Strategic Insights Analyst

Lenovo; Morrisville (NC); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Lenovo seeks a Strategic Insights Analyst to interpret industry developments and ecosystem signals, informing Lenovo’s strategic and operational thinking.

You will synthesize data across hardware, solutions/services, and supply chain dynamics, delivering concise narratives to leadership on what matters and where to focus. Collaboration with Global Supply Chain, Alliances, Finance, and SSG is essential for impactful recommendations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree required.
• 5+ years of business consulting and/or data analytics experience.
• Strong knowledge of hardware and solutions/services landscape is expected.
• Discretion and maturity in handling sensitive industry intelligence.

Responsibilities

• Track and interpret technology and ecosystem trends to inform Lenovo's strategic thinking.
• Contextualize supply chain signals with solutions and services implications.
• Translate signals into strategic and operational implications for Lenovo across devices, infrastructure, and services.
• Produce concise, insight-driven narratives for leadership consumption.

Skills

Industry knowledge

Data synthesis

Solutions business dynamics

Discretion

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

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.

The Strategic Insights Analyst focuses on interpreting industry developments and ecosystem signals to inform Lenovo’s strategic and operational thinking.

This role sits within the Group Operations Organization (GOO), with close collaboration across Global Supply Chain, Alliances, Finance, and SSG (Solutions Services Group). It synthesizes industry news, competitive movements, supply chain dynamics, and solutions/service business trends into business-relevant insights, helping leadership understand what is changing, why it matters, and where to pay attention.

Key Responsibilities

Industry Ecosystem Intelligence

• Track and interpret technology, semiconductor, device, and solutions/services industry trends, including competitive actions, platform shifts, and evolving business models (e.g., XaaS, hybrid cloud, vertical solutions)
• Identify early signals across both hardware ecosystem and solutions landscape that may impact demand, supply, cost structure, or competitive dynamics

Supply Chain Solutions Contextualization

• Incorporate on-record and off-record supply chain signals (e.g., ODM ecosystem, component trends, channel behavior) to enrich industry understanding
• Connect supply-side developments with solutions and services implications (e.g., attach opportunities, lifecycle services, enterprise demand patterns), on top of hardware trends
• Use this integrated view to contextualize industry narratives, not to produce financial forecasts

Business Implication Framing

• Translate external signals into strategic and operational implications for Lenovo across devices, infrastructure, and solutions/services
• Highlight cross-BU implications, including how shifts in solutions demand may influence product mix, go-to-market models, and ecosystem partnerships
• Connect insights with internal Finance, Operations, and SSG perspectives, supporting planning discussions and business prioritization

Executive Insight Storytelling

• Produce concise, insight-driven narratives for leadership consumption
• Focus on clarity, signal vs. noise separation, and decision relevance, especially where solutions trends create incremental growth or strategic risk

Qualifications

• Strong industry knowledge across both hardware and solutions/services landscape (e.g., enterprise solutions, cloud, lifecycle services, vertical offerings)
• Ability to synthesize fragmented data across markets, supply chain, and solutions business models into coherent insights
• Familiarity with solutions business dynamics (e.g., recurring revenue, services attach, customer segments) a strong plus
• Discretion and maturity in handling sensitive industry intelligence

Basic Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree
• 5+ years of business consulting and/or data analytics experience

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.