Technical Program Manager

Description - Technical Program Manager: IHV Strategy for AMD Partnership About the Team

The IHV Strategy & Insights team is responsible for coordinating innovation opportunities from our partners, leading HP’s technological future. Our mission is to influence and simplify the engineering work streams across teams and stakeholders to drive clarity and alignment for HP’s innovation strategy. By leading the Innovation Initiatives in collaboration with industry leaders like Intel, AMD, Qualcomm, Microsoft, and Google, we bridge the gap between proof of concepts and market-ready features.

We serve as the vital link between external partner innovation roadmaps and HP’s internal engineering execution, ensuring that every innovation we pursue delivers maximum value to our customers.

We are seeking a high-performing, experienced, and energetic Technical Program Manager to lead our strategic partnership with AMD. In this role, you will be the primary driver for coordinating and managing cross-functional teams to deliver exclusive programs and cutting-edge features into markets and customers. You will operate within complex technical disciplines, navigate ambiguous landscapes, and exercise independent judgment to develop project goals that align with HP’s long-term vision.

This is a high-visibility role requiring frequent interaction with senior management at AMD and executive leadership within HP’s Personal Systems Business Units and Pan-HP teams.

• Manage and lead a program involving multiple functions and project teams to drive the program, from ideation if yet to be defined, to implementation of a solution with defined timelines and resources.
• Act as the central point of contact for the AMD partnership, aligning technical roadmaps with our engineering teams across disciplines.
• Manages the implementation of Proof of Concepts by guiding engineering, interfacing with multiple partners, ensuring learning is captured and shared.
• Drives innovation and integration of new technologies and quality initiatives into projects to deliver innovative solutions into market.
• Develop and direct the creation of key milestones, critical deliverables, and other program support requirements to ensure successful outcome
• Lead and influence efforts across Pan-HP business units to ensure all areas are represented and solutions are implemented using HP way
• Communicate program progress, escalations, and issue analysis to key stakeholders and executives
• Synthesize complex program data into clear progress reports, risk analyses, and escalation paths for HP executives and partner stakeholders
• Review and evaluate program plans, providing tangible feedback to improve the overall quality and efficiency of the organization’s program management framework

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Business Management, Engineering, Computer Sciences, or equivalent.
• Typically 5-7 years experience.

• Experience designing and developing project and program planning tools to create, manage, and track project results
• Self-starter, able to lead and influence a diverse team and can work effectively across cultural and time zone boundaries
• Strong organizational skills, communication skills, capable of bridging highly technical teams with management and support teams. Should have excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to effectively communicate program and technical plans, proposals, and results, and negotiate options at senior management levels;
  Ability to bridge the gap between highly technical engineering teams and non-technical business/executive leadership
• History of innovation with examples of developing new business, technical, engineering and/or manufacturing processes
• Demonstrated business acumen and successful experience managing all aspects of programs, including briefing of executive management, leading and or working with scrum teams, negotiating with business groups, communicating with stakeholders, and directing matrix teams and resources
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with ability to effectively communicate program plans, proposals, and results…