Hardware Product Line Manager, SASE & Security

Hardware Product Line Manager, SASE & Security

This role has been designed as 'Hybrid' with a requirement that you will work on average 2 days per week from an HPE office.

Who We Are:

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the global edge-to-cloud company advancing the way people live and work.

We help companies connect, protect, analyze, and act on their data and applications wherever they live, from edge to cloud, so they can turn insights into outcomes at the speed required to thrive in today's complex world.

Our culture thrives on finding new and better ways to accelerate what's next.

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.

If you are looking to stretch and grow your career our culture will embrace you.

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Job Description:

Hardware Product Line Manager, SASE & Security

HPE Networking, SD-WAN Portfolio

Overview

HPE Networking is hiring a Hardware Product Line Manager to own the technical specifications, performance, commercials, and supply of our SASE and Security hardware portfolio including EdgeConnect, Session Smart Router (SSR), SD-Branch product lines.

This is a hands-on role at the intersection of demand and supply, cost and pricing, and hardware systems.

The person in this role will be the one who keeps our appliance business supplied, buildable, and profitable, and who turns demand, COGS, and lead-time signals into concrete forecasting and pricing decisions that leadership can act on.

This role is central to product engineering, field sales, operations, demand planning, and supply chain, and will regularly bring pricing recommendations, demand plans, and other critical decisions forward for VP and executive approval.

Key Responsibilities

Portfolio Planning & Hardware Systems


* Contribute to multi-year SASE and Security hardware portfolio planning and HW convergence, including derivative platform strategy across EdgeConnect, SSR, SD-Branch, and SRX and the associated ODM/JDM cost assumptions.


* Partner with hardware engineering on platform definition across x86 and Arm-based systems, including processor, memory, storage, mechanical, and port configuration trade-offs and their cost implications.


* Drive platform lifecycle decisions, including End of Sale (EoS) timing and replacement planning.


* Lead New Product Integration (NPI) phase-gate deliverables as needed (for example business case inputs, SKU creation, and pricing commit), in partnership with the program and engineering teams.


* Understand the requirements and implementation for secure supply chains from manufacturing through end-customer acceptance.


* Expertise in embedded Linux systems, x86, and ARM architectures.

Pricing Strategy & Price Actions


* Drive the recurring pricing actions across the hardware portfolio, translating COGS movements into per-model list price recommendat...