Chief of Staff, AI Engineering

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in North Carolina.

📋 Description

• Collaborate closely with the Executive Director of AI Engineering to implement the strategic vision and key priorities for Lenovo’s global Qira AI organization.

• Oversee the execution of intricate engineering initiatives encompassing AI research, platform engineering, product development, infrastructure, and commercialization.

• Foster cross-functional alignment among engineering, product management, design, research, security, legal, privacy, business, and executive leadership.

• Establish and continually enhance engineering operating mechanisms, including annual planning, quarterly business reviews, roadmap governance, release readiness, executive dashboards, and engineering metrics.

• Collaborate with engineering leaders to enhance execution quality, boost engineering productivity, improve delivery predictability, and enhance organizational effectiveness.

• Lead technical program governance across various global engineering teams, ensuring the successful execution of strategic initiatives.

• Identify execution risks, organizational bottlenecks, and inter-team dependencies while facilitating swift resolutions.

• Create executive presentations, strategic planning documents, engineering communications, and leadership updates for senior executives.

• Assist in organizational planning, budgeting, workforce planning, vendor management, and strategic investment decisions.

• Promote the adoption of engineering best practices, AI governance, software development methodologies, and operational excellence.

• Represent the AI Engineering organization in executive reviews and cross-functional leadership forums.

• Develop scalable operational processes that allow the organization to expand quickly while maintaining high execution standards.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline.

• Over 10 years of experience leading large-scale software engineering programs, engineering operations, or technical program management.

• Experience in supporting senior engineering executives, such as CTOs, VPs, or Heads of Engineering.

• Proven track record of delivering complex software platforms that involve multiple engineering organizations.

• Strong grasp of modern software engineering practices, cloud platforms, AI technologies, and large-scale product development.

• Exceptional executive communication, organizational, and stakeholder management skills.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with an exceptional attention to detail.

• Experience managing globally distributed engineering teams.

🏝️ Benefits

• Health insurance

• 401(k) matching

• Paid time off

• Flexible work arrangements

• Professional development

• Bonuses