Innovation Program Manager_

Palo Alto

**Job Summary**

* This role is responsible for leading multiple AI/Innovation project teams and managing activities of supporting teams and internal development partners. The role applies advanced subject matter knowledge to lead product curation process, solve complex business issues, and leverages it to drive innovation and technology integration. The role manages project ideation activities, develops schedules, and tracks progress against the establishes plans and drives best practices, while leading less-experienced staff members.

**Responsibilities**

+ Manages and leads a program involving multiple functions and project teams to drive the concept/ideation development and implementation process for a product or service offering.

+ Leads design-thinking/curation workshop for use case, creating product requirement for ideation.

+ Develops and directs development of schedules, critical deliverables, budget, resource allocation plan, and other support requirements for assigned program.

+ Manages activities of supporting project teams and internal development partners; ensures progress against established plan and makes determinations based on analysis of business information to alter or update schedule and resource allocation to meet product requirements and development schedule.

+ Manages program to ensure procedural compliance, maintenance, and safety practices are followed for new and existing equipment.

+ Communicates program progress, escalations, and issue analysis to product stakeholders; collaborates with management and internal manufacturing and development partners to recommend and implement changes to product, processes, or business practices to resolve escalated issues, produce solutions, and ensure adherence to budgets and established product roadmaps and schedules.

+ Follows up on open points/actions that were observed during trials; ensures conveyed as actionable items.

+ Drives innovation and integration of new technologies and quality initiatives into projects and activities in the manufacturing and/or engineering organization.

+ Drives best practices through documentation control policies and procedures.

+ Leads and provides guidance and mentoring to less-experienced staff members.

**Education & Experience** **Recommended**

+ Understand AI infrastructure (ML and GenAI)

+ Customer oriented (understand jobs to be done)

+ Scrappy and clever in doing validation and finding product market fit

+ Experience in working with technical/engineering teams

+ Four-year or Graduate Degree in Marketing, Computer Science, Engineering, Business Administration, or any other related discipline or commensurate work experience or demonstrated competence.

+ Typically has 7-10 years of work experience, preferably in Marketing or engineering development and implementation, project planning tools and software packages, people management, or a related field.

**Preferred Certifications**

NA

**Knowledge & Skills**

* Agile Methodology

* Automation

* Change Management

* Computer Science

* Continuous Improvement Process

* JIRA

* Kanban Principles

* Lean Manufacturing

* Milestones (Project Management)

* New Product Development

* Process Improvement

* Product Management

* Project Engineering

* Project Management

* Project Planning

* Project Schedules

* Risk Management

* Scrum (Software Development)

* Software Development

* Sprint Planning

**Cross-Org Skills**

* Effective Communication

* Results Orientation

* Learning Agility

* Digital Fluency

* Customer Centricity

**Impact & Scope**

* Impacts function and leads and/or provides expertise to functional project teams and may participate in cross-functional initiatives.

**Complexity**

* Works on complex problems where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of multiple factors.

**Disclaimer**

* This job description describes the general nature and level of work performed in this role. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, skills, responsibilities, knowledge, etc. These may be subject to change and additional functions may be assigned as needed by management.

HP offers a comprehensive benefits package, including:

* Dental insurance

* Disability insurance

* Employee assistance program

* Flexible schedule

* Flexible spending account

* Health insurance

* Life insurance

**Per the** **California** **statute,** the estimated range of compensation for this job **in that location** , at the time of this posting, is $135,000-160,000. This position may be eligible for incentive pay, for openings where this is applicable.

Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO):

HP, Inc. provides equal employment opportunity to all employees and prospective employees, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, sexual orientation, age, disability, or status as a protected veteran, marital status, familial status, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic predisposition or carrier status, uniformed service status, political affiliation or any other characteristic protected by applicable national, federal, state, and local law(s).