Technical Engineering Program Manager - Principal

Technical Engineering Program Manager - Principal

  

This role has been designated as ‘Remote/Teleworker’, which means you will primarily work from home.

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:

   

Join our team as a Technical Program Manager and play a pivotal role in modernizing engineering lab operations, managed services, and lab solutions. You will lead programs that enhance lab efficiency, reliability, and scalability—driving continuous improvement and operational excellence in a dynamic, fast-paced technology environment. This role is deeply data-driven, where operational analytics, insights, dashboards, and visualization are critical to success.

You will design and define the program responsible for the development and rollout of a centralized lab infrastructure reservation system, ensuring coordinated planning, stakeholder alignment, and operational readiness. You will also program-manage the rollout of engineering lab managed services and lab solutions, leveraging HPE Hybrid Cloud products and virtualization technologies, enabling the organization to “drink our own champagne.” This role requires close partnership with lab software engineering teams, strong cross-functional leadership, and strategic vendor engagement.

As a trusted lieutenant to the Director, you will orchestrate key initiatives, drive modernization across engineering labs, and lead the Management of Change (MoC) necessary for successful adoption of new systems, services, and operational models.

JOB FAMILY DEFINITION
Provides support and/or leads teams through the engineering development process and implementation of the company’s products. Projects are typically shorter-term and less complex. Programs are typically longer-term, multi-functional, multi-project, and complex. Manages activities, resource capacity, schedules, budgets, and ensures cross-company communication to facilitate product completion on schedule and within budget. Works with engineering leadership to identify and improve process and program efficiencies. Work may involve collaboration with external partners and standards bodies.

MANAGEMENT LEVEL DEFINITION

Contributions have visible technical impact on a product or major subcomponent. Applies in-depth professional knowledge and innovative ideas to solve complex problems. Contributions improve time-to-market, achieve cost reductions, or satisfy customer needs. Recognized internal authority on key technology areas. Provides technical leadership for significant program work, leads or participates in cross-functional initiatives, and contributes to mentorship and knowledge sharing across the organization.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Designs and defines the program responsible for the development and rollout of a centralized reservation system for lab compute, storage, and networking infrastructure. Program-manages the rollout of engineering lab managed services and lab solutions, ensuring broad stakeholder alignment and high-quality delivery across engineering organizations.

• Leads the design and execution of a Management of Change (MoC) program to ensure stakeholder communication, awareness, readiness, and adoption of new systems, services, and processes.

• Defines, tracks, and communicates operational metrics, dashboards, and KPIs supporting transparency and data-driven decisions.

• Works closely with lab software engineers to plan, coordinate, and integrate automation frameworks, provisioning workflows, and lab management services.

• Serves as the lieutenant to the Director, providing leadership leverage and driving strategy, execution, and operational clarity across the team.

• Manages vendor relationships delivering lab infrastructure solutions and managed services; evaluates capabilities and ensures alignment with organizational strategy.

• Leads multi-functional programs for engineering development and implementation across products and service offerings.

• Directs program strategy, budgeting, resource allocation, and risk planning.

• Communicates program progress,