# Labs Strategy and Operations Program Specialist

**Company**: Hewlett Packard Enterprise
**Location**: Milpitas, California
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: entry
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: Hourly Salary USD 34.18 - 51.63
**Category**: Operations
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is seeking a highly adaptable early-career professional to join the Operations and Outreach team as a Strategy and Operations Program Specialist. You will partner with leaders across HPE Labs and the Office of the CTO to coordinate strategic initiatives, support government-funded opportunities, help execute key events and engagements, and drive operational excellence across the organization.

**Responsibilities**

- Support planning and execution of strategic initiatives sponsored by HPE Labs leadership

- Coordinate cross-functional projects and track milestones, dependencies, risks, and deliverables

- Help establish processes that improve visibility, accountability, and organizational effectiveness

- Develop project updates, reports, briefing materials, and leadership communications

- Support staff meetings, leadership reviews, action tracking, and follow-up activities

**Government Proposals & Contracts**

- Support proposal development and submission activities for U.S. Government-funded opportunities

- Coordinate schedules, requirements, reviews, and stakeholder inputs across multiple teams

- Track proposal milestones, deliverables, and compliance activities

- Assist with lifecycle management of funded programs and related reporting requirements

**Events & External Engagement**

- Support HPE Labs participation in conferences, customer events, executive briefings, and innovation showcases

- Coordinate timelines, logistics, stakeholder communications, and event deliverables

- Help manage planning activities associated with demonstrations, presentations, and executive engagements

- Work with internal partners to ensure successful event execution and follow-through

**Executive & Special Projects**

- Conduct research and analysis to support strategic decision-making

- Support special projects led by HPE Labs and OCTO leadership

- Help drive execution of high-priority initiatives requiring coordination across multiple organizations

- Identify opportunities to improve operational effectiveness and team collaboration

**Requirements**

- Bachelor's degree in Business, Communications, or a related field

- 3-5 years of professional experience including project coordination or project-based work experience

- Technical skills and experience using Microsoft 365, Smartsheet, Power BI, AI tools and similar business applications

- Strong organizational and project management skills

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills

- Ability to coordinate multiple projects simultaneously while maintaining attention to detail

- Comfortable collaborating with diverse stakeholders across technical and business functions

- Strong problem-solving skills with ability to quickly learn new tools, processes, and business domains

- Self-motivated and resourceful, with the ability to adapt and thrive in a fast-paced, evolving environment

## Skills

### Required
- Microsoft 365
- Smartsheet
- Power BI
- AI tools
- project management
- communication
- problem-solving

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