Job Description

What a Platform Development Manager does at HP:
 

• Project Leadership: Oversee end-to-end platform development, from concept through production, ensuring alignment with business and customer objectives.

• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Coordinate with engineering, design, supply chain, and marketing teams to ensure seamless hardware and software integration.

• Innovation & Quality Assurance: Lead ground-up hardware development efforts with a focus on delivering exceptional quality and user experience.

• Agile Development: Drive schedule acceleration initiatives — including platform pull-in strategies — while maintaining engineering excellence.

• Cost Optimization: Proactively identify and lead cost-saving opportunities at the system, module, and commodity levels, working closely with engineering and procurement teams.

• SVTP Management: Own the System Validation Test Plan (SVTP) documentation, consolidating and refining test criteria to improve product quality and reduce risk.

• Stakeholder Communication: Act as the primary liaison with internal and external partners, ensuring alignment on goals, milestones, and deliverables.

• Risk Management: Anticipate development challenges and lead mitigation strategies to minimize disruption and ensure program success.

Qualifications:

• Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.

• Experience: Minimum of 7 years in product or platform development, with at least 3 years in a leadership role overseeing notebook or related hardware programs.

• Technical Proficiency: Strong understanding of product architecture, HW/SW co-design, system integration, and platform-level decision-making.

• Leadership Skills: Proven ability to lead diverse, global teams and drive execution across multiple concurrent development efforts.

• Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, able to clearly present complex topics to cross-functional and executive audiences.

• Problem-Solving: Strong analytical and decision-making skills with a track record of delivering innovative and practical solutions.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Familiarity with PC product development process, internal systems, and cross-functional collaboration models.

• Experience managing ODM/CM relationships and navigating supply chain or logistics challenges.

• Programming & Digital Skills: Hands-on experience with Python, Power BI, and other tools that enable digital transformation, automation, and data visualization in development workflows.

• Domain Knowledge: Working knowledge or experience in Electrical Engineering (EE), Mechanical Engineering (ME), thermal design, or commodity management is highly preferred.

• Awareness of market and technology trends in notebooks, system performance, and user experience design.