Business Planning Manager III - Networking Integration Business Priorities

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Why This Role Matters

This role sits at the intersection of business strategy and execution for one of HPE's highest-priority transformation programs. The individual in this position will directly influence how product offerings, supply chain capabilities, go-to-market motions, and operational processes come together to create a seamless customer experience and accelerate value realization from the HPE-Juniper integration.

Position Summary

We are seeking a highly strategic and execution-oriented Business Planning Manager III to support one of HPE's most significant business transformation initiatives: the Lead to Cash integration of HPE Networking.

This role will serve as a key member of the Lead to Cash program management office, partnering across Product Management, Supply Chain, Sales, Finance, Operations, IT, Services, Customer Experience, and Program Leadership to evaluate networking business priorities and translate them into executable plans.

The successful candidate will help assess and prioritize integration initiatives, guide business readiness for specific strategic business priorities, identify risks and dependencies, and support the development of phased implementation strategies that maximize business value while minimizing operational disruption.

This role requires exceptional analytical capabilities, business judgment, stakeholder management skills, and the ability to operate effectively in a complex, fast-moving environment where priorities evolve and decisions must often be made with incomplete information.

Key Responsibilities

• Evaluate and prioritize networking business initiatives impacting the HPE-Juniper Lead-to-Cash integration.
• Assess product, offer, supply chain, operational, and go-to-market requirements to inform integration decisions.
• Develop business cases, recommendations, and prioritization frameworks to support executive decision-making.
• Translate business priorities into executable deployment roadmaps, implementation plans, and milestone-based releases.
• Identify cross-functional dependencies, risks, constraints, and readiness requirements across workstreams.
• Partner with Product, Supply Chain, Sales, Operations, Finance, Services, and IT leaders to align scope and execution strategies.
• Lead complex analyses to evaluate business impacts, trade-offs, value realization opportunities, and deployment sequencing options.
• Facilitate governance forums and drive resolution of critical issues, escalations, and strategic decisions.
• Create executive communications, status updates, and decision materials for senior leadership and integration governance bodies.
• Establish and monitor key performance indicators, readiness metrics, and program outcomes to ensure successful deployment and business value realization.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience.
• 8+ years of experience in business planning, transformation, strategy, operations, program management, business integration, or a related field.
• Experience leading complex cross-functional initiatives involving multiple stakeholders and competing priorities.
• Demonstrated ability to influence decisions and drive alignment without direct authority.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to synthesize complex information into clear recommendations.
• Experience developing executive-level communications and presenting to senior leaders.
• Ability to manage ambiguity while maintaining focus on outcomes and execution.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting mergers, acquisitions, business integrations, or large-scale transformation programs.
• Understanding of Lead-to-Cash, Order-to-Cash, product lifecycle, supply chain, or go-to-market business processes.
• Experience evaluating deployment readiness, business operating models, or organizational change impacts.
• Knowledge of enterprise technology, networking solutions, subscription and SaaS business models, or hardware/software integration environments.
• Experience working in matrixed global organizations.

Success Factors

The successful candidate will:

• Bring structure to highly complex business challenges.
• Evaluate issues holistically across commercial, operational, technical, and customer dimensions.
• Balance strategic thinking with execution discipline.
• Build credibility quickly with senior leaders and functional stakeholders.
• Transform ambiguity into actionable plans and measurable outcomes.
• Drive alignment across multiple teams while maintaining momentum toward key milestones.
• Demonstrate a strong commitment to inclusion, collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement.

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Personal & Professional Development

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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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