Product Manager Principal

Product Manager Principal

This role has been designed as ''Onsite' with an expectation that you will primarily work 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:

Job Summary

As a Principal Product Manager within the Routing Infrastructure Solutions (RAS) team, you will lead the end-to-end strategy and operational roadmap for the ACX product portfolio . You will act as a recognized internal authority, applying innovative principles to solve complex problems in the Service Provider, Enterprise, and Cloud network space. This role requires a unique blend of deep technical hardware expertise, business acumen, and the ability to influence cross-functional engineering and field teams.
Key Responsibilities

• Routing Portfolio Leadership: Define and drive product requirements for use cases across Access & Aggregation, Edge Services, Core, Peering, and DCE/DCI.
• Strategy & Innovation: Define requirements for next-generation routing platforms and optical transceivers. Stay ahead of industry roadmaps to drive disruptive WAN solutions, including the deployment of AI training and inference networks.
• End-to-End Lifecycle Management: Build value propositions, target customer segments, and business cases. Synthesize Market Requirement Documents (MRDs) based on intimate customer knowledge and industry acumen.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with Engineering on feasibility, planning, and delivery. Enable field teams with roadmap updates and translate customer feedback into actionable product "Asks."
• Business Optimization: Manage the product configuration mix, margins, and Go-To-Market strategies to optimize revenue and market share throughout the product lifecycle.

Qualifications & Skills

Technical Expertise (Required)

Candidates must be well-versed in the following technologies:

• Protocols: BGP, IS-IS, OSPF, LDP, PCEP, etc.
• Transport Technologies: MPLS, RSVP-TE, SR-MPLS, SRv6.
• L2/L3 Services: Ethernet, VXLAN, MAC, Bridge domain, L2VPN, and L3VPN.
• Management & Security: Netconf, gRPC, Open Config, Streaming Telemetry, SNMP, RPKI, IPSEC, and MACSEC.
• Architectures: Understanding of L2/L3 underlays and overlays.

Education and Experience

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field. (MBA or Advanced Engineering degree preferred).
• Experience: 10+ years of related work experience, specifically managing a hardware portfolio and high-complexity New Product Introductions (NPI).

Leadership & Business Acumen

• Extensive experience in cost-efficient solution building and financial performance analysis.
• Proven ability to lead/influence cross-functional teams and mentor junior staff on product-specific technical training.
• Strong root cause analysis and problem-detection skills within ambiguous, high-stakes projects.

Additional Skills:

Cross Domain Knowledge, Customer Engagement, Design Thinking, Development Fundamentals, DevOps, Go-to-Market Expertise, Partner Management, Product Lifecycle Management, Security-First Mindset, Strategic Pricing, Strategy Creation, User Experience (UX), Value Creation, Vendor Management

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:
Engineering
Job Level:
TCP_05


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- United States of America: Annual Salary USD 172,000 - 349,000 in California
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