AI Automation & Analytics Program Manager

Hewlett Packard Enterprise; Bengaluru; Hybrid; INR 2,500,000 - 4,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Hewlett Packard Enterprise in Bengaluru, India, seeks a Program Manager to lead AI, automation, and analytics initiatives in a hybrid role (2 days in office per week). You will manage multi‑functional teams, develop roadmaps, budgets, and schedules, and partner with data scientists and stakeholders to deliver measurable outcomes.

The ideal candidate has 4–6 years in program management with digital transformation or AI/Analytics experience, plus a PMP is preferred.

Qualifications

• Experience leading AI/Automation & Analytics projects.
• Ability to manage program roadmaps, budgets, and schedules.
• Strong communication and cross‑functional leadership.
• Experience with digital transformation initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Lead a program spanning multiple functions and teams to drive engineering development and implementation.
• Manage AI, automation, and analytics programs with cross‑functional teams.
• Develop program roadmaps, schedules, deliverables, budgets.
• Collaborate with data scientists, automation developers, and stakeholders.
• Communicate progress, escalations, and risk analysis to leadership.
• Track progress and adjust schedules and resources to meet plans.
• Ensure budgets and roadmaps are adhered to.
• Provide guidance and mentoring to less‑experienced staff.

Skills

Project planning tools

AI/ML lifecycle

Analytical thinking

Matrixed team coordination

Budget management

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Business Management, Engineering, CS

PMP certification preferred

4-6 years program management experience

Job description

This role has been designed as 'Hybrid' with a requirement 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

Job Family Definition:

Provides leadership to drive AI, Automation, and Analytics initiatives. Manages end‑to‑end lifecycle of AI/ML, automation, and data analytics Programs/Projects. Manages project teams and resources including planning, scheduling, tracking progress, communicating status, and managing risk across a matrixed organization to deliver measurable outcomes.

Management Level Definition

Contributions include applying developed expertise in AI, Automation, and Analytics to solve moderately complex problems. Recommends solution approaches. May act as Project lead. Exercises independent judgment while working with cross‑functional teams for assigned work within defined policies and procedures.

HPE Operations is our innovative IT services organization. It provides the expertise to advise, integrate, and accelerate our customers’ outcomes from their digital transformation. Our teams collaborate to transform insight into innovation. In today’s fast paced, hybrid IT world, being at business speed means overcoming IT complexity to match the speed of actions to the speed of opportunities. Deploy the right technology to respond quickly to market possibilities. Join us and redefine what’s next for you.

What You’ll Do

Responsibilities:

• Manages and leads a program involving one or more functions and project teams to drive the engineering development and implementation process for a subsystem or component of a product or service offering.
• Manages AI, Automation, and Analytics programs involving one or more functions and Project teams.
• Develops program/project roadmaps, schedules, deliverables, budgets.
• Collaborates and Coordinates activities across data scientists, automation developers, and stakeholders.
• Communicates progress, escalations, and issue analysis to leadership and stakeholders.
• Tracks progress against established plan and makes decisions to alter or update schedule and resource allocation to meet
• Ensures adherence to budgets and established product roadmaps and schedules.
• Leads and provides guidance and mentoring to less‑experienced staff members.

What You Need To Bring

Education and Experience Required:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Business Management, Engineering, Computer Sciences, or equivalent.
• PMP/PMI certification preferred.
• Typically, 4-6 years of experience in program management with digital transformation OR AI Automation & Analytics experience.

Knowledge And Skills

• Using project planning tools and software packages to create, manage, and track project results.
• Understanding AI/ML lifecycle, automation tools, and data analytics
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
• Demonstrated experience coordinating and directing matrixed teams and resources.
• Ability to create and manage program schedules, budgets, and resource allocation plans.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; mastery in English and local language.
• Ability to effectively communicate program plans, proposals, and results, and negotiate options at management levels.

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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