Program Manager
LenovoMorrisville, north carolina, united statesUpdate time: February 2,2021
Job Description
Position Description:
Job Summary
The Program Manager for the Chief Security Officer (CSO) will work with the
senior leaders and across Lenovo. This position will play a meaningful role
in the CSO leadership team, helping the team to execute on strategic
priorities consistently and with high quality. The Program Manager role is
designed to bring efficiency, process, and standardization to the organization
and as such, will work alongside each of and interact with leaders across
Lenovo globally. In the role of the Program Manager, you must be able to work
and adapt in a fluid, fast-paced environment. Working as the Program Manager
you must have strong leadership, facilitation, negotiation, communication, and
collaboration skills.
What You'll Do
• Program Management: Orchestrate overall program execution in collaboration
with individual product/services/project managers. Consistently follow-through
with senior leadership and all stakeholders. Identify risks to project
execution and effectively manage those risks; proactively raise prioritization
and scheduling tradeoff decisions and escalating and identifying alternate
options as appropriate. Be prepared to step in and actively project manage top
level initiatives at CSO level where needed. It's likely that this person will
play an overall Program Management role over some security projects that fall
under both the CSO and CIO's or BU’s organizations.
• Organizational Health: Ensure leadership team is setting effective goals,
communicating with clarity and transparency to the organization and taking
effective action on team culture topics. Help identify security related
cultural areas for improvement and turn them into action. Could include but is
not limited to team surveys, training, communication, transparency, etc.
• Communication & Reporting: Develop and execute on a communication framework
for the organization that utilizes multiple tools, for audiences that range
from the Board of Directors to new interns. Oversee business performance
reporting and scale best practices across the organization.
#### Position Requirements:
Key Requirements
• 3+ years of industry experience in operations, product/program/project
management
• Experience managing complex projects which are often cross-functional while
demonstrating exceptional business judgment and building relationships at all
levels of the company.
• Fast learner who can quickly absorb the nuances of complex, interdependent
situations.
• Ability to seek to understand, solve conceptual problems, wrangle resources,
and deliver results in challenging situations.
• Strong sense of urgency balanced with patience and a sense of humor
• Experience in information or product security a plus
• Mandarin a plus
What Does Success Look Like?
• You'll be able to distill complex thoughts and strategies into compelling
stories and actionable recommendations. Including the capability to build
high-quality re-usable presentations fit for board, Lenovo Executive Committee
(LEC), Lenovo organization, and external partners/customers.
• You will stand out as a true leader, owning all levels of planning, setting
milestones, managing budget where applicable, status reporting, dependency
management and communication.
• You are a game-changer, who will proactively identify issues and appropriate
escalation paths, with mitigation and strategies for resolution.
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