This position reports to a senior product management executive and contributes as a key member of the leadership team for the Data Protection Pillar. The role includes leading a geographically dispersed team and partnering across the business and ISV ecosystem to achieve product completeness, financial targets, and customer adoption goals.
Key Responsibilities:
- Own the end-to-end product strategy, roadmap, and lifecycle for a core part of HPE's data protection portfolio.
- Define market segmentation, value propositions, positioning, packaging, and commercial strategies including pricing, configuration mix, and as-a-Service offers.
- Translate market, customer, and competitor insights into prioritized product requirements and clear PRDs, balancing short-term tactical needs with long-term investments.
- Drive cross-functional execution with Engineering, Supply Chain, and Services to deliver feature, product, and experience releases.
- Accelerate adoption in as-a-Service and hybrid operational models such as HPE GreenLake.
- Partner with Product Marketing, Sales Enablement, and Technical Field teams to produce sales tools, technical collateral, and customer-facing messaging.
- Lead integration of product portfolio lifecycles into business unit planning, including launch, growth, optimization, and end-of-life with financial and operational metrics.
- Own forecasting, pricing strategies, margin targets, and product P&L inputs; provide regular reporting and reconciliations against business goals.
- Act as product and technology evangelist, presenting internally and externally to executives, customers, partners, and analysts.
- Build, lead, and develop a high-performing product management organization with standards, processes, and KPIs to drive predictable outcomes.
- Foster a collaborative, inclusive, and positive team culture while contributing to the storage product management community.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, business, or related field; advanced degree (MBA, MS) preferred.
- 15+ years of relevant work experience in data protection, storage, systems, or related IT infrastructure domains.
- Proven product management and people leadership experience with at least 8+ years in senior product roles.
- Strong technical acumen combined with business acumen: experience with product financials, pricing, forecasting, and P&L responsibilities.
- Strategic thinker with strong customer and market orientation; ability to translate insight into clear product decisions.
- Demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally to deliver complex products on schedule and within quality and financial targets.
Other Desired Attributes:
- Deep domain knowledge of data protection, cyber recovery, storage appliances, engineered systems, and related tools.
- International experience and comfort operating in global organizations and markets.
- Recognized leader in shaping technical product strategy and mentoring product teams.
What You'll Get to Do:
- Shape the future of HPE's data protection and cyber recovery appliance portfolio to enable customer resilience and operational efficiency.
- Lead a high-visibility product area with strong growth potential and meaningful influence on the Data Protection Pillar transformation.
- Work with world-class engineering and value-chain teams to deliver products used by large enterprises and service providers.
- Grow and develop a world-class product management team, contributing to HPE's inclusive, high-energy culture.
