Manager, Infrastructure Capacity Delivery

Manager, Infrastructure Capacity Delivery

  

This role has been designed as ‘Hybrid’ with an expectation that you will work on average 2-3 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 diverse 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 Family Definition:

Directs, manages, leads, and coordinates integration and deployment of data center technical infrastructure according to architectural and design standards.  Also, deploys new infrastructure product/platforms for data center transformational strategies to support current and future business needs. Areas of responsibility include technical execution design, creation of efficiency standards, predictable delivery methodologies and continuous improvement. Establishes technical project/program execution objectives to meet current and future goals to deliver data center infrastructure capacity. Understands, articulates, and optimizes process capabilities to drive operational considerations for architectural standards and simplification. Ensures the design, development, delivery, and supportability of services/solutions for businesses are in accordance with business and IT objectives.

Management Level Definition:

Applies expert data center knowledge and experience to manage staff activities in solving most complex business and technical issues within established policies. Manages activities of technical infrastructure architects and engineers to deliver data center technical infrastructure capacity that supports and scales to meet the needs of the business. Has accountability for deploying capacity across multiple location(s) with significant business value.  Acts as a key advisor to senior management on the development of overall policies and long-term goals of the organization. Plans, manages, and monitors deployment and execution activities for skilled network, compute and storage architects, engineers, and technicians. Manages resources with a primary focus is on predictable, quality and timely deployment of data center technical infrastructure. Recruits and supports development of direct staff members. Position reports to the Director of Data Center and Hardware Strategy. 

Additional Guidance/Criteria: Manages and controls activities within a sub-region or Region; Typically manages 10 or more direct reports.  Span of Control guidelines may differ from these numbers.

Responsibilities:

• Manages data center infrastructure capacity deployment activities of product architects, engineers, and technicians with accountability for multiple locations with significant impact on business unit results, organizational strategy, and transformational activities. Also has program management responsibilities with parallel and concurrent projects.

• Applies mastery level subject matter knowledge and alternative resourcing plans to manage staff activities in solving most complex business/technical issues. May interpret policy or recommend policy exception.

• Understands, articulates, and optimizes application and process capabilities for use by multiple IT constituents.

• Directs and controls activities for a pan-company business or IT area, typically consisting of multiple disciplines. Plans, directs, and monitors high-end operational/tactical activities of staff as well as drives the strategic multi-year plan for the team. May influence or participate in the creation of the domain or sub-domain strategy.

• Drives architectural simplification and ensures capabilities and applications are done "once for the company".

• Ensures that systems and applications are highly available and meet or exceed performance expectations and require little to no support.

• Understands, articulates, and optimizes application and process capabilities for use by multiple/all business and IT constituents.

• Ensures team meets or enables achievement of relevant IT metrics and commitments per IT business goals and objectives.

• Provides technical as well as people leadership.

• Exerts influence horizontally and vertically in the organization; demonstrates business acumen and