Audio Technical Program Manager and Strategist

Audio Technical Program Manager and Strategist Description - The Audio Technical Program Manager and Strategist will own the strategy for HP’s audio and voice experiences across future PC platforms, including playback quality, microphone performance, conferencing audio, speech clarity, voice interaction, Voice AI readiness, and intelligent collaboration experiences. This role will connect customer experience expectations, Marketing direction, competitive insights, technical feasibility, supplier roadmaps, and platform requirements into clear roadmap decisions and an executable strategy. The successful candidate will bring technical depth, program discipline, and strong stakeholder leadership to help HP define and deliver best-in-class audio and voice experiences across future AI PCs. This role will also ensure HP’s audio and voice roadmap supports emerging AI-enabled user experiences, including natural voice interaction, contextual awareness, collaboration intelligence, and future Agentic AI use cases.

Define and drive HP’s audio & voice strategy and roadmap across Commercial, Consumer, Gaming, and Workstation PC portfolios. Own the audio and voice technology roadmap, including playback, microphone capture, conferencing audio, speech clarity, voice interaction, Voice AI readiness, and future AI-enabled collaboration experiences. Translate customer experience needs, Marketing expectations, competitive insights, and platform requirements into clear audio & voice experience targets and technical requirements. Partner with Marketing, Product Planning, Platform Architecture, Audio Engineering, Poly, ODMs, IHVs, silicon vendors, software teams, validation teams, and program teams to align audio & voice strategy. Lead audio & voice proof-of-concept planning with audio architects, including scope definition, success criteria, demo readiness, stakeholder alignment, risk management, and transition path to NPI. Drive Voice AI and voice interaction strategy, including voice input experiences, speech command experiences, AI assistant interaction models, wake-word or activation concepts, intelligent collaboration use cases, and system-level voice experience requirements. Drive Better Together audio innovation between HP PCs and Poly solutions, including collaboration experiences, conferencing quality, headset and PC integration, device-to-device continuity, and differentiated user experiences. Partner with Voice AI, Vision AI, Sensor, and Agentic AI stakeholders to ensure audio & voice strategy supports future AI-enabled experiences, including voice interaction, contextual awareness, intelligent collaboration, and cross-device orchestration. Establish and manage a disciplined audio demo governance process with Marketing, including demo objectives, competitive reference units, decision logs, action items, ownership, and closure criteria. Maintain an audio demo tracker to capture requested demos, demo status, Marketing feedback, key decisions, open issues, and follow-up actions. Coordinate competitive audio & voice benchmarking across key competitor systems to ensure HP audio and voice performance is evaluated against market expectations and customer-perceived quality. Drive early alignment with Marketing and Product Planning before major audio & voice demos to clarify expectations, trade-offs, decision criteria, and success metrics. Lead both audio and voice core-team discussions and ensure open issues, roadmap gaps, technology trade-offs, supplier dependencies, and platform risks are clearly tracked and communicated. Support evaluation of audio subsystem trade-offs, including codec, amplifier, speaker, microphone, DSP, OS and driver dependencies, silicon integration, cost, power, mechanical constraints, industrial design impact, and platform scalability. Collaborate with Procurement and suppliers to evaluate technology readiness, vendor roadmap alignment, cost opportunities, technical risks, and long-term supplier