Manager, Premium Portfolio & Innovation

Manager, Premium Portfolio & Innovation
Description -
Applies expert subject matter knowledge to manage staff activities in solving most complex business/technical issues within established policies. Has accountability for a large multi-department area(s) or location(s) with significant impact on business unit results and organizational strategy. Acts as a key advisor to senior management on the development of overall policies and long-term goals of the organization. Plans, manages and monitors high-end operational/tactical activities of Staff. Staff members' primary focus is on either high-end tactical or broad strategic issues or a combination of both. Recruits and supports development of direct staff members.
Directs and controls activities within a sub-region or Region.
Typically manages 10 or more direct reports. Span of Control guidelines may differ from these numbers.
Responsibilities:
Attract, grow, motivate and maintain talent; build a skilled Product/Service/Solution (PSS) workforce and core center of expertise for HP.
Improve PSS efficiencies through process, tools and collaboration.
Global:
Based on a strong knowledge of trends in the industry affects the strategy/direction of the product line/line of services or solutions.
Responsible for driving the long-term strategy of the product line /line of services/solutions.
Lead projects that involve cross-functional coordination to provide integrated products/services/solutions.
Improve processes affecting their workgroup and those interfaced with; e.g., forecast system, obsolesces process with retailers.
Is perceived by the sales team to be an expert in the products/services/solutions and regularly is called on to defend the benefits in front of customers or partners.
Regional:
Responsible for driving the long-term strategy of the product line /line of services/solutions.
Often create innovative solutions to enhance sales of the product lines or line of services/solutions.
Is perceived by the sales team to be an expert in the products/services/solutions and regularly is called on to defend the benefits in front of customers or partners.
Design Thinking Leadership

• Using Design Thinking methodology, in partnership with the Product Managers to define hero experiences of innovative products.
• Interact with a complex set of stakeholders throughout the business, and dynamically lead the team to define and deliver solutions.
• Anticipate bottlenecks, making tradeoffs and balancing the business needs and user needs versus technical or operational constraints.
• Work with team leads to develop the team's strategy and long-term goals
• Help team members and extended to keep them accountable and updated on approaches, so they can gain new skills

Agent of change

• Act as a role model whose presence or thought process cause change towards a more customer -centric on handling situations
• Perform as facilitator, instructor, leader, planner, or teacher purposeful educative to influence change in a practical or specific situation towards design thinking.
• Mobilize presentations into experiments to bring evidence based on user inputs to drive strategic decisions
• Help new product/ technology pioneers to decrease a US centric approach into a more global approach
• Connect and crosspollinate non-obvious people, organizations, or initiatives across HP personal systems.

Education and Experience Required:
College degree in Marketing/Business/Technical.
Knowledge and Skills:
10 years in product marketing fundamentals.
Demonstrated management skills.
Demonstrated strategic leadership in product design or current product management.
Demonstrated experience working with selling partners, R&D or customers.
Proven experience leading, driving and measuring virtual teams towards a common goal.
Ability to interact with all levels of the company, including senior management.
Minimum 1 year work experience in a general marketing function beyond Product Marketing.
Job -
Marketing
Schedule -
Full time
Shift -
No shift premium (United States of America)
Travel -
Relocation -
EEO Tagline -
HP Inc. is EEO F/M/Protected Veteran/ Individual with Disabilities.