Business Planning Manager

October 8, 2026

Business Planning Manager Description - Job Summary • This role is responsible for leading the development, negotiation, coordination, and communication of business plans, to maximize identified opportunities and achieve performance goals within the organization. The role explores new business opportunities, partnerships, and expansion strategies to drive growth and market share. The role continuously drives better business practices and increased value to the business through consistent measurement and improvement of key activity metrics. Responsibilities • Develops recommendations from complex data and business analysis and formulates them into business plans. • Drives the construction of highly innovative statistical and financial models to analyze new aspects of business performance. • Establishes the metrics required to measure business performance, and recommends the go-forward strategy to address performance gaps. • Leads highly complex, time-sensitive market research projects and identifies compelling trends and opportunities for business leaders. • Staffs and manages cross-functional teams across the entire span of business planning activities. • Drives all aspects of priority projects and makes final team decisions; develops business plans and proactively identifies new opportunities as partners with client business leaders. • Develops and drives comprehensive business plan recommendations, based on analysis, emerging trends, and experience. • Identifies or develops cutting-edge analytical tools, models, and methods for making key business decisions. • Counsels business leaders, recommends approaches for executing high-level strategies and develops creative solutions. • Develops and executes forward-thinking strategies for building and nurturing long-term business relationships. Education & Experience Recommended • Four-year or Graduate Degree in Business Administration, Finance, Economics, or any other related discipline or commensurate work experience or demonstrated competence. • Typically has 10+ years of work experience, preferably in strategy, planning, operations, market research, or a related field. Preferred Certifications • Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification Knowledge & Skills • Analytics • Business Intelligence • Business Strategies • Competitive Intelligence • Customer Insights • Dashboard • Data Analysis • Data Visualization • Economics • Market Intelligence • Market Research • Marketing • New Product Development • Power BI • Python (Programming Language) • R (Programming Language) • SQL (Programming Language) • Statistics • Tableau (Business Intelligence Software) • Thought Leadership Cross-Org Skills • Effective Communication • Results Orientation • 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. Salary The pay range for this role is $141,150.00 - $208,200.00 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 [https://hpbenefits.ce.alight.com/]) 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 - Business Planning Schedule - Full time Shift - No shift premium (United States of America) Travel - Relocation - Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO) \- HP, Inc. provides equal employment opportunity to all employees and prospective employees, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, sexual orientation, age, disability, or status as a protected veteran, marital status, familial status, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic predisposition or carrier status, uniformed service status, political affiliation or any other characteristic protected by applicable national, federal, state, and local law(s). Please be assured that you will not be subject to any adverse treatment if you choose to disclose the information requested. This information is provided voluntarily. The information obtained will be kept in strict confidence. For more information, review HP’s EEO Policy or read about your rights as an applicant under the law here: “Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal"

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