HPE Compute Software Marketing Manager

Job Description:

Our HPE marketing teams are focused on making our brand easy to understand and easy to buy. We’re devising data driven brand strategy, from architecture and naming, to why we exist, what we do, who we are and how we look, feel and sound. As a team, we are retaining and attracting new customers by accelerating our business strategy by making our brand stronger, more relevant, differentiated, and authentic. Join us redefine what’s next for you.

Job Family Definition:

Manages the product/services/solution (PSS) life cycle. From an understanding of customer needs/insights, provides initial product/service/solution design, pricing, value proposition, messaging and/or whole product strategies (packaging, warranty, service, support), as well as forecasting through product introduction.

Regional product marketing includes actual forecasting, inventory strategy and forecasting, actual pricing and price promotions/discounting, technical support and ultimately the obsolescence and end-of-life of the PSS. Both regional and global roles regularly work with the sales force, customers, and partners to accelerate sales process. Applies market and customer insights on customer experience requirements and brand loyalty to define the PSS experience requirements across all PSS components of the customer life cycle. Represents the voice of the customer with respect to PSS development/pricing, launch, refresh and obsolescence.

Management Level Definition:

Unique mastery and recognized authority on relevant subject matter knowledge including technologies, theories and techniques. Contributes to the development of innovative principles and ideas. Successfully operates in the most complex disciplines, in which the company must operate to be successful. Provides highly innovative solutions. Leads large, cross-division functional teams or projects that affect the organization's long-term goals and objectives. May participate in cross-division, multi-function teams. Provides mentoring and guidance to lower level employees. Routinely exercises independent judgment in developing methods, techniques and criteria for achieving objectives. Develops strategy and sets functional policy and direction. Acts as a functional manager within area of expertise but does not manage other employees as a primary job function.

What you'll do:
Global:

• Based on a strong knowledge of trends in the industry affect the strategy/direction of the product line/line of services or solutions.

• Suggest strategy changes internally and with external partners.

• Lead projects that involve cross- functional coordination to provide integrated products/services/ solutions.

• Improve processes affecting their workgroup and interfaces; e.g., forecast system, obsolesces process with retailers.

• Seen by sales team as an expert in the products/services/solutions and regularly is called on to defend the benefits in front of customers or partners.

Regional:

• Regularly recommend product/ service/solution strategic direction to senior management.

• Often create innovative solutions to enhance sales of the product lines or line of services/solutions.

• Seen by sales team as an expert in the products/services/solutions and regularly is called on to defend the benefits in front of customers or partners.

What you need to bring:

Education and Experience Required:

• College degree in Marketing/Business/Technical.

Knowledge and Skills:

• 10 years in product marketing fundamentals.

• Strong leadership capabilities.

• Minimum 1 year work experience in a general marketing function beyond Product Marketing.

Impact/Scope:

• Influences at the senior vice president and above level.

Complexity:

• High – Independently able to handle and influence the most complex business issues; foresees possible issues and addresses them before they arise.

Health & Wellbeing

We strive to provide our team members and their loved ones with a comprehensive suite of benefits that supports their physical, financial and emotional wellbeing.

Personal & Professional Development

We also invest in your career because the better you are, the better we all are. We have specific programs catered to helping you reach any career goals you have — whether you want to become a knowledge expert in your field or apply your skills to another division.

Unconditional Inclusion

We are unconditionally inclusive in the way we work and celebrate individual uniqueness. 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.

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