AI Transformation Specialist - Global Future Leaders Program (2027)

Global Future Leaders Program: Start Strong. Lead Early.

The Lenovo Global Future Leaders Program is a highly selective program designed to develop Lenovo's next generation of business and technology leaders. Created for exceptional graduates, the program provides accelerated development opportunities for individuals ready to grow their careers and make an impact at one of the world's leading technology companies.

As a Global Future Leader, you'll gain hands-on experience through challenging assignments and rotational opportunities across Lenovo. You'll collaborate with teams and leaders around the world, building a broad understanding of our organization while developing the skills needed to create meaningful impact. During your first three years, you'll participate in cross-functional experiences, strategic projects, leadership development, and mentorship opportunities designed to accelerate your growth. From day one, you'll take on meaningful work, gain exposure to senior leaders, and help drive innovative solutions that deliver smarter technology for all. We're looking for ambitious problem-solvers, innovative thinkers, and future leaders who are energized by technology, embrace new challenges, and are eager to make an impact.

What You Can Expect

• Cross-functional rotational experiences across Lenovo's business, providing broad exposure and diverse career experiences
• Meaningful business impact from day one through strategic projects and real-world challenges
• Exposure to senior leaders along with structured leadership development and mentorship
• Collaboration with global teams and stakeholders across one of the world's leading technology companies
• Accelerated career growth through innovation, continuous learning, and opportunities to influence the future of smarter technology for all

In This Global Future Leader Role, You will act as an AI Transformation Specialist

Role Overview
The AI Transformation Specialist is an early-career role focused on helping identify, organize, and advance AI and digital transformation use cases across GICS (Global Information Services & Chief Information Office) (GIS/CIO), IT teams. You will support business and transformation stakeholders in moving AI ideas from concept to pilots and adoption, while promoting AI awareness, capability building, and responsible AI practices across the organization.

What You’ll Do

• Support the identification, collection, and initial prioritization of AI and digital transformation use cases across GICS teams, with guidance from business and transformation stakeholders.
• Work with business stakeholders to understand current process pain points, capture improvement opportunities, and document AI use case ideas, expected benefits, and basic success measures.
• Help coordinate AI transformation activities such as workshops, planning discussions, community sharing sessions, and follow-up actions to support progress from ideas to pilots and adoption.
• Track progress of AI initiatives, including status updates, adoption indicators, stakeholder input, risks, dependencies, and lessons learned, and help prepare regular updates for HR, business, and transformation leadership.
• Support the preparation of AI adoption materials such as use case summaries, simple playbooks, training content, communication drafts, best practice examples, and success stories to increase AI awareness and practical usage.
• Collaborate with IT, Data, Security, HR, and relevant business teams to learn and apply internal policies, data governance expectations, and responsible AI practices when supporting AI initiatives.
• Help build and maintain visibility of AI capabilities, AI pioneers, transformation opportunities, and adoption maturity across ISS by collecting information and supporting leadership reporting.
• Act as an AI enthusiast within GICS by exploring emerging AI opportunities, sharing learnings, and supporting teams in testing new ways to improve business outcomes through AI-enabled solutions.
• Develop “quick win” AI applications for proofs-of-concept.
• Support capability building and AI upskilling activities across the organization by promoting awareness, knowledge sharing, training initiatives, and adoption of AI best practices.

What You’ll Learn

• How AI and digital transformation initiatives are identified, prioritized, and managed within a global, matrixed organization.

• How to translate business process pain points into structured AI use cases with clear benefits and success measures.

• How to coordinate workshops, communities, and adoption activities that move AI initiatives from ideas to pilots and scaling.

• How responsible AI, data governance, privacy, and security principles are applied in real business contexts.

• How to build and communicate progress updates, summaries, and basic dashboards that inform HR, business, and transformation leadership.

• How AI “quick wins” can be designed and implemented to improve productivity, efficiency, and employee experience, while developing your own hands-on AI skills and transformation toolkit.

Job Requirements: Must Have

• Recent graduate or early-career professional with strong interest in AI, digital transformation, business operations, HR transformation, process improvement, or related areas.
• Foundational knowledge of AI, Generative AI, automation technologies, or digital tools, with willingness to build practical experience in AI-enabled business transformation.
• Experience building AI applications.
• Strong curiosity, learning agility, analytical thinking, and openness to challenge conventional approaches with innovative and data-informed ideas.
• Good communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work with different stakeholders, gather input, structure information clearly, and follow up on agreed actions.
• Ability to understand business processes, identify basic improvement opportunities, and document business needs in a structured and clear way.
• Good organizational skills, attention to detail, and ability to manage assigned tasks, deadlines, updates, and priorities with guidance.

Nice to Have

• Basic experience or strong willingness to learn Microsoft 365 Copilot, Power BI, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, Forms, Power Automate, or other productivity and reporting tools.
• Exposure to AI adoption, change management, community building, training, workshops, digital upskilling initiatives, or student/project work in related areas.
• Basic awareness of responsible AI principles, data privacy, governance, security considerations, and appropriate use of business data.
• Ability to prepare clear summaries, simple dashboards, progress reports, and business updates with support from more experienced team members.
• Interest in working in a global, matrixed environment with cross-regional teams and diverse stakeholder groups.
• Interest in identifying, piloting, or supporting AI use cases that can improve productivity, efficiency, or employee experience.
• University coursework, internship, thesis, project work, or early professional exposure related to transformation, organizational change, innovation, AI, analytics, or digital tools.

North America Hiring Time Line Fall 2026

• Application Timeline: September 1st through Oct 23rd
• Leadership Assessments: Sept-Oct: (Post resume review, top candidates will be selected to complete a Leadership Skills Assessment via SHL (Vendor). NOTE: By applying to this role, if selected for next step, you agree for Lenovo to share your first/last name and email with SHL. 
• North America LIVE CASE Interview (Virtual/Teams Setting): Oct 22nd-24th 
• Leadership Final Interviews LIVE @Lenovo Campus: November 13th @ Lenovo, Morrisville, NC (In Person/Travel Included)
• Offers: December
• Onboarding: Spring/Summer 2027
• Search Roles: GFL26.27 (Search GFL roles in Jobs.lenovo.com using this code)