VP of AI Product Management & Portfolio Planning

HP Inc.
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We are on a mission to be the most sustainable company in the world while bringing modern technology innovations to our customers across hardware, software, and services platforms.
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We want everyone in our organization to learn, grow, perform, and thrive while creating an industry-leading company.
Now is an exciting time to join HP’s Future Technology & Experience business where you will play an integral role in innovating and transforming the future of compute through AI differentiated PCs and industry leading AI software solutions.
Our mission is clear – bring AI to the masses through hardware and amazing software experiences.
The Future Technology & Experience team is on the leading edge and creating the future of R&D through AI.
We are looking for a leader who can thrive, lead and drive change in a fast-paced dynamic environment and are enthusiastic about not only learning but helping to develop the next generation of AI professionals.
As the VP of AI Product Management & Portfolio Planning you will be responsible to lead a team of professionals focused on developing and driving future cutting edge AI enabled experiences centered around the client PC, developing and leading an AI Experience Center for client PCs.
Additionally, this role is responsible to leading cross-organization large language model PC optimization.
This organization drives end to end AI/ML workflow & plays a key role in shaping the future of our cutting-edge ML platform.
You will work with customers, open-source users, and internal experts to define our AI product experiences and roadmap.
You will collaborate with product designers and engineers to scope intuitive, elegant, and functional new features, work cross-functionally with our engineering team to deliver those features to our customers.
Additionally you will have responsibility for doing portfolio planning of key segments and technologies.
Finding the right intersection of customer need and technology fit.
Responsibilities Leads, drives and provides approach for designing the end to end strategy for a suite of product portfolios that can be leveraged across the business Leads global teams responsible to gather and prioritize product and customer requirements, defining the AI experiences, solutions & product vision, work closely with engineering, sales, marketing and support to meet our AI strategy Develops an integrated strategy and roadmap Drives application interfaces with users and to deliver AI accelerators Continually ideates around how to make large and incremental changes to products, services, and processes.
Thoughtfully leads complex, cross-functional solutions to automate, standardize, optimize and centralize work to enhance the employee experience across all geographies.
Defines and creates a high-performance culture including a consistent approach to service level agreements, key performance indicators, and performance reporting.
Education and Experience Required Bachelor's degree in technical area or demonstrated competence.
Minimum 12+ years of experience.
Deep understanding Software development knowledge & schedules, PC applications, Agile development methodologies.
Advanced relationship management skills with experience building, leveraging, and managing relationships with senior executives.
Ability to influence and negotiate.
Deep knowledge of the product planning process.
Knowledge and Skills Customer-focused and ability to motivate and influence key decision makers.
Ability to scale systems and processes in a high-growth, high-change environment.
Strong business acumen and analytical mindset with the ability to lead, implement, and facilitate change.
Approachable, highly engaged management style.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Demonstrated ability to interface with CEO and external partner C-Suites Prior experience in AI product management/planning highly desired.
Strong engineering knowledge or background desired Prior experience as a people manager, leading & managing teams toward a common goal.
Superior understanding of product design and execution management Strong record of customer empathy