Senior Product Manager, Private Cloud Architecture & Ecosystem Strategy

Lenovo • Morrisville, NC

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About The Position

The Senior Product Manager, Private Cloud Architecture & Ecosystem Strategy works closely with key ISV partners to understand evolving platform architectures, translate developments into implications for Lenovo infrastructure, and keep ThinkAgile architectural direction aligned across the portfolio. The role serves as a technical interface between ThinkAgile Product Management, Engineering, Development teams, and strategic ISV organizations.

The position establishes cross-portfolio architectural leadership, identifies current and future AI-driven requirements, integration patterns, and technical capabilities that can be leveraged across ThinkAgile solutions. It also provides architectural leadership for orchestration and automation, defining how Lenovo management capabilities and ISV software platforms can work together to simplify deployment, lifecycle management, and ongoing infrastructure operations.

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

Requirements

• 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.

Nice To Haves

• 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 with key ISV partners to understand evolving platform architectures and translate developments into implications for Lenovo infrastructure.
• Help ensure ThinkAgile architectural direction remains aligned across the portfolio.
• Serve as a technical interface between ThinkAgile Product Management, Engineering, Development teams, and strategic ISV organizations.
• Establish cross-portfolio architectural leadership and identify current and future AI-driven requirements, integration patterns, and technical capabilities for ThinkAgile solutions.
• Provide architectural leadership for orchestration and automation.
• Help define how Lenovo management capabilities and ISV software platforms work together to simplify deployment, lifecycle management, and infrastructure operations.
• Translate complex software and infrastructure requirements into coherent solution architectures.
• Lead technical initiatives across multiple products, technologies, and engineering organizations.
• Evaluate technical tradeoffs and develop clear architectural recommendations.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed