Senior Principal, Product Manager - Data Center and AI Networking Hardware Architecture

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is seeking a Senior Principal Product Manager to shape the hardware architecture and product direction of next-generation data center switching platforms, with a strong focus on networking for AI clusters and high-performance Ethernet fabrics.

This senior individual contributor will evaluate emerging technologies and competing architectures, translate customer and market requirements into product choices, and drive alignment across product management, engineering, operations, partners, and executive leadership.

Responsibilities:

• Independently lead and drive the end-to-end product strategy and operational product roadmap for complex products or product portfolios.
• Shape the multi-generation architecture and product direction for data center switching, including AI scale-up, scale-out, front-end, and data center interconnect networks.
• Define platform requirements across bandwidth, radix, topology, latency, congestion management, power, cooling, optics, cabling, form factor, and rack integration.
• Evaluate emerging technologies including switching silicon and SerDes, high-speed electrical interconnects, OSFP, LPO, LRO, XPO, NPO, CPO, silicon photonics, liquid cooling, power delivery, and rack-scale architectures.
• Lead fact-based trade-off analyses across customer value, performance, power, density, reliability, serviceability, manufacturability, cost, ecosystem readiness, supply availability, and time to market.
• Translate technical analyses into platform definitions, product requirements, business cases, investment priorities, and NPI recommendations.
• Partner with AI infrastructure, hyperscale, cloud, and enterprise customers to anticipate requirements and validate product and architecture choices.
• Drive cross-functional and executive alignment through clear, decision-oriented recommendations.
• Engage silicon, optics, connectivity, cooling, compute, accelerator, and manufacturing partners to understand roadmaps, maturity, and opportunities for differentiation.
• Serve as Product Line Manager (PLM) for selected NPI programs by defining product requirements, leading cross-functional execution, and managing the product lifecycle.
• Represent HPE Networking in strategic customer discussions, partner engagements, executive briefings, and relevant industry forums.
• Acts as a leader, providing guidance and mentoring to less-experienced team members.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in computer science, engineering, or related field of study; MBA or advanced degree in computer science or engineering preferred.
• 12+ years of work experience in related field.
• Technical understanding and knowledge of the relevant industry.
• Translation of technical requirements/functions into business value for the customer.
• Strong team skills and ability to cross-functionally drive/influence work through others.
• Communicates effectively and can tailor message to various audiences.
• Extensive experience in data center networking, Ethernet switching, high-speed hardware systems, optical networking, semiconductor products, or related infrastructure technologies.
• Deep understanding of switching system architecture, including ASICs, SerDes, PHYs, high-speed interfaces, optics, signal integrity, power, thermal design, packaging, and system reliability.
• Strong understanding of networking for AI clusters and how GPU and accelerator roadmaps affect bandwidth, radix, topology, latency, congestion management, power density, cooling, optics, and rack design.
• Experience with relevant technologies such as 800GbE, 1.6TbE and beyond, OSFP, LPO, LRO, XPO, NPO, CPO, silicon photonics, high-speed copper, liquid cooling, or rack-scale architecture.
• Proven ability to convert complex technology evaluations into clear customer, product, portfolio, and NPI decisions.
• Strong product and business judgment, including assessment of differentiation, customer readiness, cost, reliability, ecosystem maturity, development risk, and time to market.
• Ability to influence senior executives and drive consequential cross-functional decisions without direct organizational authority.
• Willingness and ability to take hands-on PLM ownership of selected NPI programs as needed.
• Excellent customer engagement, communication, and executive presentation skills.

What We Can Offer You:

• Comprehensive suite of benefits that supports physical, financial, and emotional wellbeing.
• Investment in your career through specific programs catered to helping you reach career goals.
• Unconditional inclusion and celebration of individual uniqueness.