Global Functions People Programs Lead

Global Functions People Programs Lead

Description -

The Organization

The People Organization (PO) plays a central role in enabling HP’s business priorities, transformation agenda, and future readiness. As the company continues to evolve at pace, PO is focused on building scalable, standardized solutions and strengthening execution across the enterprise to ensure the right capabilities, talent, and operating models are in place.

The Team

The Global Functions (GF) People Team partners with HP’s Global Functions organizations - including Finance, Legal, Marketing, Strategy & Transformation, and People - to align culture, organization design, talent, performance, and operational excellence to business outcomes. The team operates at the intersection of strategy and execution, translating enterprise priorities into practical, high‑impact people solutions.

The Role

The Global Functions People Programs Lead is a senior execution and orchestration role within the Global Functions People Team. This position partners very closely with the GF People Leader, acting as a trusted thought partner and operational anchor - driving critical people initiatives from concept through delivery while ensuring strong operational rigor and executive readiness. The role is highly project‑focused, with significant responsibility for planning ahead, shaping content for key leadership reviews and face‑to‑face meetings, and ensuring the right insights, narratives, and decisions are brought into executive forums. This is a hands-on role for a leader who connects strategy to execution and outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

Lead Priority People Programs & Initiatives

• Own and drive high‑impact people initiatives across Global Functions, spanning operational and transformational work (e.g., Global Functions University Program, enterprise people initiatives, function‑specific programs).
• Translate leadership priorities into clear roadmaps, milestones, and deliverables, anticipating dependencies, risks, and trade‑offs.
• Ensure disciplined execution with measurable outcomes, adoption, and business impact.

Operational Rigor & Executive Readiness

• Establish and maintain a strong operating cadence for the GF People Team, aligned to upcoming business reviews, leadership meetings, and key milestones.
• Work collaboratively with the GF People Leader to proactively plan throughout the year, developing content, stories, and resources for key reviews and executive meetings.
• Ensure leadership forums are decision‑focused, well‑prepared, and result in clear actions and follow‑through.

Executive Communications & Content

• Serve as a primary owner of executive‑level communications and materials, including briefs, presentations, and leadership updates.
• Distill complex topics into clear, concise executive narratives that enable high‑quality decision‑making.
• Ensure alignment and coherence across initiatives, with strong anticipation of stakeholder perspectives.

Influence & Enterprise Collaboration

• Act as a connector and integrator across GF People Partners, Centers of Excellence (COEs), and broader People Organization stakeholders.
• Lead through influence in a highly matrixed, global environment to drive shared outcomes.

Future‑Ready Ways of Working

• Drive continuous improvement in how the team operates, with a strong focus on efficiency, clarity, and scalability.
• Bring an AI‑forward mindset - leveraging AI not just as a tool, but as a way to meaningfully enhance execution, insight generation, and operating effectiveness.
• Introduce external perspectives and best practices to challenge thinking and elevate impact.

Key Capabilities

• Strong program and project leadership in complex, cross‑functional environments
• Exceptional executive communication skills - written and verbal
• Highly organized, proactive, and detail‑oriented, with the ability to manage multiple priorities
• Comfortable operating in ambiguity, anticipating needs, and staying ahead of what’s coming
• AI‑fluent, with practical experience applying AI to improve work and outcomes
• Trusted partner with high levels of discretion and judgment

Experience & Background

• 15+ years of experience in enterprise programs, people strategy, HR transformation, operations, or management consulting
• Proven success working closely with senior executive leaders in global organizations
• University program or early‑career program experience is a strong plus
• Deep People Organization experience is valuable but not required
• Learning Agility
• Digital Fluency
• Customer Centricity

Impact & Scope
• Impacts large functions and leads large, cross-division functional teams or projects.

Complexity
• Provides highly innovative solutions to complex problems within established policy.

Disclaimer
• This job description describes the general nature and level of work performed in this role. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, skills, responsibilities, knowledge, etc. These may be subject to change and additional functions may be assigned as needed by management.

The pay range for this role is $116,150 to $182,400 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.

Job -

Human Resources

Schedule -

Full time

Shift -

No shift premium (United States of America)

Travel -

No

Relocation -

Not Specified

Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO) - 

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