-making processes.
- Drive alignment between transformation investments and measurable business outcomes.
Business Operations & Governance
- Facilitate cross-functional planning and prioritization to ensure alignment across stakeholder groups.
- Support risk management, issue resolution, dependency tracking, and organizational readiness activities.
Operating Model & Process Design
- Partner with stakeholders to simplify, standardize, automate, and optimize business processes.
- Evaluate business capabilities, operating structures, workflows, and governance models to improve effectiveness and efficiency.
- Drive initiatives spanning product and offer management, commercialization, contracting, order management, licensing and entitlements, fulfillment, billing, renewals, and customer success operations.
- Ensure alignment across people, process, technology, data, controls, and governance.
End-to-End Program Management
- Lead large-scale, cross-functional transformation programs supporting strategic business priorities.
- Develop and manage integrated program plans, milestones, resources, dependencies, deliverables, and success criteria.
- Drive execution across business and technology workstreams to ensure achievement of program objectives.
- Proactively identify and address risks, issues, constraints, and interdependencies.
- Provide leadership, coordination, and accountability across multiple functions and stakeholder groups.
New Product Introduction (NPI)
- Serve as a primary interface from the Lead to Cash program into the Business Unit NPI teams.
- Coordinate NPI checklists & activities across business, operational, and technology teams.
- Ensure preparedness across Lead to Cash systems, processes, data, training, reporting, controls, and support functions for inbound NPIs.
- Support successful commercialization, adoption, stabilization, and continuous improvement.
Change Management & Organizational Readiness
- Partner with leaders and change teams to support successful adoption of new capabilities and ways of working.
- Assess organizational impacts and readiness requirements.
- Support communications, stakeholder engagement, training, and deployment activities.
- Track adoption metrics and continuously improve business outcomes following implementation.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
Education:
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Information Systems, Operations, Finance, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- Advanced degree or relevant professional certifications are desirable but not required.
Experience:
- Typically 8+ years of experience in program management, business transformation, business operations, strategy, product commercialization, consulting, or related disciplines.
- Experience leading complex cross-functional initiatives within large, matrixed, or global organizations.
- Demonstrated success delivering programs from strategy and planning through implementation and stabilization.
- Experience influencing stakeholders and driving outcomes across teams and organizational boundaries.
- Experience supporting transformation, operational readiness, product launches, organizational change, or business process improvement initiatives.
PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:
- Lead-to-Cash (L2C), Quote-to-Cash (Q2C), or Order-to-Cash (O2C) business processes.
- Technology, software, networking, telecommunications, manufacturing, professional services, or other complex business environments.
- Enterprise software, SaaS, subscription, consumption-based, or as-a-service business models.
SUCCESS MEASURES:
- Successful delivery of transformation initiatives against defined business objectives and outcomes.
- Measurable improvements in operational performance, customer experience, and process effectiveness.
- Effective governance, stakeholder alignment, and executive engagement across programs.
- Successful operational readiness and launch execution for new products and services.
- Demonstrated realization of transformation benefits and value creation.
- Sustainable adoption of new capabilities, processes, and operating practices.
- Strong partnerships and credibility across business and functional organizations.
- Licensing, entitlement management, digital fulfillment, and customer lifecycle management.
- ERP, CRM, CPQ, contract lifecycle management, product catalog, digital commerce, or related enterprise platforms.
- Operating model transformation, organizational effectiveness, business process redesign, or enterprise integration initiatives.
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
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 Level:
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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 123,500 - 285,000 in 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
HPE is an Equal Employment Opportunity/ Veterans/Disabled/LGBT employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, or any other protected category, and all decisions we make are made on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need. Our goal is to be one global team that is representative of our customers, in an inclusive environment where we can continue to innovate and grow together. Please click here: Equal Employment Opportunity.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise is EEO Protected Veteran/ Individual with Disabilities.
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Align your degree to the role
USCIS requires a direct relationship between your bachelor's degree field and the Strategy Operations Manager duties. Business administration, industrial engineering, or economics degrees map cleanly. A degree in an unrelated field weakens the specialty occupation case even if your experience is strong.
Check employer LCA filings before applying
Use Migrate Mate to filter Strategy Operations Manager roles by verified DOL Labor Condition Application history. Employers with active LCA filings for this title have already committed to the prevailing wage and understand the H-1B process, cutting weeks off your timeline.
Verify prevailing wage before negotiating
Run your target metro and SOC code through the OFLC Wage Search before your offer call. Your employer's LCA must certify at least the DOL prevailing wage for your level, so knowing the floor prevents offers that can't legally support your H-1B petition.
Document cross-functional scope in your offer letter
USCIS scrutinizes Strategy Operations roles for specialty occupation status. Ask your employer to describe degree-level analytical and planning duties specifically in the offer letter, not just a generic title. Vague duty descriptions are the most common trigger for a Request for Evidence on this role.
Target cap-exempt employers if lottery timing is tight
Universities, nonprofit research organizations, and government-affiliated entities are cap-exempt under USCIS rules, meaning they can file H-1B petitions year-round outside the annual lottery. Strategy operations functions exist at many of these organizations and don't require waiting for the April registration window.
Use your 60-day grace period strategically
If you're between H-1B employers, USCIS allows a 60-day grace period to secure a new sponsoring offer. A new employer can file an H-1B transfer petition during this window, letting you start work once USCIS receives the petition, not after approval.
H-1B Visa Strategy Operations Manager: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Strategy Operations Manager role qualify as a specialty occupation for H-1B purposes?
It depends on how the employer defines the duties. USCIS requires the role to normally require at least a bachelor's degree in a specific field. Strategy Operations Manager roles that involve analytical modeling, cross-functional planning, and organizational design typically qualify. Roles framed as generalist coordination without a degree requirement in a specific discipline are more likely to receive a Request for Evidence.
Which employers commonly sponsor H-1B visas for Strategy Operations Manager roles?
Tech companies, management consulting firms, and large financial services organizations sponsor this title most frequently because their operations functions are analytically intensive and degree-specific. You can see which employers have active DOL Labor Condition Application filings for this exact job title by searching on Migrate Mate, which filters roles by verified sponsorship history rather than self-reported employer claims.
How does the H-1B lottery affect my job search as a Strategy Operations Manager?
The annual H-1B cap applies to most private employers and requires registration in March for an October start date. If you're currently on OPT or STEM OPT, your cap-gap protection covers the period between your OPT expiration and October 1 as long as your employer filed before the deadline. Cap-exempt employers, including nonprofits and universities, can file year-round outside the lottery.
What SOC code applies to Strategy Operations Manager roles and why does it matter?
Most Strategy Operations Manager positions are filed under SOC 11-1021 (General and Operations Managers) or 13-1111 (Management Analysts), depending on the actual duties. The SOC code your employer uses on the LCA determines which prevailing wage level applies. You can check the O*NET occupation profile for both codes to understand which better matches your day-to-day responsibilities before the employer files.
Can I transfer my H-1B to a new Strategy Operations Manager role without losing status?
Yes. Under H-1B portability rules, you can start working for a new employer as soon as they file a transfer petition with USCIS, without waiting for approval, as long as your previous H-1B was approved and you've maintained lawful status. The new employer must file a new LCA certified by DOL for the new role and location before submitting the petition.