Campus Switching Product Manager New Grad

Hewlett Packard Enterprise; Roseville (CA); Hybrid; USD 109,000 - 219,000; Full time

Job summary

Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s Campus Switching Product Manager Graduate role blends strategy with hands-on collaboration across CX Switching to shape the Self-Driving Network vision. The hybrid position requires ~2 days/week in an HPE office in California, offering exposure to cutting-edge network technologies and lifecycle management.

You will work with product leaders, engineers, and data-driven teams to translate customer needs into requirements, build business cases, and drive product

Qualifications

• MBA or related master's degree completed by start date.
• Bachelor’s degree in CS/CE/EE/IS or related technical discipline.
• Demonstrated interest in enterprise networking and emerging infrastructure technologies.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and presentation skills.
• Ability to understand complex technologies and translate them into customer and business value.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to product strategy and roadmaps for CX Switching and the HPE Self-Driving Network.
• Translate customer requirements, market trends, competitive insights, and emerging technologies into product requirements and recommendations.
• Partner with hardware, software, silicon, cloud, and AI engineering teams to define next-generation switching products and capabilities.
• Explore how automation, telemetry, cloud operations, and AI-driven intelligence can simplify enterprise network operations.
• Develop market, competitive, pricing, cost, and business-case analyses.
• Engage with customers, partners, sales teams, and technical experts to understand evolving enterprise networking requirements.
• Support products throughout the lifecycle, from concept and development through launch, growth, and lifecycle transitions.
• Help define differentiated value propositions and positioning for new CX Switching products and capabilities.
• Develop clear, data-driven recommendations for technical and business leaders.

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem-solving

Communication skills

Presentation skills

Education

MBA or related master's degree

Bachelor's degree in CS/CE/EE/IS

Tools

Python

APIs

Linux

Cloud technologies

Telemetry

Automation

AI

Job description

Campus Switching Product Manager Graduate

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:

ABOUT HPE NETWORKING HPE Networking is building the Self-Driving Network transforming enterprise networks from infrastructure that must be managed into systems that increasingly predict, act, and optimize with greater autonomy. Within Campus & Branch, CX Switching is a critical foundation of this vision. It combines high-performance switching and AOS-CX with cloud management, automation, telemetry, and AI-driven intelligence to simplify network operations and support increasingly autonomous networks.

ABOUT THE ROLE As an Associate Product Manager, you will work alongside product leaders, architects, and engineers to help shape the strategy and roadmap for HPE Networking CX Switching and its role in advancing the Self-Driving Network. You will gain experience across the full product lifecycle, translating customer needs, technology developments, and market opportunities into product requirements, business cases, competitive differentiation, and customer solutions.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Contribute to product strategy and roadmaps for CX Switching and the HPE Self-Driving Network.
• Translate customer requirements, market trends, competitive insights, and emerging technologies into product requirements and recommendations.
• Partner with hardware, software, silicon, cloud, and AI engineering teams to define next-generation switching products and capabilities.
• Explore how automation, telemetry, cloud operations, and AI-driven intelligence can simplify enterprise network operations.
• Develop market, competitive, pricing, cost, and business-case analyses.
• Engage with customers, partners, sales teams, and technical experts to understand evolving enterprise networking requirements.
• Support products throughout the lifecycle, from concept and development through launch, growth, and lifecycle transitions.
• Help define differentiated value propositions and positioning for new CX Switching products and capabilities.
• Develop clear, data-driven recommendations for technical and business leaders.

WHAT YOU’LL BRING

Required Qualifications:

• MBA or related master’s degree completed by the start date.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, information systems, or a related technical discipline.
• Demonstrated interest in enterprise networking and emerging infrastructure technologies.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and presentation skills.
• Ability to understand complex technologies and translate them into customer and business value.

Preferred Qualifications

• Networking experience through internships, engineering, technical sales, consulting, laboratory work, or relevant coursework.
• Understanding of Ethernet switching and routing concepts, including VLANs, Layer 2 and Layer 3 networking, IPv4/IPv6, routing protocols, and network resiliency.
• Hands-on experience with HPE, Cisco, Juniper, Arista, or other enterprise networking technologies.
• Exposure to automation, Python, APIs, telemetry, Linux, cloud technologies, or AI.
• HPE Networking, CCNA, JNCIA, or equivalent networking certification.
• Experience with product requirements, competitive analysis, business cases, pricing, or financial analysis.

WHY HPE NETWORKING?

The future of networking is self-driving. HPE Networking is bringing together switching, wireless, routing, security, cloud operations, automation, and AI-driven intelligence to create networks that are simpler to operate and increasingly autonomous. CX Switching is foundational to that vision. Join HPE Networking and help build the Self-Driving Network.

Accessibility

HPE is committed to creating an inclusive and accessible workplace and encourages applications from all qualified individuals, including those with disabilities. If you believe you require accommodation during any stage of the application or interview process, please submit your request by completing our secure form linked here.

Note: This option is reserved for applicants needing assistance/reasonable accommodation related to a disability.

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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Job: EngineeringJob Level: TCP_02 "The expected salary/wage range for this position is provided below. Actual offer may vary from this range based upon geographic location, work experience, education/training, and/or skill level. - United States of America: Annual Salary USD 108,500 - 218,500 in California The listed salary range reflects base salary. Variable incentives may also be offered."

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