Job Description

Global Procurement Business Operations Project ManagerThis role has been designed as ‘Hybrid’ with an expectation that you will work on average 2 days per week from an HPE office.

In the Finance and Corporate Strategy team we ensure that the business’s capital strategies are operationally supported and strategically focused. This is how we work to secure the greatest return on investment for the global company. By gathering and analysing financial data we can influence decisions within the business, drive initiatives, and help ensure alignment with our wider objectives

What you’ll do:

Program & Delivery Leadership

• Build and own the end-to-end program management framework for the Global Procurement transformation: scope, roadmap, integrated master schedule, milestones, and governance model.
• Drive execution across a portfolio of initiatives spanning the GP transformation journey
• Establish and run delivery operating rhythm: weekly progress reviews, RAID management, dependency tracking, action management, and decision logs.

Cross-Functional Coordination & Dependency Management

• Lead cross-functional planning and coordination with critical partners (e.g., IT and Finance/Accounts Payable) to manage dependencies such as ERP/configuration, catalogs, reporting, controls, integrations, and adoption planning.
• Coordinate work required for governance reviews and approvals (including AI / software governance council involvement referenced in transformation planning).
• Enable effective real-time collaboration with transformation leadership

Execution of Priority FY26 Transformation Work

• Support delivery of FY26 transformation plan items such as Augmented Business Intake, Quick Wins through gamification, PO Reduction, and other identified initiatives, including timeline and dependency management.
• Drive structured planning for vendor evaluation and implementation activities where applicable

Stakeholder Management & Executive Communications

• Prepare crisp, executive-ready materials: status, risks, decisions required, milestone progress, and next steps for leadership reviews.
• Proactively surface trade-offs and recommendations to keep delivery on track and aligned to transformation value objectives (e.g., improved compliance, stakeholder experience, and faster execution).

Education and Experience:

Required Qualifications

• Proven, senior-level experience leading complex, cross-functional projects from strategy through execution (portfolio/project management depth expected at “Master” level).
• Demonstrated ability to build program structure: integrated plans, governance, RAID management, and executive reporting.
• Strong stakeholder leadership across global teams and functions, with ability to drive alignment and execution across competing priorities.
• Experience delivering process and/or technology-enabled transformation (procurement, finance operations, shared services, or enterprise functions).

Preferred Qualifications

• Background in procurement and Procure-to-Pay (P2P) process areas
• Experience partnering with enterprise systems and integrations relevant to procurement execution (e.g., procurement platforms and adjacent enterprise tools referenced in transformation planning).
• Change management and adoption planning experience for global rollouts.

Knowledge and Skills:

• Program governance & execution rigor (RAID, dependency management, milestone control)
• Executive communication and influence (clear status, options, and decision framing)
• Structured problem solving; ability to translate ambiguity into executable plans
• Cross-cultural collaboration and stakeholder navigation across global procurement environment

Accountability, Accountability, Active Learning, Active Listening, Bias, Coaching, Commercial Acumen, Complex Project Management, Contract Management, Creativity, Critical Thinking, Customer Experience Strategy, Data Science, Design Thinking, Empathy, Engineering Product Development, Financial Acumen, Follow-Through, Global Sourcing, Growth Mindset, Intellectual Curiosity (Inactive), Long Term Planning, Managing Ambiguity, Manufacturing Supply Chain, Negotiation {+ 4 more}

Health & Wellbeing

We 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 Development

We 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 Inclusion

We 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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Job:

Supply Chain & Operations

Job Level:

Master

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