Principal Product Line Manager - Campus Switching
This role has been designed as 'Hybrid' with a requirement that you will work on average 2 days per week from an HPE office.
Job Description:HPE Networking is seeking a highly experienced
Principal Product Line Manager to lead strategy, roadmap planning, portfolio management, and business performance for next-generation HPE Networking Campus and Branch Switching solutions. This role will drive product direction across networking silicon (ASIC), AOS-CX hardware platforms, AOS-CX software, and AI-driven networking capabilities while working across engineering, architecture, operations, finance, sales, marketing, and executive leadership teams.
The successful candidate will combine deep technical expertise in enterprise networking with strong business acumen and demonstrated success leading complex infrastructure products from concept through end-of-life. This individual will influence long-term technology investments, define portfolio strategies, and help shape the future of HPE Networking Campus and Branch business.
How You'll Make Your Mark- Own product strategy and multi-year roadmap planning for Campus Switching hardware, software, and silicon investments.
- Define and drive technology, portfolio, and business strategies across access, aggregation, and campus core networking solutions.
- Lead product lifecycle management from concept through launch, growth, transitions, and end-of-life.
- Develop business cases, TAM analyses, investment proposals, pricing strategies, and executive recommendations.
- Partner with ASIC architects, hardware engineering, software engineering, technical marketing and product marketing to define differentiated solutions.
- Drive roadmap prioritization based on customer requirements, market opportunities, competitive positioning, and financial objectives.
- Evaluate emerging AI networking trends, including AIOps, agentic operations, intent-based networking, predictive assurance, autonomous remediation, and AI-driven lifecycle management.
- Engage directly with strategic customers, partners, analysts, and field organizations to validate requirements and portfolio direction.
- Influence executive-level decisions regarding portfolio investments, platform transitions, and strategic growth initiatives.
- Support key customer opportunities, executive briefings, analyst engagements, and major field escalations.
- Act as the cross-functional leader driving alignment between engineering execution and business outcomes.
Required Qualifications- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical discipline.
- 12+ years of experience in product management, product line management, technical marketing, engineering, or related roles for enterprise networking, cloud networking, silicon, or infrastructure products.
- Deep domain experience in enterprise switching, routing, campus architectures, network fabrics, cloud-managed networking, or networking silicon.
- Proven success leading complex infrastructure products or platforms from concept through launch, adoption, lifecycle transition, and end-of-life.
- Experience leading large cross-functional initiatives across engineering, finance, operations, marketing, sales, and go-to-market teams.
- Strong understanding of Ethernet switching, Layer 2/Layer 3 networking, enterprise campus architectures, and network fabrics.
- Demonstrated ability to use customer insights, competitive analysis, market data, financial modeling, and lifecycle economics to guide roadmap priorities and portfolio investment decisions.
- Demonstrated success influencing executive-level roadmap, platform, and investment decisions.
Preferred Qualifications- MBA and/or advanced engineering degree.
- Experience with networking silicon, merchant silicon ecosystems, ASIC requirements, platform architecture, and silicon-enabled differentiation.
- Experience with cloud-managed networking, AIOps, telemetry, automation, network assurance, autonomous remediation, or AI-driven networking operations.
- Experience with enterprise switching operating systems, network management platforms, and software-defined networking architectures.
- Experience presenting to executive leadership, strategic customers, partners, and industry analysts.
- Strong understanding of enterprise networking industry dynamics, including campus switching, cloud-managed networking, AI-driven operations, silicon trends, competitive positioning, and customer buying behavior.
What We Can Offer You:Health & WellbeingWe strive to provide our team members and their loved ones with a comprehensive suite of benefits that supports their physical, financial and emotional wellbeing.
Personal & Professional DevelopmentWe also invest in your career because the better you are, the better we all are. We have specific programs catered to helping you reach any career goals you have - whether you want to become a knowledge expert in your field or apply your skills to another division.
Unconditional InclusionWe are unconditionally inclusive in the way we work and celebrate individual uniqueness. 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.
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"The expected salary/wage range for this position is provided below. Actual offer may vary from this range based upon geographic location, work experience, education/training, and/or skill level.
- United States of America: Annual Salary USD 172,000 - 349,000 in California
The listed salary range reflects base salary. Variable incentives may also be offered."
Information about employee benefits offered in the US can be found at https://myhperewards.com/main/new-hire-enrollment.html
