Lenovo

Lenovo is the Number 1 Supercomputing provider in the world measured by Top 500 entries, and we keep going. Our Global HPC Professional Services team is dedicated to fostering an environment that encourages entrepreneurism and ownership - a workplace where your talents can and will be challenged, and your efforts recognized and rewarded.

Lenovo HPC PS team is looking for a seasoned Principal Consultant based in Japan to join its Global HPC Professional Services team.

This position represents a rewarding opportunity to use your experience and skills in a dynamic, complex organization and to deliver across our major customer sites.

Responsibilities:

Principal Consultant, will be assigned one or more projects concurrently, and will be responsible to manage and work effectively in the following areas

• Decipher complex RFP requirements related to HPC infrastructure and help HPC architects design a solution that fits within RFP requirements.
• Work with key stakeholders (customers or internal) requesting infrastructure enhancements to develop a clear understanding of requirements and success criteria.
• Collaborate with sales and critical engineering subject matter experts to determine the solution scope and projected costs.
• Capture the solution description and review with key stakeholders.
• Work closely with engineers and developers to ensure the tasks are well understood and acceptance criteria met.
• Continue partnerships with internal or external customers to ensure the project goals and requirements are met.
• Identify key technologies needed to deliver new products with each release.
• Participate actively with Development and external organizations while staying current with technologies and techniques that will move our business forward.
• Be able to provide HPC solution guidance over a wide range of HPC delivery projects
• Effectively project manage vendors contracted to provide separate pieces of the solution.
• Ensuring customer expectations are appropriately set and managed
• Lead technical project teams in the delivery of consulting service offerings
• Directly, or via an assigned Project Manager, drive and managing the objectives, requirements gathering, and from time to time project tasks to ensure engagements are delivered successfully and on time while meeting the business objectives
• Maintaining a broad knowledge and understanding of the current and anticipated future state of the HPC infrastructure marketplace including HPC infrastructure trends, technologies, and standards
• Training and mentoring consultants and sales specialists in core solution areas

Skills and Qualifications Required:

Applicant must have worked in an HPC environment, preferably as a technical lead and possess strong customer interaction skills and ability to make technical decisions. Collaborate during projects with several organization verticals, partners, and customers. They must also possess the following skills

• Five or more years of experience working within the HPC sector.
• Detailed understanding of data center and HPC solution delivery processes and architectures.
• Proven ability to work across a wide range of stakeholders and ability to drive issues to closure.
• Experience in providing effective leadership in engagements as a technical consultant in the HPC delivery subject matter area.
• Develop training and knowledge base documentation for technical skills throughout career.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Japanese: Fluent or Native, English: business level required.
• An ideal candidate is innovative and creative while engaging with multiple HPC projects for Lenovo.
• Bachelor degree (within an engineering discipline).

What We Will Offer You:

• A multitude of professional and personal opportunities.
• An open and stimulating environment within one of the most forwarding thinking IT companies.
• Flat structures and fast decision-making processes.
• A modern and flexible way of working to combine personal and professional life.
• An international team with a high focus on Diversity.