Lenovo is seeking a Delivery Project Manager to lead the execution of client-facing IT services projects within their North America Professional Services organization. This role involves managing multiple engagements, ensuring projects are delivered on time and within budget while maintaining a high standard of customer experience.
Responsibilities:
- Lead end-to-end delivery of client-facing IT services projects, from initiation through closure
- Execute projects in alignment with Program Management standards, processes, and governance frameworks
- Identify and track project dependencies and prerequisites to ensure execution readiness
- Collaborate with technical leads to define project scope, milestones, timelines, resource needs, and risks
- Develop and maintain detailed project plans, tracking performance against approved baselines
- Act as primary point of contact for customers, ensuring clear communication of scope, deliverables, and expectations
- Monitor project financials, including budget tracking and adherence to initial costing and margin targets
- Identify, manage, and escalate risks and issues, implementing mitigation strategies as needed
- Drive issue resolution by coordinating internal teams, support resources, and third-party vendors
- Provide consistent and structured status reporting to clients, delivery leadership, and Program Management
- Ensure timely completion of project documentation, deliverables, and closeout activities
- Works under the direction of the Program Management team for governance, reporting, and prioritization
- Executes projects using standardized templates, tools, and delivery frameworks
- Contributes to continuous improvement of delivery processes and operational efficiency
- Supports scalability of delivery operations through consistent execution practices
- Strong ownership mindset with the ability to manage multiple concurrent, short-duration projects
- Highly organized with strong attention to detail and execution discipline
- Excellent client-facing communication and stakeholder management skills
- Proactive and solution-oriented, with the ability to navigate ambiguity
- Motivated to improve processes, standardize practices, and enhance delivery quality
Requirements:
- 5+ years of project management experience in IT or technical services environments
- Proven experience managing client-facing delivery engagements
- Strong written communication skills (status reporting, executive communication, customer updates)
- Advanced English proficiency (written and verbal)
- Strong organizational, prioritization, and multitasking skills
- Self-motivated, proactive, and results-oriented
- Project management certification (PMP, PRINCE2, or equivalent)
- Experience managing project financials (budget tracking, cost control, margin awareness)
- Experience working with cross-functional and third-party delivery teams
- Familiarity with enterprise technologies such as HCI, VDI, data migration, and cloud solutions
- Experience with Microsoft tools (Teams, Dynamics 365, Project, etc.)
- Bachelor's degree in a related field
- Exposure to contract management, negotiation, or customer engagement processes