Director, Cloud Interconnect & Multicloud Solutions

Lumen; Honolulu (HI); Remote; USD 160,000 - 213,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Job summary

Lumen is seeking a deeply technical product leader to own and advance our cloud interconnect portfolio, guiding a growing team and translating complex connectivity needs into scalable product capabilities.

You will collaborate with cloud partners, engineering, and Alkira to evolve cloud connections and launch next-generation interconnect products, driving market adoption across enterprise customers.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in product management, network engineering, cloud infrastructure, or a related technical field.
• 3+ years of experience with cloud connectivity, cloud interconnect, multicloud networking, data center interconnect, or hyperscaler solutions.
• Deep technical knowledge of cloud on-ramps, private interconnect, virtual connections, network fabrics, routing, security, and cloud networking architectures.
• Demonstrated experience defining and delivering technically complex products in partnership with engineering or software development teams.
• Experience managing cloud provider or technology partner relationships, including technical alignment and commercial negotiations.
• Demonstrated ability to lead product strategy, roadmap development, launch execution, and lifecycle management.
• Experience leading and developing product management, technical, or analytical professionals.
• Strong executive, partner, and customer communication skills, with the ability to translate technical concepts into clear product and business decisions.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a growing team of product management and analytics professionals responsible for the cloud interconnect portfolio.
• Own the strategy, roadmap, performance, and lifecycle of solutions that connect enterprise customers to cloud providers and hyperscalers.
• Maintain the commercial and technical health of existing cloud connections, including provider coverage, capacity, reliability, and customer experience.
• Drive incremental development and rollout of next-generation cloud interconnect solutions across cloud provider ecosystems.
• Define future product capabilities through deep technical collaboration with development teams, network architects, hyperscalers, and cloud partners.
• Lead the continued integration of cloud interconnect products with the Alkira platform, including the evolution of future product generations.
• Manage strategic cloud provider relationships and lead commercial, technical, and contractual negotiations when required.
• Engage with enterprise customers, partners, and internal stakeholders to translate mutual connectivity needs into prioritized product requirements.

Skills

Leadership

Cloud connectivity

Roadmap development

Executive communication

Education

Engineering degree

Tools

SDN

NaaS

API-driven service delivery

Orchestration platforms

Job description

Lumen is seeking a deeply technical product leader to own and advance our cloud interconnect portfolio, guiding a growing team and translating complex connectivity needs into scalable product capabilities.

You will collaborate with cloud partners, engineering, and Alkira to evolve cloud connections and launch next-generation interconnect products, driving market adoption across enterprise customers.