Director, Software Acceleration & Programs

Director, Software Acceleration & Programs

  

This role has been designed as ‘Hybrid’ with an expectation 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 Director will act as a business owner and gatekeeper for software initiatives within the Secure Development Lifecycle framework, own SBOM and Trust Center, ensuring alignment with HPE Networking’s growth objectives, ARR/NRR metrics, and evolving PLM frameworks. This role also carries a strategic enablement dimension, supporting PLM and Engineering leaders as they implement cross-boundary software improvements.

Key Responsibilities:

Software Business Acceleration & Analysis

• Own ongoing software business analysis for the Networking BU, identifying growth levers across software acceleration, monetization, and cross-BU initiatives.
• Partner with finance, product, and strategy teams to drive software revenue performance, with a focus on ARR and NRR metrics.
• Translate business insights into actionable recommendations that inform roadmap prioritization, investment decisions, and execution models.

SDL and SBOM

• Provide coaching and support to PLM leaders, including assisting individuals ramping into PLM Cross-BU roles
• Act as a trusted advisor to senior product and business leaders, helping elevate software business maturity across the BU, including but not limited to:
  • Definition of SDL for the BU
  • Implementation of SBOM repeatable process
  • Single POC for the development of HPE’s Trust Center
• Influence without direct authority, using clarity, rigor, and credibility to drive alignment.

Qualifications & Experience

• 10+ years of experience in product management, PLM, business strategy, or software monetization within enterprise networking, infrastructure, or platform businesses.
• Proven experience operating at Director level in a complex, matrixed organization.
• Strong understanding of software business models, including ARR/NRR, subscriptions, hybrid HW/SW offers, and platform economics.
• Demonstrated ability to define and scale process frameworks (SDL, SBOM, governance models, lifecycle standards).
• Executive-level communication skills, with the ability to influence senior stakeholders across BUs.
• Experience working across engineering, finance, GTM, and corporate programs.

What Success Looks Like

• Software initiatives are launched faster, with clearer business ownership and stronger financial outcomes.
• PLM leaders are better equipped to operate in modern, software-first business models.
• SDL, SBOM and Trust centers are articulated around a rigorous process

Additional Skills:

Accountability, Accountability, Action Planning, Active Learning, Active Listening, Agile Methodology, Agile Scrum Development, Analytical Thinking, Bias, Coaching, Creativity, Critical Thinking, Cross-Functional Teamwork, Data Analysis Management, Data Collection Management (Inactive), Data Controls, Design, Design Thinking, Empathy, Follow-Through, Group Problem Solving, Growth Mindset, Intellectual Curiosity (Inactive), Long Term Planning, Managing Ambiguity {+ 5 more}

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 h