Lead Product Line Manager - Campus Networking Solutions

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company; Cupertino (CA); Hybrid; USD 194,000 - 413,000; Full time

Job summary

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is seeking a highly experienced Lead Product Line Manager to shape autonomous networking across campus, branch, data center, security, and cloud-managed platforms. You will collaborate with customers, engineering, architecture, and GTM teams to deliver differentiated solutions.

The ideal candidate combines extensive networking domain expertise with a passion for AI-driven innovation and practical execution.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering/IT or related field.
• Extensive experience in Product Management or related leadership roles within the networking industry.
• Deep knowledge of networking technologies across wired/wireless, campus, data center, security, and cloud-managed platforms.
• Hands-on experience deploying and operating enterprise networking environments.
• Strong analytical, communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the product strategy and roadmap for autonomous networking across campus, branch, data center, security, and cloud-managed environments.
• Engage with enterprise customers, partners, and field teams to translate operational challenges into product capabilities.
• Drive AI, automation, and intelligent operations across networking products and services.
• Collaborate with engineering and architecture to influence design, tradeoffs, and implementation.
• Use telemetry and data-driven methods to prioritize investments and validate outcomes.
• Develop product requirements, business cases, positioning, and go-to-market strategies.
• Use prototypes and AI-assisted development to explore concepts and accelerate delivery.
• Act as a thought leader for autonomous networking and engage with customers and industry stakeholders.
• Work cross-functionally across product management, engineering, UX, marketing, sales, and customer success.
• Monitor industry trends and competitors to identify opportunities for differentiation.

Skills

Product management leadership

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Presentation skills

Stakeholder management

AI/Automation awareness

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related technical field; advanced degree preferred.

Job description

Lead Product Line Manager - Campus Networking Solutions

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:

We are seeking a highly experienced and technically deep Product Management leader to help define and drive the future of autonomous networking. This individual contributor role will be responsible for shaping product strategy and execution across wired, wireless, security, and cloud-managed networking platforms, leveraging AI and automation to simplify network operations and improve customer outcomes.

The ideal candidate combines extensive networking domain expertise with a passion for innovation and practical application of AI technologies. This is a highly visible role that requires close collaboration with customers, engineering, architecture, and go-to-market teams to deliver differentiated solutions that address real-world operational challenges.

Rather than relying solely on traditional requirements gathering, this leader will use customer insights, telemetry, data-driven decision making, prototypes, AI-assisted development tools, and hands-on engagement with engineering teams to influence product direction and accelerate innovation.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and execute the product strategy and roadmap for autonomous networking capabilities across campus, branch, data center, security, and cloud-managed networking environments.
• Engage directly with enterprise customers, partners, and field teams to understand operational challenges and translate them into innovative product capabilities.
• Drive the integration of AI, automation, and intelligent operations across networking products and services.
• Partner closely with engineering and architecture teams to influence product design, technical tradeoffs, and solution implementation.
• Leverage customer data, telemetry, analytics, and experimentation to prioritize investments and validate outcomes.
• Develop product requirements, business cases, positioning, and go-to-market strategies for new capabilities and offerings.
• Use prototypes, proof-of-concepts, and AI-assisted development approaches to rapidly explore concepts and accelerate product delivery.
• Act as a thought leader for autonomous networking technologies and represent the company with customers, industry events, and executive stakeholders.
• Collaborate cross-functionally across product management, engineering, UX, marketing, sales, and customer success organizations.
• Monitor industry trends, competitive offerings, and emerging technologies to identify opportunities for innovation and differentiation.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related technical field; advanced degree preferred.
• Extensive experience in Product Management, Technical Product Management, or related leadership roles within the networking industry.
• Deep knowledge of networking technologies, including wired and wireless networking, campus and branch networking, network security, and cloud-managed platforms.
• Hands-on experience deploying, operating, troubleshooting, or managing enterprise networking environments.
• Strong understanding of networking architectures, protocols, operations, and lifecycle management.
• Experience translating complex customer and operational challenges into scalable product solutions.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with highly technical engineering and architecture teams.
• Strong analytical, communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience developing product strategies and roadmaps informed by customer feedback, market insights, and business objectives.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience building or delivering AI-powered, autonomous, or self-healing infrastructure solutions.
• Knowledge of cloud operations, observability, network analytics, AIOps, machine learning, or automation frameworks.
• Familiarity with modern cloud platforms and SaaS-based networking solutions.
• Experience utilizing AI-assisted development tools, rapid prototyping methodologies, or data-driven product discovery techniques.
• Proven track record of influencing large-scale platform strategies across multiple product domains.
• Experience presenting to executive audiences, customers, analysts, and industry forums.

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:

Engineering

Job Level:

TCP_07

"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 194,000 - 412,500 in California
The listed salary range reflects base salary. Variable incentives may also be offered."

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