Personal Systems Strategist

Opportunity

It is an exciting time to join the Strategy and Planning team within HP’s Personal Systems group, a $37B business within an innovative Fortune 100 company. The strategy team sets and aligns the strategic agenda for the Personal Systems (PS) business, collaborating with executives across business divisions to transform insights into strategic actions that yield tangible outcomes.

As a Strategist, you would be responsible for driving HP Personal Systems' strategic direction, ensuring that it remains competitive and adaptable in a rapidly changing business landscape. You will inform the strategic choices by conducting in-depth analyses, synthesizing the analytical results, testing hypotheses, and forming recommendations. You will also set up the various initiatives for success by planning for the implementation with the business owners.

The successful candidate will frequently partner with senior executives (President, Functional Vice Presidents, and General Managers) and their working teams (Directors, Senior Managers, etc.). This role requires building strong relationships with these leaders to understand their strategic priorities and provide insights that drive business decisions. Projects often involve collaboration with cross‑functional teams, including marketing, IT, and customer service, to facilitate initiatives across various business units.

This collaboration ensures that projects are aligned with organizational goals and strategies, fostering a cohesive approach to achieving company objectives. The candidate will also play a key role in coordinating efforts, managing stakeholder expectations, and ensuring that all teams are working towards common goals. This dynamic environment offers the opportunity to influence high‑level decision‑making and contribute to the overall success of the organization.

• Be a thought leader and influencer at the most senior levels within HP
• Lead multiple key strategic initiatives that impact various business segments and their unique strategies
• Identify and measure competitive risks and market opportunities, provide strategic guidance for investment prioritization and resource allocation
• Deliver analytically rigorous and data‑driven insights to support actionable strategic recommendations, business prioritization, and business strategy communications
• Drive continuous engagement with the executive leadership team on strategy review and development
• Work collaboratively and effectively across a global matrix organization to build alignment and ensure successful execution

• Delivers Results: Must be a strong business partner to the PS S&P Leadership team and other senior executives and must be able to deliver tangible results in the organization.
• Strategic Agility: Demonstrates the ability to accurately see the current state, identify potential future risks and opportunities, envision and evaluate relevant future possibilities and lead the organization to future levels of success.
• Learning Agility and Intellect: Can dive into the details of the business while staying focused on the big picture, conceptualize and analyze problems and solutions, and identify key metrics that improve performance.
• Champion Continuous Improvement: Has a successful track record in identifying, leading and implementing organizational change and business transformation.
• Motivation and Impression: Strong competitive drive and the ability to lead, motivate the organization and influence successful change.
• Relationships and Interpersonal
  
  Skills:
  
  Builds and sustains excellent relationships at multiple levels, with exceptional executive communication and influencing skills.
• Builds Organizational Capability Through Team Development: Leads the building of high‑performing teams, fosters collaboration among individuals and teams, and encourages accountability.

• MBA or demonstrable equivalent
• 10+ years in strategy consulting, growth strategy, business planning, product or category management
• Demonstrated quantifiable results of leading business strategy projects at a corporate/business level
• Led teams at a strategy consulting firm or Fortune 500…