Corporate Strategy Manager
Description -The opportunityWe are seeking an experienced, results-oriented strategy practitioner to join HP's Corporate Strategy team, reporting to the Senior Director of Corporate Strategy as part of the HP Global Strategy & Transformation function. This team of strategy professionals is widely respected across HP and regarded as a seeding ground for HP's future leaders. We work as a 'meritocracy' that appeals to and rewards high achievers. Your success paves the way for a rewarding career within Strategy or entry into one of HP's businesses.
This role is responsible for driving the company's strategic direction, ensuring that it remains competitive and adaptable in a rapidly changing business landscape. In this role you will define our gameplan that will impact our product/portfolio roadmap, GTM motions, competitive responses, M&A approach, etc. You will inform the strategic choices by conducting in-depth analyses, synthesizing the analytical results, testing hypotheses, and forming the recommendations. The role will need collaboration with cross-functional leaders to refine and align strategy with organizational goals.
This role is open to the following locations: Palo Alto, CAResponsibilitiesStrategy & Narrative Development- Lead the creation of strategic frameworks, hypothesis trees, and storylines that simplify complex technology spaces into compelling, executive-ready narratives
- Leverages strategic and management consulting frameworks to implement a comprehensive portfolio approach for evaluating and managing the organization's diverse business units, platforms, and products.
- Develop clean, visually strong, and insight-driven slides that distill data, frameworks, and technical content into high-clarity recommendations
- Craft strategic narratives that guide ELT decision-making-including vision statements, investment rationales, and long-term strategic choices
Business Planning & Investment Thesis Development- Build data-driven long-term business plans that articulate opportunity size, economics, monetization models, costs, and risks
- Work cross-functionally to manage Long-Term Planning process to ensure end to end alignment with strategic focus of the assigned BU
- Develop robust business models and forecasts on where to play and how to win over 1-to-5-year horizons with recommendations on de-risked operational plans that drive alignment and accountability.
- Partner with GBU to evaluate and prioritize strategic investments within the long-term planning process, pressure-test key assumptions, and deliver insights benchmarked against industry standards.
Driving Thought Leadership - Consults with business executives on a wide range of issues related to the strategy formulation process, including risk management and new growth opportunities.
- Provides thought leadership and contributes to expanding the knowledge base within area of expertise which includes developing new methods, techniques and criteria for developing strategy analysis and recommendations.
Cross-Functional Influence- Collaborate with GBU leaders and Product teams to align opportunity framing with HP's technology roadmap and capability strengths
- Clarify what matters most, distilling customer needs into technology implications and strategic choices
- Drive alignment across senior stakeholders and influence decision-making through structured, insight-led storytelling
Key Skills & CapabilitiesStrategic & Analytical Excellence- Structured problem solver with exceptional ability to break down ambiguous problems into crisp frameworks
- Ability to build theses, evaluate opportunities, and drive recommendations with data and narrative clarity
- Fluency in market analysis: TAM, segmentation, competitive dynamics, value chain analysis
- Strong business model analysis (pricing, unit economics, monetization pathways, growth levers)
Executive Storytelling & Visualization- Outstanding ability to build simple, clean, logical storylines that influence senior audiences
- Strong slide-making and visualization skills: pyramid communication, frameworks, heat maps
- Comfort distilling complex content into concise, compelling messages
- Comfort working across senior stakeholders, reviews, and tight timelines
Education & Experience- 7-10 years in strategy, corporate development, management consulting, or product strategy roles (hands-on business strategy experience required)
- Experience building business plans, TAM analyses, investment theses, and executive narratives in emerging technology domains
- Strong financial modeling and business case development capabilities
- Demonstrated track record of crafting high-quality C-suite presentations and strategic recommendations
- Ability to navigate ambiguity, frame problems independently, and move quickly to insight and action
- MBA strongly preferred, advanced technical or business degree a plus
The pay range for this role is $169,100 to $250,000 USD annually with additional opportunities for pay in the form of bonus and/or equity (applies to United States of America candidates only). Pay varies by work location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.
Benefits:Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Long term/short term disability insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Flexible spending account
- Life insurance
Generous time off policies, including:
- 4-12 weeks fully paid parental leave based on tenure
- 11 paid holidays
- Additional flexible paid vacation and sick leave (US benefits overview)
The compensation and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time, with or without notice, subject to applicable law.
Job -Business Planning
Schedule -Full time
Shift -No shift premium (United States of America)
Travel -No
Relocation -No
