Senior Director, Engineering

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP; Sunnyvale (CA); Hybrid; USD 200,000 - 426,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & Wellbeing

Development programs

Inclusive culture

Job summary

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is seeking a Senior Director of Engineering in Sunnyvale, CA, to lead a large engineering function across products, systems, and software. This role is hybrid, requiring about two days per week in an HPE office, and reports to executive leadership.

The ideal candidate has 15+ years of related experience and at least 10 years of people management, with strong strategic, budget, and cross‑functional collaboration skills to drive ambitious engineering programs.

Qualifications

• First level university degree or equivalent experience required.
• Typically 15 or more years of related work experience, including 10 years of people management experience.

Responsibilities

• Provides direct and ongoing strategic leadership for a department or functional organization of multiple subordinate managers and high-level individual contributors.
• Creates strategic and tactical operations and resource plans based on business roadmap and objectives.
• Manages headcount, deliverables, schedules, and costs to meet goals and budgets.
• Engages with program managers, marketing, supply chain, and executives to communicate status and guide decisions.
• Manages relationships with outsourced partners and suppliers, setting expectations regarding deliverables and costs.
• Identifies opportunities for programs to support process improvements and cost reductions.
• Provides people-care management for direct reports, including hiring, performance plans, coaching, and development.

Skills

Leadership

People management

Strategic planning

Budgeting

Communication

Cross‑functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Senior Director, Engineering

Senior Director, EngineeringThis 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 onfinding 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:

Leads a large or broad function/department within a multifaceted organization. Responsible for operational success, strategic alignment and integration of activities with other major organizational functions. Responsible for one or more recognized professional disciplines. Fully accountable for the success of the designated function or department. Influences strategy and sets policy and direction. Owns a significant number of measurable functional, operational and strategic goals or priorities. Assumes responsibility for the successful implementation of business plans in a defined area of responsibility. Contributes to the overall strategic definition of a function with strong business acumen. Acts as a key advisor to executive management in influencing the strategic direction of the business. Typically reports to VP.

Responsibilities:

• Provides direct and ongoing strategic leadership for a department or functional organization of multiple subordinate managers and high-level individual contributors designing and developing engineering solutions utilizing multiple engineering disciplines for products, systems, software, and solutions.
• Creates strategic and tactical operations and resource plans, goals, and priorities for assigned organization based on business and technology roadmap and functional objectives.
• Manages headcount, deliverables, schedules, and costs for the organization, ensuring that resources are appropriately allocated and that goals, objectives, timelines, and budgets are met in accordance with organizational metrics and business plans.
• Engages with program managers, marketing, supply chain, technical leaders and executives to communicate program status, elevate issues, and guide and influence strategic decision‑making
• Manages senior relationships and escalated issues with outsourced partners and suppliers, including setting expectations regarding deliverables, product quality, schedules, and costs; ensures that organization is effectively leveraging outsourced resources.
• Identifies opportunities for and drives organizational initiatives and programs to support business process improvements and cost reductions.
• Provides overall people‑care management for direct reports, including hiring, setting and monitoring of annual performance plans, coaching, and career development; drives and fosters organization‑wide performance standards, expectations, and practices to support ongoing team member and process development.

Education and Experience Required:

• First level university degree or equivalent experience required. May have advanced university degree.
• Typically 15 or more years of related work experience, including 10 years of people management experience.

Knowledge and Skills:

• Strong leadership skills, including coaching, team‑building, and conflict resolution.
• Organizational and strategic management skills, including budget and business planning and forecasting.
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
• Ability to manage human capital across multiple geographies and organizations to drive workforce development and achieve desired results.
• Advanced communication skills catered to a wide variety of audiences.(e.g. written, verbal, presentation); mastery in English and local language.
• Extensive business acumen, technical knowledge, and industry experience encompassing one or more engineering, technology, and product domains.
• Advanced multi‑tasking and prioritization skills.
• Advanced relationship management skills, including partnering and consulting with senior management and executive roles for internal and external partners.
• Good understanding of the company's policies and processes.

Impact/Scope:

• Collaborates across functions to deliver multidisciplinary engineering solutions.
• Typically interacts with high-level Individual Contributors, Managers, Directors, and VPs and SVPs for internal and external suppliers, partners, and customers.
• Drives large and complex cross‑organizational business initiatives.

Complexity:

• Leads highly‑complex multidisciplinary engineering development, support, and improvement activities and organizations.
• Anticipates operational needs and impact on the business and function or department.

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:

Engineering

Job Level:

Director

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 200,000 - 425,500 in California
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

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