Principal Engineering Program Manager

Principal Engineering Program Manager    This role has been designed as ‘’Onsite’ with an expectation that you will primarily work 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: Job Description We are seeking an experienced Engineering Program Manager / Product Lifecycle (PLM) Program Manager to provide end-to-end ownership of complex, cross-functional programs across the product lifecycle—from concept and New Product Introduction (NPI) through release, sustaining, and end-of-life. This role drives execution excellence by building and managing integrated schedules, aligning dependencies across engineering and partner teams, enforcing PDLC governance, and ensuring delivery commitments are met on time and within budget. The ideal candidate brings 6–10+ years of program/project management experience (including 5+ years in Agile environments), strong hands-on expertise with Jira (3+ years) and Smartsheet (2+ years), and a track record of leading executive-level communications, risk management, and milestone readiness reviews. Success requires exceptional stakeholder management, structured problem solving, and the ability to remove roadblocks and drive decisions across Product, Engineering, Manufacturing, and external partners to deliver high-quality outcomes. Provides support and/or leads teams through the engineering development process and implementation of the company’s products. Projects are typically shorter-term, less complex, and more contained with a defined timeframe. Programs are typically longer-term, multi-functional, multi-project efforts with complex requirements and dependencies. Requires 6+ years  of hands-on program/project management experience managing activities, resource capability, integrated schedules, budgets, and cross-company communications to facilitate product completion on schedule and within budget . Requires demonstrated experience ( 4+ years ) driving program execution using formal governance, identifying risks/dependencies early, and improving process and program efficiencies in partnership with engineering leadership. Work may involve external parties such as standards bodies, partners, suppliers, and/or customers. For qualified candidates in the continental United States that are US citizens, we may be open to other locations outside of those listed on the req Management Level Definition:   Contributions regularly and sustainably impact technical components of HPE products, solutions, or services. Applies advanced subject matter knowledge to solve complex business issues and is regarded as a subject matter expert. Typically requires 6+  years  experience, including 5+ years  working directly with engineering and program cross-functional teams, and 3+ years  influencing delivery commitments and outcomes with senior stakeholders. Exercises significant independent judgment to determine best methods for achieving objectives. May provide team leadership and mentoring to others and may participate in cross-functional initiatives. Responsibilities:   • Manages and leads a program involving multiple functions and project