Supporting Project Manager

Lenovo • Morrisville, NC

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About The Position

The Supporting Project Manager enables successful delivery of enterprise organization and cost management initiatives. The role provides hands-on project coordination, planning, tracking, and execution support across cross-functional workstreams, helping ensure initiatives are delivered on time, aligned with strategic objectives, and adopted by the business. Working with program leaders, functional stakeholders, and execution teams, the position translates strategy into actionable plans, supports disciplined execution, and maintains visibility into progress, risks, and dependencies across the transformation portfolio.

The role also supports governance and reporting, stakeholder coordination, financial tracking and value capture, and operational and analytical activities. Success includes delivering initiatives on schedule, maintaining clear visibility into progress and risks, coordinating teams effectively, producing high-quality executive-ready reporting, supporting smooth organizational changes, and receiving positive stakeholder feedback.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Management, Marketing, Engineering, or a related field.
• At least 6 years of experience in project management, program coordination, consulting, business operations, or related roles.
• Demonstrated experience supporting complex, cross-functional initiatives.
• Experience working in fast-paced environments with shifting priorities.
• Strong planning, prioritization, and time-management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple workstreams simultaneously.
• Detail-oriented with strong follow-through.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to translate complex information into clear updates.
• Proactive mindset and ability to identify issues early.
• Comfort navigating ambiguity and evolving requirements.
• Strong analytical and critical-thinking skills.
• Skills in Microsoft Office and Microsoft Teams, particularly PowerPoint and Excel.

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity with organization transformation, operating model changes, engineering, and finance.
• Project Management certification, such as PMP, CAPM, or Agile certifications.
• Experience supporting initiatives involving cost management and finance.
• Exposure to organizational redesign, process improvement, or change management efforts.
• Experience in matrixed organizations or large enterprises.
• Consulting or transformation program experience.
• Familiarity with standard project management methodologies, including Waterfall, Agile, or hybrid approaches.

Responsibilities

• Support planning, execution, and monitoring of organization and cost management initiatives.
• Develop and maintain detailed project plans, milestones, timelines, and deliverables.
• Coordinate cross-functional activities across sales, marketing, operations, product, finance, and enabling functions.
• Maintain action logs, decision trackers, and risk registers.
• Support cadence management for program meetings, steering committees, and working sessions.
• Coordinate across business and functional teams and support stakeholder alignment on priorities, timelines, and outcomes.
• Help ensure accountability for commitments and follow-through.
• Track progress against targets and financial commitments.
• Maintain dashboards and reporting tools to monitor initiative performance.
• Collect and analyze data to inform decision-making and progress tracking.
• Identify opportunities to streamline processes and improve execution effectiveness.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level