Director Compute Business Operations

This role has been designated as ‘Office’, which means you will primarily work from an HPE office.

Job Description:

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 diverse 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.

Your Contribution to the Organization:

The Director Compute Business Operations establishes and defines high-impact, long term business & operational strategies for the Compute business. Partners with executive management to identify existing operational efficiencies and new business opportunities, including process transformation, modernization and automation. Oversees and manages initiatives and communicates the strategic direction and project progress to the business. Provides strong leadership regarding the execution of business strategies. Works with executive teams to develop short to long term business plans and forecasting models. Prepares global or regional implementation strategies including execution plans, resource allocations and process accountabilities. Tracks financial, efficiency and productivity data to evaluate actual performance and makes recommendations to business leaders on performance target achievement. Develops data-driven analyses to optimize resources and ensure that business plans can be translated into financial value.

The Director Compute Business Operations leads a function within a multifaceted organization. Responsible for operational success, strategic alignment, and integration of activities with other major organizational functions including Global Operations, Product Management and IT. Owns a significant number of measurable functional, operational, and strategic goals or priorities. Assumes responsibility for the successful implementation of operational plans for Compute with strong business acumen. Acts as a key advisor to executive management in influencing the strategic direction of the business. Senior Director or entry Vice President role with potential succession over time to COO.

How You’ll Make Your Mark:

• Bring a focus on process transformation by:
  • Eliminating and automating legacy processes
  • Simplifying & accelerating processes
  • Defining process strategies
• Becoming a recognized executive leader with excellent program management & communications skills
• Provide innovative thought leadership and shape the knowledge base within Compute around the area of operational processes. Introducing new best practices, thinking & tools based on proven experience & success

• Providing strategic advice to executive management regarding overall targeted growth and operation efficiency.
• Builds financially sound, executable, data-driven business plans that improve the company's shareholder value.
• Drives operational efficiency initiatives that improve the company's profitability
• Applies financial rigor and acumen to all initiatives that lead executive and company's business teams to shareholder value-based decisions
• Demonstrates thought leadership by coaching and advising VP, SVP and other company executives.
• Creates a performance driven culture that ensures the company has the best strategic planning team in the industry.
• Balances short term with long term strategies and resource investment.
• Provides strong leadership, develops and sets individual and departmental team performance goals and manages/drives change.

What You’ll Need:

Education and Experience Required:

• Management consulting experience highly desired.
• Prior corporate leadership.
• Achieved planned financial results at an organizational level.
• Acted as a senior executive in a global company responsible for operational efficiency.
• Exercised leadership on external business or industry boards.
• 17+ years total experience. Often 10+ years post-advanced degree experience leading highly visible deals and the company's financial improvement initiatives in management consulting, corporate strategy, investment banking, or market research.
• MBA highly desired, or advanced university degree. Bachelors degree required.

Knowledge and Skills:

• Program management & Communications skills at an executive level, and the ability to manage and influence outside of the direct team and business group to achieve goals
• Strategic Planning & Implementation: Orchestrates the development of strategic plans that reflects the company's business strategy to advance market share/penetration and achieve profitable growth.
• Budget Management & Cost Optimization: Establishes tracks and enforces spending parameters to protect the company's business and assets, and ensures their effective engagement.
• Process mastery (e.g. six sigma) and Execution Management: Collaborates effectively with the company's BUs and value chain partners to ensure operational responsiveness to challenges, and alignment with business imperatives
• Business and Financial Acumen: Exhibits authoritative business and financial acumen o develop meaningful business recommendations. Understands the portfolio aspect of the company's products/services and how the businesses work together.
• Change Management: Develops methods for supporting innovation and change across the organization.
• Problem Solving: Approaches problems in a rational manner using sound strategies that ensures comprehensive understanding and effective resolution.
• Leadership: Able to lead effectively in a complex and political environment, and deliver results; Able to influence without direct authority; Able to balance between competing priorities and be flexible and creative; Able to drive team performance to world class; Able to create and build highly effective teams and organizations; Able to communicate effectively across multiple levels in the company and the industry.

What We Can Offer You:

• Extensive benefits, a competitive salary and participation in the shared values and purpose that make Hewlett Packard Enterprise one of the world´s most attractive employers! At HPE, our goal is to provide equal opportunities, flexible work-life balance, and constantly evolving career growth.
  
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