VP, AI-Enabled Apps & Platform

HP; Vancouver (WA); On-site; USD 320,000 - 350,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Disability insurance

Employee assistance program

Flexible spending account

Life insurance

Generous time off policies

Parental leave

Job summary

HP, a global technology leader, seeks a VP Apps within the CTO, Software organization to lead a large, global engineering team responsible for software stacks behind HP’s customer-facing applications and platforms. This role focuses on advancing HP’s AI-native strategy across edge and cloud, driving unified AI-enabled experiences and new operating models.

The position reports to the Chief Technology Officer, Software and requires senior leadership with the ability to influence executives,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or master's degree (Ph.D. preferred) in computer science, engineering, or related field.
• 15+ years of relevant engineering experience, including 8+ years in senior people management roles.
• 4+ years leading global software engineering teams serving multiple internal customers.
• Demonstrated success building high-performing diverse engineering teams.
• Proven ability to deliver measurable business value through engineering excellence and execution speed.
• Deep technical expertise in distributed systems, cloud-native architectures, and modern AI-native software development lifecycle practices.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present to senior executives.

Responsibilities

• Lead by example, fostering accountability and a customer-first mindset.
• Attract, build, manage, and develop a high-performing software engineering team.
• Drive an AI-native paradigm across the full software development lifecycle, leveraging AI as a foundational layer and positioning AI agents as core participants in writing, testing, and refining code from the ground up.
• Implement a shift from manual coding to AI-enabled design, verification, and orchestration of intelligent, automated workflows, delivering step-function improvements in code quality and developer productivity, and materially reducing toil and cognitive load.
• Partner closely with stakeholders to implement and exemplify a true platform engineering producer–consumer model, supported by bidirectional accountability and service-level objectives.
• Serve as the engineering leader accountable to internal customers and stakeholders across product development, platform consumption, feature delivery, and operational support.

Skills

VP level leadership

Distributed systems

Cloud-native architectures

AI-native software development

Executive communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Engineering excellence

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/Engineering (PhD preferred)

Job description

HP, a global technology leader, seeks a VP Apps within the CTO, Software organization to lead a large, global engineering team responsible for software stacks behind HP’s customer-facing applications and platforms. This role focuses on advancing HP’s AI-native strategy across edge and cloud, driving unified AI-enabled experiences and new operating models.

The position reports to the Chief Technology Officer, Software and requires senior leadership with the ability to influence executives,