Lab Relationship Manager (LRM) - HPE Hybrid Cloud

Hewlett Packard Enterprise; Fort Collins (CO); Hybrid; USD 131,000 - 248,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & wellbeing

Career development

Inclusive culture

Job summary

The Lab Relationship Manager (LRM) at Hewlett Packard Enterprise will serve as the primary liaison between HPE Hybrid Cloud engineering and Global Workplace teams, shaping lab strategy, capacity, and investments across global environments.

Working in a hybrid model, the LRM will partner with engineering leaders to translate roadmaps into infrastructure plans, drive multi-year lab portfolios, and deliver governance and analytics to optimize product development and lab performance across the real

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in relevant field.
• 5+ years in engineering lab environments, product development or portfolio planning.
• Translating technical requirements into infrastructure/facility solutions.
• Influence senior leaders in a matrixed organization.
• Strong analytical, financial and business acumen.
• Excellent communication, presentation and stakeholder management.
• Proficiency with planning, analytics and reporting tools.
• Experience in R&D/engineering labs and within a global tech company.
• Understanding of labs, data centers, AI infrastructure and test environments.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary Global Workplace representative for Hybrid Cloud engineering.
• Build relationships with engineering leaders to understand roadmaps and requirements.
• Establish governance forums and advise on lab strategy and investments.
• Capture and communicate business requirements, risks and opportunities.
• Develop and maintain multi-year lab infrastructure and capacity strategies.
• Translate requirements into facility and portfolio plans.
• Lead planning for lab expansion, modernization and optimization.
• Evaluate demand forecasts and capacity to support decisions.
• Provide recommendations based on priorities, finances and portfolio goals.
• Lead intake, assessment and prioritization of new lab requirements.
• Partner with Workplace Delivery, Lab Operations, Facilities, IT, Security, EHS, Finance.
• Support business cases, funding strategies, cost estimates and scope.
• Guide initiatives through governance, funding and approval processes.
• Maintain visibility of active lab initiatives and track milestones and funding.
• Develop executive communications, dashboards and portfolio reporting.
• Analyze utilization and investment data for trends and optimization.

Skills

Strategic partnership

Lab planning

Portfolio planning

Governance

Scenario planning

Executive communication

Change management

Cross-functional leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering, Business, Architecture, Construction Management, Facilities Management, or related field

Job description

Lab Relationship Manager (LRM) - HPE Hybrid Cloud

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 Lab Relationship Manager (LRM) is the primary strategic liaison between HPE Hybrid Cloud business engineering teams and Global Workplace for laboratory, engineering, testing, NPI, proof-of-concept, and technical development environments worldwide. This role will extend to support additional business support engineering teams (HPE GTM & HPE Operations). This role partners with engineering business leaders to understand current and future lab requirements, translate demand into infrastructure and portfolio strategies, and align lab investments with business objectives. Acting as a trusted advisor, the LRM helps optimize lab capacity, prioritize investments, mitigate risks, and develop long-term roadmaps that enable product development and business growth across the real estate portfolio.

Key Responsibilities

Business Partnership & Strategy

• Serve as the primary Global Workplace representative for the Hybrid Cloud business engineering organizations.
• Build relationships with engineering and product business leaders to understand roadmaps, growth plans, and operational requirements.
• Establish governance forums and act as a trusted advisor on lab strategy, capacity, and investment decisions that enable the success of the business.
• Capture, prioritize, and communicate business requirements, risks, and opportunities.

Lab Portfolio Planning

• Develop and maintain multi-year lab infrastructure and capacity strategies.
• Translate business and engineering requirements into facility, infrastructure, and portfolio plans.
• Lead scenario planning for lab expansion, modernization, consolidation, and optimization initiatives.
• Evaluate demand forecasts, utilization trends, and capacity requirements to support strategic decision making.
• Provide recommendations based on business priorities, operational requirements, financial analysis, and portfolio objectives.

Business Enablement & Project Development

• Lead intake, assessment, and prioritization of new lab requirements.
• Partner with Workplace Delivery, Lab Operations, Facilities, IT, Security, EHS, and Finance to validate solutions and project feasibility.
• Support development of business cases, funding strategies, cost estimates, and scope agreements.
• Guide initiatives through governance, funding, and approval processes.

Portfolio Governance & Reporting

• Maintain visibility of active and planned lab initiatives within assigned business organizations.
• Track key milestones, risks, dependencies, and funding commitments.
• Ensure alignment between business priorities and Global Workplace resources.
• Develop executive communications, dashboards, and portfolio performance reporting.
• Analyze utilization, capacity, investment, and project pipeline data to identify trends and optimization opportunities.

Core Capabilities

• Strategic business partnership
• Laboratory planning and operations
• Portfolio and capacity planning
• Program and project governance
• Scenario planning and analytics
• Executive communication
• Change management
• Cross-functional leadership and influence

Qualifications

Required Bachelor's degree in engineering, Business, Architecture, Construction Management, Facilities Management, or a related field or relevant years of experience in place of a degree.

5+ years of experience in engineering lab environments, product development, portfolio planning, infrastructure planning, program management, or related disciplines.

Experience translating technical business requirements into infrastructure/facility solutions.

Demonstrated ability to influence senior leaders within a matrixed organization.

Strong analytical, financial, and business acumen.

Excellent communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.

Proficiency with planning, analytics, and reporting tools.

Preferred Experience supporting R&D, engineering, testing, manufacturing, or technical laboratory environments.

Experience within a global technology company.

Understanding of engineering labs, data centers, AI infrastructure, and test environments.

Success Measures

• Business stakeholder satisfaction
• Lab capacity aligned with business demand
• Quality and accuracy of demand forecasts
• Effective utilization of assigned lab portfolio
• Delivery of approved business commitments and strategic initiatives
• Reduction of capacity-related business risks
• Successful execution of lab infrastructure investments

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 Details

Job: Corporate Administration Job Level: Master

Salary & Benefits

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 130,500 - 247,500 in Colorado // 123,500 - 285,000 in Texas The listed salary range reflects base salary. Variable incentives may also be offered.

Information about employee benefits offered in the US can be found at https://myhperewards.com/main/new-hire-enrollment.html The estimated job application period closure is November 16 2026; this timeline is provided for transparency and internal planning purposes.

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