Corporate Strategy

Come join HP, the founder of Silicon Valley. At HP, we believe in reinventing industries to drive innovation, growth, and world-changing impact.

The Opportunity

We are seeking experienced results-oriented individuals to join HP’s Corporate Strategy group. This team of strategy professionals is widely respected across HP and regarded as a seeding ground for HP’s future leaders.  We work as a 'meritocracy' that appeals to and rewards high achievers.  Your success paves the way for a rewarding career within Corporate Strategy or entry into one of HP’s businesses, as your network of contacts becomes the "who's-who" across HP's executive ranks.

The Corporate Strategy team identifies and evaluates market segments, products, and business models that drive HP’s growth in current, emerging, and new opportunity areas. As part of this team, you will leverage your prior experience in management consulting / corporate strategy to influence the strategic direction for HP. You will help drive business cases and strategic recommendations for our core and growth businesses and deliver data-driven, insightful recommendations to HP’s management team. You will have the opportunity to work closely with senior leaders on strategic issues in a highly entrepreneurial environment.

This role will have significant interaction across the Executive Leadership team, particularly with the Business Unit Presidents, CFO, and CEO. A successful leader in this role must drive for results with integrity, seek stakeholder-focused solutions, and bring a balance to long- and short-term priorities. The person must be able to work in a collaborative environment; be a self-starter and feel comfortable in an ambiguous, constantly evolving, fast-moving environment of shared accountability.

The Company

HP is a Fortune 100 technology company with $60+ Billion in revenue, with over 50,000 employees operating in more than 170 countries around the world. We provide technology and services that help people and companies address their problems and challenges, and realize their possibilities, aspirations and dreams. We apply new thinking and ideas to create simpler, more valuable and trusted experiences with technology, continuously improving the way our customers live and work.

At HP, we imagine the future and make it happen. We solve big challenges while having fun. We take pride in living by the HP Way and have a strong commitment to our employees, communities, and the planet. We believe that more diverse thinking leads to unexpected, more thoughtful solutions.

Which makes it no surprise that we’ve grabbed a few notable Employer Awards along the way. Reinvent what’s possible in your career!

We are accepting resumes from Associate to Director-level candidates. Work locations include Houston (TX), Palo Alto (CA), San Diego (CA) and Vancouver (WA). Qualified applicants will be contacted in concert with positions within HP at those levels.

Key Responsibilities and Attributes

• Be a thought leader and influencer at the most senior levels within HP
• Lead key strategic projects that have enterprise-wide implications on the various business segments and their own unique strategies
• Be an effective nurturer and developer of talent to continue to build a world class internal strategy team
• Be adept at measuring, building, and creating a “fun” culture for the team
• Drive continuous engagement with the executive leadership team on strategy review and development
• Apply structured problem solving and deliver data-driven, synthesized insights to support actionable strategy and recommendations
• Collaborate with and influence senior executives to build consensus and secure commitment for priority initiatives
• Deliver analytically rigorous and data-driven insights to support actionable strategic recommendations, business prioritization, and enterprise strategy communications
• Work collaboratively and effectively across a global matrix organization to build alignment and ensure successful execution
• Build and maintain strong relationships with HP business unit leaders
• Superior strategic and analytical skills with ability to draw key insights and develop clear recommendations
• Simultaneously manage multiple strategy initiatives
• Superior communication (written/verbal), presentation, and facilitation skills
• Demonstrable leadership and influencing skills in a team setting, including extended teams where members are often not direct reports
• Intellectual agility and the ability to simplify and clearly communicate complex concepts

Education and Experience

• MBA or demonstrable equivalent
• Must be an excellent developer of high-powered strategy teams
• Experience gained in a variety of leadership roles including time spent in both strategy and corporate development roles
• Experience in the Tech industry, including software, XaaS, managed services offerings and/or subscription-based business models and solutions go-to-market
• Ideal candidate will have experience gained at regional and global levels
• The individual should have a track record of driving change and transformation and have demonstrated experience in large scale project execution
• Should have the ability and desire to take on broad strategic operational assignments as part of future development
• Experience presenting to senior executive audiences

Performance and Personal Competencies

Delivers Results:  The successful candidate must be able to deliver results in the organization. He/she will be a strong business partner to the ELT and other senior executives.

Strategic Agility:  Demonstrates the ability to accurately see the current state, to identify potential future risks and opportunities, to envision and evaluate relevant future possibilities and to lead the organization to future levels of success.

Learning Agility and Intellect:  We are looking for an individual with great “horsepower”.  He/she must be able to dive into the details of the business while staying focused on the big picture.  The candidate will be able to conceptualize and analyze both problems and solutions, identifying key metrics that will help the entire organization to improve performance. 

Champion Continuous Improvement:  Demonstrates a successful track record in identifying, leading and implementing organizational change and business transformation.

Motivation and Impression:  Must have a strong competitive drive and the ability to lead and motivate the organization, and influence for successful change.

Relationships and Interpersonal Skills:  He/she must be able to build and sustain excellent relationships at multiple levels in the workplace.  Exceptional executive communication and influencing skills required.

Builds Organizational Capability Through Team Development: He/she will lead the building of high-performing teams committed to organizational goals, will foster collaboration among individuals and teams, and will use teams to address relevant issues.  He/she can establish rapport and effective relationships and let people be responsible for their work, sharing wins, success