Global Future Leaders: AR/VR Product Manager

The world is our stage, the sky is the limit. At Lenovo we believe smarter technology takes a global mindset with trust and respect for one another, enabling us to do exciting and rewarding work that intelligently transforms our world. We are recognized as one of the world’s Most Admired & Best Regarded Companies, a Top 100 Global Tech Leader, and rank #212 on the Fortune Global 500. This is a place where ideas grow, initiative wins, achievements are seen, and we love the work we get to do. We believe that Smarter takes YOU!

Lenovo is proud to offer our Global Future Leaders Program. This program engages high-achieving, driven students by immersing them into the world of a global technology company. In your first two years, you will participate in cross-border/cross-organization rotations where you will transform and grow while engaging with key stakeholders, gaining deep insight into our organization, and developing comprehensive leadership skills while making a global impact. Through customized training and development, our goal is to fast-track you to a leadership role by year five.

For this Global Future Leaders role, Lenovo is looking for an entrepreneurial, highly self-motivated, visionary ARVR Product Manager who is passionate about our technology and the opportunity it provides to deliver ground breaking experiences for our worldwide customers. As a Product Owner, through strategic research and competitive analysis obtained from a variety of sources (internal research teams, key suppliers and partners), you can understand and translate customer needs (sometimes before the customers themselves realize they have that need) into requirements to define AR/VR product concepts and build prototypes to validate user scenarios, product features, and performance. While balance company resources in order to determine that products will have adequate HW, pricing and SW support and deliver a superior customer experience, and bring new products to market by analyzing proposed product requirements and product development programs (preparing return-on-investment analyses; establishing time schedules with engineering and manufacturing).

If you obsess over customers and are a results-oriented Product Manager who gets excited about frequently starting from scratch, running hard, and solving tough technical, operational and business challenges, come join us.

Working at Lenovo means you are part of a multicultural team that values who you are, your days are filled with nonstop challenge and exciting opportunities, and you are changing what’s possible for the world—and yourself. You are the reason Lenovo is smarter. Because smarter takes you.

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or MBA, or equivalent in experience, master is an advantage.

• Fluent English both in speaking and writing.

• Strong analytical skills, critical thinking and problem-solving skills.

• Strong business acumen with a global mindset, ability to deal with uncertainty.

• Has strong interests and passion to develop in technical industry, ability to learn and understand complex technical concepts.

• Knowledge of product development and management processes, understanding of customer requirements, sales planning, financial planning and the interplay with global supply chains is an advantage.

• Excellent listening, verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to analyze and communicate technical issues, lead discussions, and influence decisions.

• Superior presentation skills and the ability to adapt messaging to target audiences including CxO level audiences both internally and externally.

Background in business, electrical engineering, or computer science. Experience in Unity, Android/iOS app development. Greatly preferred previous experience in ARVR field.

- Bachelor or Masters Students graduating in 2020 and 2021 that are completing a degree in Technology or Business Management disciplines

- GPA: 3.3 minimum

- Visionary spirit with thought leadership with a passion for technology and innovation

- International expertise (study abroad, internships)

- Willingness to work from Beijing-China, Chicago-IL, Raleigh/Durham-NC, or countries in European and Asia Pacific Regions.

- Program Start Date: July 2021, can be flexible based on graduation date

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