Chief of Staff, Corporate Strategic Alliance

Corporate Strategic Alliance Chief Of Staff

As the Corporate Strategic Alliance Chief Of Staff, you will work closely with the VP, Corporate Strategic Alliance and be responsible for a wide variety of tasks and actions that will enable our leadership to drive the business forward effectively and quickly. From data analysis to preparation of reports and recommendations, you will manage coordination between departments, stakeholders, and partners building and leading our business management system. You will operate as a key component in our management team's effectiveness by contributing on strategy formation and its implementation, business insights and analytics combined with key stakeholder management, enabling the executive team to work effectively with internal and external stakeholders.

This is not an administrative role - it is a highly strategic and facilitative position that requires a combination of focus and flexibility, as well as a willingness to play an active, operational, and communicative role. The role requires exceptional emotional intelligence, self-motivation, alongside strong analytical and interpersonal skills. This position will also have strong partner orientation. The requirement is to master and understanding of partner strategy, the value we can deliver, making trade-offs that ultimately differentiate us from the competition in the eyes of the customer.

Responsibilities include : facilitating and managing the process of identifying, prioritizing, chartering, communicating, and managing key projects, establishing and maintaining a business management system, tracking key strategic actions, driving them to closure, managing the process of tracking and communicating performance against objectives, serving as the key interface to the Corporate Strategic Alliances office for external groups and internal business groups, collaborating with the extended leadership team and partners to operationalize plans to achieve the financial targets, supporting the Corporate Strategic Alliances leader in their day-to-day activities, and championing the use of AI and digital transformation within the Alliances organization.

The ideal candidate will demonstrate strong analytical skills, excellent communications skills, superior organizational skills, leadership skills, keen business acumen, entrepreneurial and creative mindset, the highest level of integrity, ability to navigate Lenovo and build great work relationships, ability to keep with a fast pace and high energy culture, emotional intelligence, flexible work style, and excellent diplomatic skills across all levels of the organization.

Basic qualifications include a bachelor's degree in business administration, strategy, organizational leadership, or a related field, 8+ years of experience in business operations, strategy, or executive support roles, proven experience managing cross-functional initiatives and executive-level communications, strong analytical skills, excellent written and verbal communication skills, proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and collaboration tools, and demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, high-stakes environment.

Preferred qualifications include an MBA or master's degree in strategy, organizational development, or a related discipline, prior experience in a chief of staff or strategic business management role within a global organization, familiarity with partner ecosystems, GSI / consultancy strategy, and alliance management, experience with AI and digital transformation initiatives, especially in partner-facing environments, certification from the chief of staff association or similar leadership development programs, high emotional intelligence and diplomatic skills across diverse stakeholder groups, ability to influence without authority and drive alignment across executive teams, and experience with strategic planning frameworks and performance tracking systems.