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Strategist, Strategic Technology Accelerator

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Job Summary

Lead HP's Strategic Technology Accelerator program, running a portfolio of technical POCs with external ecosystems (ISVs, labs, universities, startups) to derive product features, open-source contributions, or IP. Drive adoption across product, sales, and marketing; capture reference architectures and IP; manage partnerships with external entities; report outcomes to senior leadership. Requires deep technical and strategic collaboration across large-tech and startup environments.

Location: Palo Alto

Workplace: Onsite

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Consulting & Advisory

Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key 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.

Pay and Benefits

Equity and Bonus:Equity

Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVisionDisability InsuranceParantal? LeaveLife InsurancePaid Holidays

Key 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).

Experience:12+ yearsAIStartupsVenture capitalOpen-sourceEnterprise software

Education:Bachelor's

Skills:LeadershipInfluencingCommunicationStakeholder managementNegotiation

Languages:English

Tech Stack:AIOpen sourceSystemsIPCloud

Company Brief

Designs and manufactures personal computers, printers, and related supplies, as well as provides software, services, and solutions for consumers and enterprises worldwide.

Industry: Hardware Devices

Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)

Revenue: USD 1B+

Growth: Public Company

Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)

Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed

Headquarters: Palo Alto, United States

Founded: 1939

Glassdoor: 3.8

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