Sr. Product Manager – Option and Sustaining Portfolio Planner

General Information Req # WD00107775 Career area: Product Management Country/Region: United States of America State: North Carolina City: Morrisville Date: Tuesday, October 27, 2026 Working time: Full-time Additional Locations : 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 produ…

View the full posting and apply