Alliances Program Specialist - Global Future Leaders Program

This role is part of Lenovo's Global Future Leaders Program which engages high-achieving, driven students by immersing them into the world of a global technology powerhouse. In your first three years, you will participate in a cross-border/cross-organization rotation to engage with key stakeholders, gain deep insight into our organization, and develop comprehensive leadership skills while making a global impact. Our goal is to fast-track you to leadership by year five. We are looking for innovative thinkers and risk-takers who are passionate about technology and want to improve our audience's lives in unexpected ways. Start Strong and Lead Early. Join Lenovo's Global Future Leaders Program.

In this Global Future Leaders role, you will be part of The Corporate Strategic Alliances team is a team built on trust, collaboration, velocity, insights, and expertise. Through organization-wide collaboration our team of diverse professionals seeks to extend Lenovo's business solutions, generate incremental revenue, enhance existing Alliance partnerships, and develop new industry partnerships. We are searching for an Alliances Program Specialist to support our business. The ideal candidate has the ability to establish trust and thrive in a matrixed ever-changing organization. You must embody the Lenovo values of entrepreneurship, innovation, customer obsession, and building trust across global teams. You must be comfortable contributing to developing strategy at the senior executive level as well as performing hands-on execution. You must be an excellent written and oral communicator, internally and externally, who can project manage insights into results.

Job Description
* Collaborate on identifying and building joint initiatives for our senior leaders from Lenovo and our partners including the accompanying sales motions, marketing investment plans, and regular cadences with Product, Geo, and Sales teams
* Track and manage partner funding, allocation, and objectives with exceptional level of attention to detail and build reports used at a senior executive level
* Analyze partner initiatives, forecast for strategic changes, and report on key metrics to stakeholders
* Communicate partner programs and processes to internal teams to drive adoption and understanding
* Articulate complex issues and provide appropriate support to internal team members
* Support Internal and External EBRs, QBRs, and Executive cadences/touchpoints

Global Future Leader Requirements* Global Future Leaders positions are early-in-career level roles targeted at job seekers who have completed or are in the process of completing, their final academic year of educational requirements for their Masters or PhD Degree.

• Passion for technology
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work in a global team environment
• Ability to think strategically but have exceptional attention to detail.
• Excellent organizational and project management skills
• Strong analytical and quantitative capability
• Strong Excel, Word, and PowerPoint skills.
• Flexibility to travel as needed (10-20%)
• Technical skills (programming, ME/EE)
• Preferred experience through relevant internships (or FT) in the technology sector
• Technical degrees in (CES, ME/EE), master's degree or MBA are also preferred.
• Leadership experience in school, work, internship and/or community