Technical Support Manager

HPE Aruba Networking; Chennai District; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & wellbeing

Career development programs

Inclusive culture

Job summary

Hewlett Packard Enterprise's Aruba Networking division in Chennai region is seeking an experienced engineering manager for a hybrid role. You will lead a team across multiple disciplines, overseeing design, development, and delivery of engineering solutions for our portfolio.

The role emphasizes staff coaching, project planning, and cost management, with accountability for programs and partnerships. You will drive process improvements and talent development across geographies to deliver on

Qualifications

• First-level university degree or equivalent experience.
• Typically 5+ years of related work experience, including 0–2 years of people management.
• Strong leadership, coaching and team-building abilities.
• Advanced project management and risk management skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to lead across geographies to drive workforce development.
• Excellent verbal and written communication, including negotiation and influence.
• Industry experience across engineering, technology, and product domains.
• Strong multi-tasking and prioritization.

Responsibilities

• Provides direct and ongoing leadership for a team of individual contributors designing and developing engineering solutions and coordinating projects.
• Manages headcount, deliverables, schedules, and costs for multiple projects, ensuring alignment with roadmaps.
• Communicates project status and escalates issues to managers and partners.
• Manages relationships with outsourced partners and suppliers, including setting expectations for deliverables, quality, schedules, costs.
• Identifies opportunities for process improvement and cost reductions.
• Provides people-care management including hiring, performance plans, coaching, and career development.

Skills

Leadership

Project Management

Analytical Skills

Communication

Business Acumen

Global Collaboration

English Proficiency

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Networking

Wireless technology

Job description

Hybrid Work Model

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

Aruba is an HPE Company, and a leading provider of next-generation network access solutions for the mobile enterprise. Helping some of the largest companies in the world modernize their networks to meet the demands of a digital future, Aruba is redefining the “Intelligent Edge” – and creating new customer experiences across intelligent spaces and digital workspaces. Join us redefine what’s next for you.

What You’ll Do

The job family spans across multiple engineering disciplines. Work consists of designing, developing, analyzing, troubleshooting and debugging systems, software and solutions for research and/or research development of product, services, and solutions for HPE’s portfolio. Requires a broad knowledge and application of engineering disciplines, methodologies and tools.

Applies advanced subject matter knowledge to manage staff activities in solving common and complex business/technical issues within established policies. Manages exempt individual contributors and/or supervisors. Has accountability for results of a major program in terms of cost, direction and people management. Provides guidance on process improvements and recommends changes in alignment with business tactics and strategy for area of responsibility. Plans, manages and monitors operational/tactical activities of Staff. Staff members' work may involve strategic issues. Recruits and supports development of direct staff members. Typically reports to MG2 or Director.

Additional guidance/criteria: Manages and controls activities within a single country or a sub‑region which is part of a larger geographical Region; Manages at least 4 employees and typically between 8 and 15 direct reports. Span of Control guidelines may differ from these numbers.

Responsibilities

• Provides direct and ongoing leadership for a team of individual contributors designing and developing engineering solutions and coordinating projects utilizing multiple engineering disciplines for products, systems, software, and solutions.
• Manages headcount, deliverables, schedules, and costs for multiple ongoing projects, ensuring that resources are appropriately allocated and that goals, objectives, timelines, and budgets are met in accordance with program and organizational roadmaps.
• Communicates project status and escalates issues to direct managers, program managers, and internal and external development partners.
• Manages relationships with outsourced partners and suppliers, including setting expectations regarding deliverables, product quality, schedules, and costs; ensures that team members are effectively communicating and collaborating with outsourced resources.
• Proactively identifies opportunities for process improvement and cost reductions opportunities.
• Provides people‑care management for assigned team members, including hiring, setting and monitoring of annual performance plans, coaching, and career development; ensures that proper knowledge and career development tools are in place to support ongoing team member and process development.

What You Need To Bring

• First‑level university degree or equivalent experience required. May have advanced university degree.
• Typically 5 or more years of related work experience, including 0–2 years of people management experience.
• Strong leadership skills, including coaching, team‑building, and conflict resolution.
• Advanced project management skills including time and risk management, resource prioritization, and project structuring.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills.
• Ability to manage human capital across geographies to drive workforce development and achieve desired results.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, including negotiation, presentation, and influence skills.
• Advanced business acumen, technical knowledge, and industry experience encompassing one or more engineering, technology, and product domains.
• Strong multi‑tasking and prioritization skills.
• Strong communication skills (e.g. written, verbal, presentation); mastery in English and local language.
• Good understanding of the company’s policies and processes.

Additional Technical Skills

We are also looking for managers with Networking and wireless technical skills.

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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EEO Statement

HPE is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Veterans/Disabled/LGBT employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, or any other protected category, and all decisions we make are made on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need. Our goal is to be one global team that is representative of our customers, in an inclusive environment where we can continue to innovate and grow together. Please click here: Equal Employment Opportunity.

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