VP, Technology & Architecture — Strategy & Platform Innovation

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

Parental leave

Paid holidays

Flexible vacation/sick leave

Job summary

HP’s CTO, Software organization is a global team shaping the future of software and platform technologies powering HP products. The group defines vision, strategy, architecture, engineering and operations across developer experience, data/AI, security, infrastructure, reliability and device software to enable AI-enabled experiences.

The Vice President, Technology & Architecture partners with the CTO to set direction, lead architecture and incubation, and drive technology advocacy.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field; a Ph.D. is preferred.
• Current or prior experience operating at the VP level in technology or engineering within an established technology company.
• 15+ years of experience in technology, engineering, or related areas, including 8+ years leading organizations through senior leadership roles.
• Proven success attracting top talent and building and leading high-performing teams that drive technology architecture, strategy, and innovation capabilities within large, complex product or engineering environments.
• Experience driving technology innovation, strategy, and architecture within engineering organizations delivering capabilities for products used by millions of customers and/or large-scale commercial businesses generating more than $100 million in annual revenue.
• Strong track record of improving operational efficiency and engineering effectiveness through strategic thinking and disciplined execution.
• Experience leading or scaling functions such as technology architecture, innovation, and/or strategy.
• Demonstrated ability to influence senior executives and drive alignment across large, matrixed organizations with multiple stakeholders and competing priorities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate complex technical and operational topics clearly to executive audiences.
• Strong collaboration and leadership presence, with a reputation for building trust, attracting top talent, and developing diverse, high-performing teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead by example, fostering a culture of accountability, technology and architecture excellence, and a customer-first mindset across the organization.
• Attract, build, lead, and develop a high-performing team of talented technologists, architects, and engineers with diverse expertise, perspectives, and backgrounds.
• Lead central architecture, with responsibility for developing the end-to-end, full-stack architecture across platform and product software engineering, including architecture principles, target architecture blueprints, and architecture evolution and migration plans.
• Lead a team of senior distinguished engineers focused on next-generation technology stacks and architectures across software, data and AI, security, infrastructure, and reliability engineering.
• Lead technology incubation, with responsibility for building and sustaining incubation environments that support CTO, Software; global business unit; and stakeholder technology innovation initiatives, and for delivering the HP CTO Lab—a new full-stack software and platform sandbox for conducting proofs of concept in partnership with CTO, Software teams, internal stakeholders, and external partners and customers.
• Lead technology strategy, with responsibility for the roadmap of platform and software stacks, technology and vendor solution evaluation for strategic initiatives, and technology ecosystem monitoring and engagement.
• Lead technology advocacy, including technology thought leadership, external industry engagement, internal thought leadership, hackathons, Developer Day, and related initiatives.

Skills

VP leadership

Technology architecture

Team leadership

Stakeholder alignment

AI/ML awareness

Education

Bachelor or Master in CS/Engineering

Job description

HP’s CTO, Software organization is a global team shaping the future of software and platform technologies powering HP products. The group defines vision, strategy, architecture, engineering and operations across developer experience, data/AI, security, infrastructure, reliability and device software to enable AI-enabled experiences.

The Vice President, Technology & Architecture partners with the CTO to set direction, lead architecture and incubation, and drive technology advocacy.