Sr. Product Manager – Option and Sustaining Portfolio Planner

Lenovo

Morrisville (NC)

On-site

USD 140,000 - 180,000

Full time

2 days ago

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Job summary

Lenovo is seeking an experienced Portfolio Planner for its ISG server options and sustaining releases, based in Morrisville, NC. The role turns customer and business needs into actionable portfolio plans and collaborates with server Product Managers to optimize lifecycle decisions.

The position requires leadership across Product Management, Development, Architecture, Quality, Operations, Supply Chain, Services, and Commercial teams to drive alignment, improve processes, and shorten cycle times

Qualifications

12+ years of experience in server, infrastructure, product management, portfolio management, program management, or technical leadership.
Strong understanding of enterprise server products, options, supply chain, quality, service, and lifecycle management.

Responsibilities

Set server option priorities and sustainment plans balancing customer need, business value, quality, security, supply continuity, feasibility, and lifecycle impact.
Oversee sustaining releases across server platforms and options; align milestones with roadmaps, resources, and customer commitments.
Represent Product Management in cross-functional reviews; drive alignment and ownership across teams and manage escalations.
Maintain reliable portfolio data and reporting for backlog, release readiness, risks, and decisions; use analytics to identify bottlenecks and improvements.

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

Process improvement

Portfolio decision-making

Ambiguity management

Strategic planning

Team leadership

Tools

Planning tools

Analytics tools

AI-assisted tools

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

The Option and Sustaining Portfolio Planner manages priorities and lifecycle decisions for Lenovo ISG server options and sustaining releases. The role turns customer and business needs into clear portfolio plans.

Working across server platforms and option categories, the planner improves sustaining processes, oversees release readiness, and coordinates lifecycle planning. The role works with server and option Product Managers to resolve trade-offs, clarify ownership, and improve delivery and customer outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

Portfolio Priorities and Decisions

Set priorities for server options and sustaining work, balancing customer need, business value, quality, security, supply continuity, feasibility, and lifecycle impact.
Recommend clear decisions on scope, timing, deferral, replacement, and retirement in collaboration with Product Managers and delivery teams.
Turn cross-functional input into practical plans with clear trade-offs, dependencies, owners, and decisions.

Process Improvement

Improve sustaining processes, decision-making, execution speed, predictability, and transparency.
Identify gaps, duplicate work, unclear ownership, and bottlenecks, then establish practical roles, criteria, measures, and escalation paths.
Use lessons learned, analytics, automation, and AI-assisted tools to create repeatable improvements.

Release and Lifecycle Management

Oversee sustaining releases across supported server platforms and option categories.
Combine demand, dependencies, resources, material readiness, validation, and customer commitments into clear release plans.
Track milestones, risks, and decisions, and provide concise status and recovery recommendations to leadership.
Manage server options and sustaining content from introduction through transition, withdrawal, and end of support.
Align lifecycle milestones with platform roadmaps, supply, certification, service readiness, and customer transitions.
Simplify the portfolio and maintain continuity through clear replacement plans, documented impacts, and assigned owners.

Collaboration and Governance

Represent Product Management in cross-functional reviews and maintain a clear view of priorities, risks, dependencies, decisions, and owners.
Drive alignment across Product Management, Development, Architecture, Quality, Operations, Supply Chain, Services, and Commercial teams.
Resolve conflicts in requirements, ownership, priority, and timing, and ensure agreed actions are driven to closure.
Translate complex issues into concise product and business guidance for leadership.

Data, Tools, and Operational Discipline

Maintain reliable portfolio data and reporting for backlog, release readiness, lifecycle actions, risks, decisions, and ownership.
Use planning, analytics, and automation tools to improve traceability, expose bottlenecks, and support decisions.
Resolve inconsistencies across teams, regions, or systems to maintain a single source of truth

Basic Qualifications

12+ years of experience in server, infrastructure, product management, portfolio management, programm management, or technical leadership.
Strong understanding of enterprise server products, options, supply chain, quality, service, and lifecycle management.

Preferred Qualifications

Proven success in cross-functional leadership, process improvement, and portfolio decision-making.
Experience working across global, cross-functional organizations
Demonstrated ability to manage ambiguity and drive decisions to closure

Technical & AI Fluency

Working knowledge of server architecture and major option areas such as processors, memory, storage, networking, accelerators, power, cooling, firmware, and operating systems.
Able to assess feasibility, dependencies, validation needs, execution risk, and lifecycle impact with technical and operations teams.
Comfortable using planning, analytics, automation, and AI-assisted tools to improve decisions and execution.

Leadership and Impact

Influences outcomes across functions through expertise, clarity of thinking, and delivery ownership
Drives alignment and accountability in complex, matrixed environments
Ensures decisions are understood, executed consistently, and deliver intended business outcomes
Contributes to a high-performing, collaborative, and effective team environment

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.

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