HPE Corporate Development, Merger & Acquisition (M&A) Support Program Manager

This role has been designated as 'Hybrid' with an expectation that you will work on average 2-3 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 diverse 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. Open up opportunities with HPE.

Job Description:

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 diverse 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. Open up opportunities with HPE.

The Finance team at HPE provides world class decision support driving profitable growth and exceptional shareholder value through our commitment to operational excellence, people development, and innovation. We provide accurate and timely financial information meeting the company's regulatory and fiduciary responsibilities with unwavering integrity. Our objective is to display all business activities in a financially correct and transparent manner.
In the Finance division, our reporting and controlling teams are working on tasks like asset management, financial integration of mergers and acquisitions, as well as USGAAP-reporting. Our objective is to display all business activities in a financially correct and transparent manner.

HPE's M&A Integration Team sits within our Corporate Development organization, which is part of the Office of the CFO. The team works directly with HPE's senior executives to define, analyze, and shape HPE's overall M&A integration strategy, and ensure the financial and operational targets of each transaction are fully realized.

The HPE M&A integration process is highly matrixed, with subject matter experts from all relevant functions working at the direction of the IMO. This individual must demonstrate strong project management, communication, problem solving, and influencing skills to work effectively with stakeholders across work streams, business units, and geographies. Dealing effectively with ambiguity, high pressure, and time constraints is a requirement.

The M&A Support Program Manager will be part of the M&A Integration team, reporting to the Senior Director, Global M&A Integration while supporting the broader Integration Management Office (IMO) Leaders across all active transactions. This individual will be responsible for all operational and process management support required to integrate into or divest a business from HPE, including facilitating cross-functional interlock meetings with 20+ workstreams, creating and managing detailed Integration Plans of Record, Project Managing smaller initiatives/projects within Integrations as needed, and building and maintaining repeatable tools and templates (Excel, PPT, Smartsheet, MS Forms) to ensure consistency and continuous IMO improvement.

How you'll make your mark:

• Project Manage M&A Integration for acquisitions, divestitures and other strategic projects, as part of the IMO and with guidance from IMO Leads and the VP, M&A Integration
• Develop, maintain, and track Integration Plans of Record for interim operating models, Employee Day 1, and Business Day 1 execution
• Proactively mitigate integration risk, monitor program status, and triage / resolve issues swiftly
• Develop governance process and communication plans to keep M&A stakeholders updated
• Analyze deal success metrics and recommend strategy to address process gaps, and ultimately, program performance gaps
• Refresh the Integration Budget process, tools, and templates in partnership with BU Finance Leaders to ensure greater understanding of and accountability for Workstream-level budget inputs
• Provide additional support as needed for activities including but not limited to Data Migration, Management of Change (MoC), and Acquired Employee Training
• Establish and nurture partnerships with stakeholders in the businesses and global functions
• Develop structured integration frameworks, playbooks, and retrospectives

About you:

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience in related field (Business or Finance preferred)
• Project management experience, or previous consulting experience
• Strong leadership skills, including team building, conflict resolution, and management
• Strong written and verbal communication, and executive presentation skills
• Strong relationship management skills, including partnering and consulting
• Extreme attention to detail; highly organized
• Microsoft Excel: Manipulating (cleaning and organizing) raw data, building pivot tables and charts/graphs, building macros
• Microsoft PowerPoint: Executive-level presentations, ability to manipulate content during live meetings
• Smartsheet: Customization, dashboards, automated workflows

Join us and make your mark!

We offer:

• A competitive salary and extensive social benefits

• Diverse and dynamic work environment

• Work-life balance and support for career development

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HPE is an Equal Employment Opportunity/ Veterans/Disabled/LGBT and Affirmative Action employer. We are committed to diversity and building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We do not discriminate and all decisions we make are made on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.

Additional Skills:

Accountability, Accountability, Active Learning, Active Listening, Bias, Big Data Analytics, Business Acumen, Coaching, Creativity, Critical Thinking, Customer Centricity, Design Thinking, Digital Transformation, Empathy, Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A), Follow-Through, Growth Mindset, Intellectual Curiosity, Internal Controls, Long Term Planning, Management of Change, Managing Ambiguity, Numerical Data Analysis, Policy Management, Problem Solving Mindset {+ 4 more}

What We Can Offer You:

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.

Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We are unconditionally inclusive in the way we work and celebrate individual uniqueness. We know diverse 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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HPE is an Equal Employment Opportunity/ Veterans/Disabled/LGBT and Affirmative Action employer. We are committed to diversity and building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We do not discriminate and all decisions we make are made on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need. Our goal is to be one global diverse team that is representative of our customers, in an inclusive environment where we can continue to innovate and grow together. Please click here: Equal Employment Opportunity.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is EEO F/M/Protected Veteran/ Individual with Disabilities.

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