Manager Corporate Strategy – HPE Networking

Manager Corporate Strategy – HPE Networking    This 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 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: Corporate Strategy Manager (IC role) – HPE Networking Location: Sunnyvale, CA This role is based in the San Francisco Bay Area and has been designed as “Hybrid,” with a requirement to work from HPE’s Sunnyvale office an average of 2 days per week. 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 HPE Networking is seeking a Strategy Manager to help define and drive high-impact, long-term strategies for the networking business. This role will partner with senior leaders and cross-functional teams to assess market dynamics, customer needs, technology shifts, competitive implications, business performance, and growth opportunities across enterprise, data center, cloud, AI, security, and service-provider networking. As a member of the HPE Networking strategy team, you will conduct rigorous, data-driven analyses; develop recommendations for senior leadership; and help advance strategic initiatives, partnerships, investments, and potential mergers and acquisitions. You will translate complex findings into clear, actionable insights and work with business partners to move recommendations from analysis through execution. Key Responsibilities • Identify the research, tools, and analyses required to achieve objectives across multiple strategic workstreams and projects. • Lead quantitative and qualitative analysis of networking markets, customer needs, technology trends, competitive dynamics, business performance, and growth opportunities. • Manage the development of financial and statistical models, structure analytical approaches, and oversee data gathering from internal and external sources. • Synthesize key findings and develop comprehensive recommendations to improve business and financial performance. • Partner with leaders across product, engineering, sales, finance, operations, and other functions to support and execute strategic initiatives. • Evaluate and support strategic investments, partnerships, alliances, equity investments, and mergers and acquisitions, including financial analysis and engagement with external parties. • Manage cross-functional teams, project plans, objectives, deliverables, communications, and contingency plans to ensure timely execution. • Facilitate joint prob