Senior Manager, Software R&D Operations and Programs

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HP Wolf Security is changing the future of endpoint security through delivering secure PCs with advanced hardware-enforced security features. We are growing the R&D team in Cambridge, UK and we’re looking for passionate problem solvers to join the HP Wolf Security R&D team.  You will be designing and developing our innovative security solution based on micro-virtualization and contributing to new features and products.  To see what our engineering teams are working on, check out our technical blogs: https://threatresearch.ext.hp.com/blog.

The Senior Manager, Software R&D Operations and Programs is the operational partner to the Senior Director of R&D, responsible for driving execution across the R&D portfolio and coordinating engineering, product, business, and external stakeholders. The role translates strategic priorities into effective operational delivery, enabling the R&D organization to scale efficiently and deliver innovation and product development programs.

Key Responsibilities

Portfolio & Program Execution

• Drive execution across the R&D portfolio, including research, innovation, and product development initiatives.
• Track priorities, milestones, dependencies, risks, and resource requirements across multiple concurrent programs.
• Facilitate planning, governance, and status reviews to ensure alignment between strategic priorities and delivery.

R&D Operations

• Lead operational planning, reporting, governance, and budgeting processes across the R&D organization.
• Develop scalable operating processes that improve visibility, execution, and organizational effectiveness, including workforce planning.

Commercial & Business Coordination

• Coordinate contracts, statements of work, NDAs, procurement activities, and vendor engagements in partnership with Legal, Finance, and Procurement.
• Act as the operational liaison between R&D and business functions, ensuring external commitments, deliverables, and operational activities are executed effectively.

People & Team Support

• Support hiring, onboarding, workforce planning, and organizational development initiatives.
• Provide line management for designated team members where appropriate.

Leadership Support

• Drive follow-up actions, decisions, and cross-functional coordination on behalf of R&D leadership.
• Prepare executive communications, reports, and presentations for senior stakeholders.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Business, or a related discipline, or equivalent experience.
• Significant experience in program management, engineering operations, product development, or technical project leadership within software engineering, R&D, or technology organizations.
• Strong organizational, stakeholder management, and cross-functional leadership skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting senior engineering or product leadership.
• Familiarity with software product development lifecycles from concept through delivery.
• Experience working with contracts, vendor management, and commercial engagements.
• Previous people management experience within innovation, R&D, or advanced technology environments. 

Location & working model

This role is based in HP’s Cambridge office under a hybrid working arrangement, with a minimum requirement to be onsite three days per week. As a people‑focused senior role, regular in‑person collaboration is encouraged.

HP has invested in a new, modern site, including ergonomic workspaces and well stocked kitchen facilities that included a wide selection of coffee.

About you:

You’re out to reimagine and reinvent what’s possible- in your career as well as the world around you. So are we. We love taking on tough challenges, disrupting the status quo, and creating what’s next. We’re in search of talented people who are inspired by big challenges, driven to learn and grow, and dedicated to making a meaningful difference.

Why join HP Wolf Security

HP Wolf Security is central to HP’s strategy in the PC market, with security designed into hardware, firmware, and software. This integrated approach enables HP to differentiate through built‑in, enterprise‑grade protection and manageability. This role sits at the heart of that strategy, helping deliver the tools that allow customers to deploy, manage, and trust secure PCs at scale.

The primary focus of the HP Wolf Security team is developing cyber security solutions to protect our customers devices and data. The digital threat landscape is ever-changing and as the cyber security industry reacts and adapts to changes, so too do the malware authors.  Our unique micro-virtualization technology ensures that customers are protected from even the most bleeding edge cyber security threats. That micro-virtualization technology forms a key pillar in a wider cyber security suite that we're actively developing. 

Our history:

Inspired by the isolation principles of traditional virtualization, our team known then as Bromium, created a game-changing technology called micro-virtualization to protect end users against advanced malware. Every task the user performs, such as opening a document or clicking on a link, is isolated in its own micro-VM, with access to just the resources required for that task, and existing just for the life of the task. Protection is thus provided through isolation, without relying on detection, hence reliably defending the user from polymorphic and even zero-day malware. 

Bromium was acquired by HP Inc on 19 September 2019 forming HP Wolf Security. 

For more information, visit our website: https://www.hp.com/uk-en/security/endpoint-security-solutions.html

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