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Director, Platform Engineering Strategy & Ops
Lenovo —Edinburgh
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Machine learning
- AI
- Communication skills
- Life insurance
Associate Director, Operations Transformation, Airline Industry, Operations Industry & Domain Solutions, Technology & Transformation
Deloitte —Edinburgh
- Hybrid work
- Business development
- Team management
- Mentoring
AI Engineering Director, LATC
Lenovo —Edinburgh
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Doctoral degree
- Computer Science
- Master's degree
- Life insurance
Director, Engineering IT Operations
Cirrus Logic —Edinburgh
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Leadership
- Communication skills
Director, Operations Change - Client Projects
Citi —Edinburgh
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Project management
- Continuous improvement
- Team management
- Employee assistance programme
- Employee discount
Director of Corporate Partnerships
DVM Central Digital Solutions —Edinburgh
- £85,200 - £105,000 a year
- Full-time
- Mentoring
- In-person
- Communication skills
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1d
Head of Transformation and Portfolio Delivery
The Scottish Government —Edinburgh
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Presentation skills
- Continuous improvement
- Agile
5d
Technical Director - Heritage
SLR Consulting —Edinburgh
- Full-time
- Business development
- Mentoring
- Leadership
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
Senior Director Workforce Capability and Learning
Amgen —Edinburgh
- Remote
- Team management
- Training & development
- AI
12d
Senior Manager-Associate Director, Cyber Incident Response Advisory and Incident Management, Recovery and Resilience
Deloitte —Edinburgh
- Hybrid work
- Business development
- No degree
- Mentoring
Associate Director, Operational Finance, GBS - Finance Transformation
Deloitte —Edinburgh
- Hybrid work
- Business development
- Agile
Associate Director – Programme Controls
Linesight —Edinburgh
- Full-time
- Remote
- Engineering
- Business development
- No degree
10d
Associate Director - Cost Management
Turner & Townsend —Edinburgh
- Full-time
- Mentoring
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5h
Associate Director, ER&I (Energy, Resourcing and Industrials incl. Construction), Operations Industry & Domain Solutions, Engineering AI & Data, Technology & Transformation
Deloitte —Edinburgh
- Hybrid work
- Sales
- Research
- Master's degree
Associate Director, Lead AI Architect, Security & Justice, Engineering, AI & Data, Technology & Transformation
Deloitte —Edinburgh
- Hybrid work
- Doctoral degree
- Computer Science
- Engineering
Associate Director/Principal Consultant - Defense Asset Management - AMCL
AMCL —Edinburgh
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Business development
- Team management
- Travel
Quick apply
1d
Procurement and Contracts Director
Copenhagen Offshore Partners A/S —Edinburgh
- Full-time
- English
- Leadership
- Communication skills
7d
Portfolio Director
Schroders —Edinburgh
- Full-time
- Business development
- Analysis skills
- Bachelor's degree
Technical Director – Coastal Engineering
Ramboll —Edinburgh
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Engineering
- Business development
- Team management
Quick apply
Associate Director Climate Resilience and Adaptation
AECOM —Edinburgh
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Business development
- Mentoring
- Training & development

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Director, Platform Engineering Strategy & Ops

Lenovo -
Edinburgh

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Job details

Full-time

Benefits

Life insurance
Car scheme

Qualifications

Operations management
Machine learning
Partnership building
Project schedule tracking
Technical roadmaps
ADR
AI
Team motivation leadership
Communication skills
Project progress tracking

Full job description

General Information

Req #

WD00101499

Career area:

Hardware Engineering

Country/Region:

United Kingdom

City:

Edinburgh

Date:

Monday, June 29, 2026

Working time:

Full-time

Additional Locations:

United Kingdom

Why Work at Lenovo

We are Lenovo. We do what we say. We own what we do. We WOW our customers.

Lenovo is a US$83 billion revenue global technology powerhouse, ranked #153 in the Fortune Global 500, and serving millions of customers every day in 180 markets. Focused on a bold vision to deliver Smarter Technology for All, Lenovo has built on its success as the world’s largest PC company with a full-stack portfolio of AI-enabled, AI-ready, and AI-optimized devices (PCs, workstations, smartphones, tablets), infrastructure (server, storage, edge, high performance computing and software defined infrastructure), software, solutions, and services. Lenovo’s continued investment in world-changing innovation is building a more equitable, trustworthy, and smarter future for everyone, everywhere. Lenovo is listed on the Hong Kong stock exchange under Lenovo Group Limited (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY).

This transformation together with Lenovo’s world-changing innovation is building a more inclusive, trustworthy, and smarter future for everyone, everywhere. To find out more visit www.lenovo.com, and read about the latest news via our StoryHub.

Description and Requirements

We are seeking an Technical Strategy Director in the UK who will work in partnership with the Technical Director on delivering against the UKs mandate in LATC. Execution Lead to serve as the central driver of operational excellence across LATC.

This role will continuously ensure the identification, quantification and prioritisation of delivery value across all UK workstreams.

This role will own the overall delivery roadmap, will be able to describe the rationale behind prioritisation decisions and will ensure that the contribution colleagues and teams have is aligned to the goals of LATC and Lenovo.

Key Responsibilities

Roadmap Visibility & Reporting

Own the accuracy, currency of various distinct workstreams occurring in the UK (including Data/Context/Memory for Agents, Infrastructure for training, inference and operations and the LATC evaluation framework implementation)

Deliver structured, transparent status updates to Lenovo leadership and cross-functional stakeholders, translating complex, multi-team progress into clear and actionable narratives.

Build and scale reporting infrastructure, including dashboards, weekly business reviews, executive summaries, and QBR materials.

Proactively identify risks, blockers, and timeline deviations, ensuring early visibility and driving timely resolution.

Business Group Engagements

Act as a core contributor into concurrent AI engagements across SSG, PCSD, MBG, and ISG ensuring LATC can prioritise what is needed today and anticipated demand for future.

Ensure that work being taken into teams is of sufficient quality and clarity to drive positive outcomes and predictable releases

Drive alignment and resolution of cross-functional dependencies and escalations across business groups.

Platform Delivery

Lead sprint-level execution tracking across internal platform teams, maintaining visibility into progress, dependencies, and delivery risks.

Manage release cadence and milestone tracking across core platform components, including context management, tool orchestration, inference routing, and observability.

Optimize execution efficiency by improving development workflows, reducing friction, and ensuring focus on high-impact priorities.

Organizational Operations

Maintain a holistic view of LATC’s roadmap, capacity, and commitments, identifying conflicts and trade-offs early.

UK Leadership

Act as Line Manager or Dotted Line manager (along with Technical Director) to ensure that all teams understand the cost of their operation, the value of their impact.

Work with establishing the Lenovo AI engineering brand across sites in the Edinburgh, London and throughout the UK.

Own the delivery of Meet-Ups, Tech events and Conferences in alignment with LATC strategy either in attracting talent or engaging with partnerships.

Own the relationships with a number of Universities and Partnerships, identifying the correct LATC resource to support technical aspects, but driving to ensure delivery completion.

Act as a core culture Champion for LATC in the UK, continuously demonstrating qualities the improve team morale, enjoyment at work and quality of delivery. As and when required be willing to provide radical candor.

Qualifications

10+ years of experience in technical product ownership, engineering operations, or equivalent roles within product-driven technology organizations.

Proven track record of owning and delivering organization-level execution reporting with high credibility among senior leadership.

Experience working with large-scale enterprise product divisions in matrixed organizations.

Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to convey complex information clearly and confidently in high-stakes environments.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience in AI/ML platform development, agent-based systems, or developer tooling in hybrid client-edge-cloud environments.

Familiarity with agentic frameworks and their application in enterprise-scale product ecosystems.

What we offer:

Opportunities for career advancement and personal development
Access to a diverse range of training programs
Performance-based rewards that celebrate your achievements
Flexibility with a hybrid work model (3:2) that blends home and office life
Electric car salary sacrifice scheme
Life insurance

LATC operates as a high-impact, high-density team at the forefront of hybrid AI innovation. The Product Strategy Lead is a critical role that connects delivery to value — providing clarity to leadership and momentum to teams, ensuring Lenovo continues to lead in intelligent, value-driven AI experiences.

#LATC

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any federal, state, or local protected class.

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