VP, Data Center Networking & Open Networking (Hybrid)

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company in; Sunnyvale (CA); Hybrid; USD 260,000 - 544,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Flexible to manage work and personal l

Job summary

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is seeking a seasoned Vice President of Product Management for Data Center Networking, with a focus on open networking, SONiC, and AI-ready infrastructure. The role requires translating market needs into a differentiated portfolio strategy and leading a cross-functional team across engineering, sales, and finance.

You will shape multi-year roadmaps, engage strategic customers, and ensure successful launches with measurable adoption, while aligning with executive

Qualifications

• 15+ years of product management and leadership in data center networking.
• Proven ability to define portfolio strategy and drive launches.
• Strong understanding of open networking, SONiC, and cloud-native infra.
• Experience serving enterprise, cloud, service provider, or AI infra customers.
• Ability to lead across engineering, sales, finance and partners.
• Executive communication and decision-making in ambiguity.
• Bachelor's degree in engineering, CS, or business; advanced degree preferred.

Responsibilities

• Set multi-year product strategy and roadmap for data center networking.
• Identify priority customer segments and market opportunities.
• Translate insights into product requirements and portfolio decisions.
• Partner with engineering and architecture to balance innovation and time-to-market.
• Drive alignment across product, sales, go-to-market, finance, services and partners.
• Build and lead a senior product management team.
• Engage strategic customers and ecosystem partners to validate requirements.
• Define business objectives and monitor performance.

Skills

Executive leadership

Product strategy

Open networking

SONiC

Data center networking

Stakeholder management

Executive communication

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher in Engineering/CS/Business

Job description

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is seeking a seasoned Vice President of Product Management for Data Center Networking, with a focus on open networking, SONiC, and AI-ready infrastructure. The role requires translating market needs into a differentiated portfolio strategy and leading a cross-functional team across engineering, sales, and finance.

You will shape multi-year roadmaps, engage strategic customers, and ensure successful launches with measurable adoption, while aligning with executive