Senior Product Manager, Private Cloud Architecture & Ecosystem Strategy

Lenovo; Morrisville; On-site; CAD 198,000 - 269,000; Full time

Job summary

Lenovo in Morrisville, NC, seeks a ThinkAgile Architect to guide cross-portfolio infrastructure and AI-driven capabilities. You will partner with PMs, engineering, development, and strategic ISVs to shape scalable, secure architectures for enterprise data centers and cloud deployments.

You will lead architectural decisions, define orchestration patterns, and drive automation across ThinkAgile and related solutions, translating complex requirements into coherent designs that support deployment,

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in enterprise architecture, HCI, Private Cloud, Hybrid Cloud, or related areas.
• Deep understanding of server, storage, virtualization, and systems-management architectures.
• Strong technical knowledge of at least one major enterprise cloud/HCI ecosystem such as VMware Cloud Foundation, Nutanix Cloud Platform, Microsoft Azure Local or comparable technologies.
• Strong understanding of infrastructure lifecycle management, automation, orchestration, and systems management.
• Experience translating workload, customer, and software requirements into infrastructure architectures and technical requirements.
• Demonstrated ability to lead technical initiatives across multiple products, technologies, and engineering organizations.
• Ability to evaluate complex technical tradeoffs and turn them into clear architectural recommendations.
• Architecture experience with integrated infrastructure or HCI platforms such as VxRail, HPE SimpliVity, Nutanix-based appliances, or comparable solutions.
• Deep experience with Private Cloud architecture and cloud operating models.
• Knowledge of AI infrastructure, including accelerated compute, GPU-based infrastructure, and infrastructure considerations for enterprise AI workloads.
• Experience with Kubernetes and container infrastructure.
• Experience with infrastructure automation, APIs, and orchestration frameworks.
• Understanding of data sovereignty, security, compliance, and regulated infrastructure environments.
• Experience working directly with major ISV engineering or product organizations.
• Experience influencing technology or architecture roadmaps across organizational boundaries.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with key ISV partners to understand evolving platform architectures and translate those developments into implications for Lenovo infrastructure.
• Provide architectural leadership for orchestration and automation, helping define how Lenovo management capabilities and ISV software platforms come together for deployment and lifecycle management.
• Serve as a key technical interface between ThinkAgile Product Management, Engineering, Development teams, and strategic ISV organizations.
• Establish cross-portfolio architectural leadership and identify AI-driven requirements, integration patterns, and technical capabilities across ThinkAgile solutions.
• Translate complex software and infrastructure requirements into coherent solution architectures that influence technology partnerships and product roadmaps.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

Server & storage

Cloud/HCI ecosystems

Automation & orchestration

Infrastructure design

Technical leadership

Architectural decision-making

HCI platforms

Private cloud

Kubernetes

APIs & automation

Data security & compliance

ISV collaboration

Roadmap influence

Job description

* United States of America - North Carolina - Morrisville

Why Work at Lenovo

We are Lenovo. We do what we say. We own what we do. We WOW our customers.

Lenovo is a US$83 billion revenue global technology powerhouse, ranked #153 in the Fortune Global 500, and serving millions of customers every day in 180 markets. Focused on a bold vision to deliver Smarter Technology for All, Lenovo has built on its success as the world’s largest PC company with a full-stack portfolio of AI-enabled, AI-ready, and AI-optimized devices (PCs, workstations, smartphones, tablets), infrastructure (server, storage, edge, high performance computing and software defined infrastructure), software, solutions, and services. Lenovo’s continued investment in world-changing innovation is building a more equitable, trustworthy, and smarter future for everyone, everywhere. Lenovo is listed on the Hong Kong stock exchange under Lenovo Group Limited (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY).

This transformation together with Lenovo’s world-changing innovation is building a more inclusive, trustworthy, and smarter future for everyone, everywhere. To find out more visit www.lenovo.com , and read about the latest news via our StoryHub .

Description and Requirements

This role will work closely with key ISV partners to understand evolving platform architectures, translate those developments into implications for Lenovo infrastructure, and help ensure ThinkAgile architectural direction remains aligned across the portfolio. The architect will serve as a key technical interface between ThinkAgile Product Management, Engineering, Development teams, and strategic ISV organizations.

A major responsibility will be establishing cross-portfolio architectural leadership, identifying future and current AI driven requirements, integration patterns, and technical capabilities that can be leveraged across ThinkAgile solutions.

The role will also provide architectural leadership for orchestration and automation, helping define how Lenovo management capabilities, and ISV software platforms come together to simplify deployment, lifecycle management, and ongoing infrastructure operations.

The successful candidate will combine deep enterprise infrastructure expertise with the ability to influence technology partners, connect strategy across multiple product lines, and translate complex software and infrastructure requirements into coherent solution architectures.

Basic Qualifications:

• Extensive experience in enterprise architecture, HCI, Private Cloud, Hybrid Cloud, or related areas.
• Deep understanding of server, storage, virtualization, and systems-management architectures.
• Strong technical knowledge of at least one major enterprise cloud/HCI ecosystem such as VMware Cloud Foundation, Nutanix Cloud Platform, Microsoft Azure Local or comparable technologies.
• Strong understanding of infrastructure lifecycle management, automation, orchestration, and systems management.
• Experience translating workload, customer, and software requirements into infrastructure architectures and technical requirements.
• Demonstrated ability to lead technical initiatives across multiple products, technologies, and engineering organizations.
• Ability to evaluate complex technical tradeoffs and turn them into clear architectural recommendations.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Architecture experience with integrated infrastructure or HCI platforms such as VxRail, HPE SimpliVity, Nutanix-based appliances, or comparable solutions.
• Deep experience with Private Cloud architecture and cloud operating models.
• Knowledge of AI infrastructure, including accelerated compute, GPU-based infrastructure, and infrastructure considerations for enterprise AI workloads.
• Experience with Kubernetes and container infrastructure.
• Experience with infrastructure automation, APIs, and orchestration frameworks.
• Understanding of data sovereignty, security, compliance, and regulated infrastructure environments.
• Experience working directly with major ISV engineering or product organizations.
• Experience influencing technology or architecture roadmaps across organizational boundaries.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any federal, state, or local protected class.

Additional Locations: * United States of America - North Carolina - Morrisville

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