Strategic Programs Manager

The Strategic Programs Manager will lead cross-organizational governance planning and stakeholder engagement activities across HPS Product Engineering and key partner organizations including Poly ACS and MDS. The role is responsible for establishing operating mechanisms that enable effective prioritization decision-making and execution across multiple organizations. This position will serve as a critical connector between business engineering operations and executive leadership teams to ensure alignment on strategic priorities and successful delivery of key initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and operate governance processes that support strategic planning and execution across HPS Product Engineering Poly ACS and MDS.

• Establish and facilitate regular prioritization and planning forums.

• Drive cross-functional decision-making and issue resolution.

• Maintain visibility into strategic initiatives dependencies risks and commitments.

• Partner with leaders across organizations to align priorities staffing plans investments and roadmap objectives.

• Identify and address gaps in planning communication and execution.

• Ensure alignment between business objectives and operational execution.

• Build and maintain strong relationships with leaders across HPS Product Engineering Poly ACS and MDS.

• Act as a trusted advisor and coordinator for cross-organizational initiatives.

• Facilitate productive engagement among executives directors managers and operational leaders.

• Track strategic initiatives and cross-functional programs.

• Manage dependencies and escalations across organizational boundaries.

• Provide executive-level reporting status updates and recommendations.

• Prepare leadership reviews business updates strategic planning sessions and executive communications.

• Support annual and quarterly planning cycles.

• Drive action tracking and accountability across strategic initiatives.

Preferred Qualifications

• 8 years leading complex cross-functional programs in technology organizations.

• Demonstrated experience influencing across organizational boundaries without direct authority.

• Strong executive communication and stakeholder management skills.

• Experience establishing governance frameworks operating models and planning processes.

• Ability to synthesize complex information and drive data-driven decision making.

• Experience working with engineering product operations and business leadership teams.

• Proven track record of driving organizational alignment and execution at scale.

Success Measures (Year 1)

• Establish a consistent governance model across HPS Product Engineering Poly ACS and MDS.

• Improve prioritization transparency and decision-making effectiveness.

• Reduce leadership overhead associated with cross-organizational coordination.

• Improve visibility into dependencies risks and strategic commitments.

• Increase execution predictability for cross-functional initiatives.

• Strengthen stakeholder engagement and collaboration across organizations.

The pay range for this role is$105050to$161800USD annually with additional opportunities for pay in the form of bonus and/or equity (applies to United States of America candidates only). Pay varies by work location job-related knowledge skills and experience.

Benefits:

HP offers a comprehensive benefits package for this position including:

• Health insurance

• Dental insurance

• Vision insurance

• Long term/short term disability insurance

• Employee assistance program

• Flexible spending account

• Life insurance

• Generous time off policies including;

• 4-12 weeks fully paid parental leave based on tenure

• 11 paid holidays

• Additional flexible paid vacation and sick leave (US benefits overview)

The compensation and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time with or without notice subject to applicable law.