Head of Operations for ACS Workstations R&D

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Job Summary & Core Responsibilities

The Head of Operations partners with Workstation R&D leaders and leadership team to run the business operations of a global organization developing workstations. The role translates strategy into operating plans, aligns resources to product priorities, and helps drive execution across engineering teams and business partners. Primary responsibilities include budgeting, team organization, cross-functional initiatives, and cross-team communication.

·    Budgeting: Lead annual and on-going budget planning, quarterly forecasts, and monthly spend reviews with Finance and team leaders. Consolidate headcount, contractor, laboratory, prototype, tooling, and development investment needs into a coordinated financial plan.

·    Track actual spending against plan, explain variances, and recommend corrective actions. Develop resource and investment scenarios that help leadership balance product commitments, engineering capacity, and cost targets.

·    Team organization: Maintain an integrated view of team structure, staffing, skills, and capacity across global sites. Partner with leaders and HR to plan hiring, onboarding, and organizational changes aligned with workstation development priorities.

·    Establish the operating cadence for leadership reviews and resource planning. Clarify responsibilities, decision ownership, and team interfaces; track commitments and resolve gaps or overlaps in accountability.

·    Cross-functional initiatives: Lead initiatives spanning hardware, firmware, software, validation, program management, and partners in Product Management, Supply Chain, and Quality. Define outcomes, milestones, owners, dependencies, and measures of success.

·    Drive initiatives through completion by coordinating work, removing barriers, and escalating decisions with clear options and recommendations. Support improvements in development efficiency, product readiness, and execution across programs.

·    Cross-team communication: Lead communication across teams, sites, and time zones through staff meetings, leadership updates, all-hands meetings, and written briefings. Translate priorities and decisions into clear messages tailored to technical and executive audiences.

·    Create reliable channels for feedback and issue escalation. Maintain shared records of decisions, risks, and actions so teams understand what has changed, who is accountable, and when follow-through is required.

Required Experience & Capabilities

·    Senior-level experience in a chief of staff, business operations, engineering operations, or technical program leadership role within a complex technology organization.

·    Proven ability to coordinate large, globally distributed teams and deliver cross-functional initiatives through influence and clear accountability.

·    Demonstrated experience with budget development, forecasting, financial analysis, and workforce or capacity planning in partnership with Finance and HR.

·    Working knowledge of computer hardware or systems development, including the dependencies between engineering, validation, product planning, and manufacturing.

·    Strong executive communication and facilitation skills, with the ability to frame tradeoffs, secure decisions, and follow through with stakeholders.

·    Sound judgment, discretion with sensitive financial and personnel information, and the ability to prioritize competing demands in an evolving product environment.

Preferred Background

·    Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, Finance, or a related discipline, or equivalent relevant experience; an advanced degree is a plus.

·    10+ years of relevant experience in computer hardware, workstation development, or a comparable technology business.

·    Experience supporting a global R&D organization of similar scale and coordinating multiple concurrent product development programs.

The pay range for this role is $147,050 to $230,850 USD annually with additional opportunities for pay in the form of bonus and/or equity (applies to United States of America candidates only). Pay varies by work location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

Benefits:

HP offers a comprehensive benefits package for this position, including:

• 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
• Additional flexible paid vacation and sick leave (US benefits overview)

The compensation and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time, with or without notice, subject to applicable law.

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Engineering

Schedule -

Full time

Shift -

No shift premium (United States of America)

Travel -

25%

Relocation -

Not Specified

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