# Strategist, Strategic Technology Accelerator

**Company**: HP Inc.
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $166,050 to $265,700 USD annually
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

HP's Strategic Technology Accelerator is a fast-cycle engine that connects external technology ecosystems to HP's product teams. We're hiring a Strategist to lead the program end-to-end, running a portfolio of technical POCs, deciding how each gets taken to the next level, and driving adoption across HP product teams and go-to-market functions.

**Responsibilities:**

- Own the full POC lifecycle across 5-10 concurrent external engagements: scoping, partner alignment, technical validation, and decisive next-step recommendations.

- Determine the right pathway for each POC , HP product roadmap integration, open-source contribution or spin-out, sales demo, analyst briefing, or IP capture.

- Drive adoption of external findings across HP product teams, sales, and marketing by building trust with senior leaders and navigating "not invented here" resistance.

- Capture reusable reference architectures and IP from every POC, even those that don't ship as products.

- Own technical engagement with university labs, open-source communities, research institutions, and strategic ISV partners.

- Report program outcomes to senior leadership with evidence-based recommendations.

**Requirements:**

- 12+ years of experience spanning large-tech and startup or VC environments.

- Demonstrated track record running technical POCs end-to-end with measurable outcomes , including POCs you chose to kill.

- Evidence of influencing product or engineering roadmaps across org boundaries without formal authority.

- Technical depth sufficient to evaluate AI/ML, systems, or adjacent technologies as a peer to senior engineers.

- Experience structuring and managing technical partnerships with external entities (ISVs, labs, or startups).

**Preferred Qualifications:**

- Engineering or CS degree (BS required; MS/PhD valued).

- Prior experience in corporate development, strategic partnerships, or technology scouting at a large technology company.

- Existing network in AI research labs, open-source communities, or enterprise ISV ecosystems.

- Prior founder, early-stage operator, or corporate VC experience.

**What Success Looks Like:**

- 6 months: POC portfolio defined and running; relationships established with key HP product team stakeholders.

- 12 months: At least two POCs have produced artifacts adopted into HP product roadmaps, open-source projects, or sales enablement; reference architecture library established.

- 18-24 months: Accelerator recognized internally as a durable source of de-risked technology bets; measurable reduction in HP product team time-to-ship on accelerator-sourced work.

**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, and additional flexible paid vacation and sick leave.

## Skills

### Required
- AI/ML
- technical POCs
- product roadmap integration
- open-source contribution
- IP capture
- technical partnerships

### Nice to have
- Engineering or CS degree
- corporate development
- strategic partnerships
- technology scouting
- AI research labs
- open-source communities
- enterprise ISV ecosystems
- founder
- early-stage operator
- corporate VC experience

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