Manager, Operational Excellence Programs

Manager, Operational Excellence Programs

This role has been designed as 'Hybrid' with a requirement that you will work on average 2 days per week from an HPE office.

Who We Are:

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the global edge-to-cloud company advancing the way people live and work. We help companies connect, protect, analyze, and act on their data and applications wherever they live, from edge to cloud, so they can turn insights into outcomes at the speed required to thrive in today’s complex world. Our culture thrives on finding new and better ways to accelerate what’s next.

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. If you are looking to stretch and grow your career our culture will embrace you.

Open up opportunities with HPE.

• Define and drive the Operational Excellence vision, strategy, priorities, and roadmap across the organization.
• Lead and develop a global team of Operational Excellence Program Managers responsible for delivering strategic improvement initiatives.
• Lead executive steering committees, governance reviews, and strategic planning discussions.
• Develop executive-level reporting that communicates portfolio status, risks, performance trends, and realized outcomes.
• Provide performance management, coaching, mentoring, development planning, and career growth opportunities for team members.
• Build organizational capability in Program Management, Operational Excellence, Continuous Improvement, and Change Management disciplines.
• Lead a portfolio of Operational Excellence programs focused on improving efficiency, quality, scalability, customer experience, and business outcomes.
• Establish governance frameworks, operating rhythms, metrics, dashboards, KPIs, and executive review cadences.
• Partner with executive leadership to identify, prioritize, and sponsor strategic improvement opportunities.
• Sponsor and oversee Lessons Learned programs, postmortem reviews, corrective action initiatives, and prevention-focused activities.
• Ensure business improvement recommendations are implemented, measured, and sustained over time.
• Oversee program prioritization, resource allocation, risk management, dependency management, and portfolio health.
• Manage operational excellence investments, budgets, forecasting activities, and business value realization.
• Drive organizational change management efforts associated with process, policy, technology, and operating model transformations.
• Foster a culture of accountability, operational discipline, continuous improvement, quality, and customer-focused decision-making.
• Support additional strategic business transformation initiatives and perform other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, Operations Management, Industrial Engineering, or related field (required).
• Master's degree desirable.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification required.
• Typically 10+ years of experience in Program Management, Operations, Quality, Continuous Improvement, Business Transformation, or related disciplines.
• Minimum 3+ years of people management experience.
• Demonstrated success leading global teams in a matrixed environment.
• Experience managing large-scale cross-functional programs, portfolios, or transformation initiatives.
• Experience influencing executive stakeholders and driving organizational change.
• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or equivalent certification preferred.

• Strong understanding of Operational Excellence principles, business process management, and continuous improvement methodologies.
• Demonstrated experience leading teams, programs, and portfolios within a global matrixed organization.
• Expertise in program and portfolio management disciplines, governance practices, and business transformation frameworks.
• Experience with Lean, Six Sigma, Kaizen, root cause analysis, and corrective action methodologies.
• Strong leadership, coaching, and talent development skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to influence executive-level stakeholders.
• Strong…