Director of Strategy & Transformation (AI PDLC)

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP; Spring (TX); Hybrid; USD 144,000 - 348,000; Full time

Job summary

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is seeking a Director of Strategy & Transformation focused on AI PDLC to lead a multi-year transformation across Product, Engineering and QA. The role is hybrid, requiring about 2 days per week in an HPE office, with executive visibility and impact across the Hybrid Cloud portfolio.

The ideal candidate has 15+ years in strategy or transformation, deep PDLC knowledge, and a record delivering large-scale change through cross‑functional programs and strong leadership.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in strategy, transformation or corporate strategy.
• Experience with tech transformations; B2B software, AI or cloud products preferred.
• Strong understanding of the PDLC and software engineering best practices.
• MBA or advanced degree preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead a multi-year Agentic AI PDLC transformation across Product, Engineering and QA.
• Drive change management, executive alignment and adoption programs.
• Partner with technical leaders to assess and design the future PDLC operating model.
• Drive implementation to realize productivity, time-to-market and quality improvements.
• Present findings, trade-offs and recommendations to senior leadership.

Skills

Executive relationships

Project management

Strategic thinking

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree

MBA

Job description

Director of Strategy & Transformation (AI PDLC)

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:

The HPE Strategy & Transformation team for Hybrid Cloud is a dynamic organization responsible for working with executive leadership of Hybrid Cloud business unit in advancing the BU strategy and driving key strategic transformation projects. Additional core responsibilities of the team include managing product portfolio, driving strategic business cadence (strategic business reviews, long-term financial planning etc.), preparing updates for the executive committee/ board and driving cross-functional transformation initiatives. We partner closely with Product, Technology, GTM and Finance functions to deliver on our priorities. We are seeking a dynamic leader responsible for driving a high-priority transformation initiative. The goal would be to modernize our Product Development Lifecycle (PDLC) process into an Agentic AI led operating model that accelerates innovation, improves engineering productivity, enhances quality and reduces time to market across the Hybrid Cloud portfolio. This leader will be central for driving the outcome across our key product groups and the PDLC personas. The work will be centered around documenting the starting point, designing the end state and driving the implementation to realize the value at stake. This is a rare opportunity to shape the future of product development at a large pioneer technology organization. The Director will have significant visibility at the executive level and will play a pivotal role in defining an Agentic AI native operating model for PDLC across the BU. The successful candidate will combine strategic thinking, executive influence, operational rigor and hands‑on execution to accelerate our PDLC transformation.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the multi‑year Agentic AI PDLC business transformation spanning underlying tech architecture, tooling, processes, operating model, talent, skills and governance across Product management, Engineering and QA functions
• Drive large scale change management, executive alignment, communications and adoption programs to embed Agentic AI native ways of working across the org
• Partner with technical leaders to lead comprehensive starting point assessments across product groups, teams and personas
• Help design future state operating model for Agentic AI led PDLC
• Drive implementation and realization of productivity, time‑to‑market and quality improvements
• Facilitate decision making among senior leadership by presenting findings, trade‑offs and recommendations
• Define and maintain the transformation roadmap, milestones and report on KPIs/ value realization progress
• Establish and run weekly governance process

Experience and Education

Typically, 15+ years of experience, including 8+ years in progressive leadership roles spanning corporate strategy, management consulting, or technology/ business transformations. Required experience working on tech transformations; B2B technology experience is strongly preferred, particularly with software, artificial intelligence, or cloud infrastructure products. Experience leading or supporting product management, software engineering or digital transformation programs involving workflow automation and organizational redesign within a technology organization is highly preferred. Must have strong knowledge of the product development lifecycle (PDLC) and software engineering best practices. Experience with strategic and operational project management, cross‑functional stakeholder management Bachelor's degree required. Advanced university degree (e.g., MBA) preferred.

Knowledge and skills

• Demonstrated ability to build relationships at executive level and manage complex cross‑functional initiatives with minimal direction
• Excellent project management skills, including project structuring and managing multiple work streams independently
• Proven track record of translating high level strategy into actionable transformation plans
• Passion for catalyzing and driving change
• Excellent analytical thinking, analysis, and problem solving skills
• Strong relationship management skills, including partnering and consulting
• Superior group facilitation, interviewing, and influence skills
• Comfortable in navigating ambiguity
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, ability to communicate effectively across multiple levels, including cross‑functional peers and senior leadership
• Proven ability to work in high performance teams and mentor junior team members

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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