Expert Program Business Manager - Public Sector

Lumen; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 140,000 - 195,000; Full time

Job summary

Lumen is seeking a PMO-focused professional to track program deliverables, maintain PMO artifacts, and support process improvements across IT lifecycle activities in a Washington DC-area client site. The role requires interfacing with senior management and potentially supervising others.

Experience with Agile and Waterfall, strong documentation skills, and a solid understanding of SDLC standards are essential.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph.
• Experience tracking program deliverables.
• Knowledge of SDLC and governance processes.
• Experience with Agile and Waterfall methodologies.
• Ability to supervise other staff or project members.

Responsibilities

• Track, monitor, and provide status updates on program and project deliverables to ensure timelines and commitments are met.
• Apply established processes to ensure data accuracy, currency, validity, and relevance across PMO artifacts and reporting.
• Maintain a centralized library of PMO documents and develop standardized templates for technical and management use.
• Support project, program, and portfolio-level activities including process analysis, mapping, optimization, reporting, market research, and internal communications.
• Translate business processes into actionable workflows, dashboards, and reporting tools to enhance visibility and decision-making.
• Update and maintain organizational IT lifecycle documentation supporting Agile methodologies.
• Define, develop, and maintain engineering (SDLC) artifacts, architecture standards, and governance processes; oversight for Enterprise SDLC reviews, including change management.

Skills

Program management

Documentation

Project tracking

SDLC governance

Education

Bachelor's Degree or higher

Job description

Lumen is the trusted network for the AI-powered world, connecting people, data, and applications through our expansive fiber network and connected ecosystem. We enable secure, high-performance connectivity across cloud, edge, and AI workloads for enterprises, governments, and communities.

At Lumen, you'll work on infrastructure customers rely on today and build for what's next, where performance, security, and resilience matter.

This is a high accountability environment where bold ideas drive real innovation for our customers, partners, and industry. The work is challenging, expectations are clear, and trust is built into how we operate. If you're ready to take ownership, deliver meaningful impact, and help shape the future of AI-ready connectivity, join us today.

The Role

Supports Program Management Office (PMO) Jiminy Cricket functions by tracking deliverables, maintaining documentation, supporting business process analysis, and ensuring alignment with IT lifecycle and Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) standards. Interactions involve client negotiations and interfacing with senior management. Decision making and domain knowledge may have a critical impact on overall project implementation. May supervise others.

Location and Schedule

Customer site in the Washington DC Metropolitan area

This is a full-time position, 40 hours per week Monday through Friday

The Main Responsibilities

• Track, monitor, and provide status updates on program and project deliverables to ensure timelines and commitments are met.
• Apply established processes to ensure data accuracy, currency, validity, and relevance across PMO artifacts and reporting.
• Maintain a centralized library of PMO documents and develop standardized templates for both technical and management use.
• Support project, program, and portfolio-level activities including process analysis, mapping, optimization, reporting, market research, and internal communications.
• Translate business processes into actionable workflows, dashboards, and reporting tools to enhance visibility and decision-making.
• Update and maintain organizational IT lifecycle documentation supporting Agile methodologies.
• Define, develop, and maintain engineering (SDLC) artifacts, architecture standards, and governance processes. Provide oversight for Enterprise SDLC reviews, including change management activities.

What We Look For in a Candidate

• Clearance Level TS/SCI with polygraph

Education

• High School Diploma/GED and 12 years of relevant experience within the last 15 years OR
• Associate's Degree and 10 years of relevant experience within the last 15 years OR
• Bachelor's Degree and 8 years of relevant experience within the last 15 years OR
• Master's Degree and 6 years of relevant experience within the last 15 years OR
• PhD and 4 years of relevant experience within the last 15 years

Experience

• Experience with tracking, monitoring and updating status of program deliverables
• Experience with application of processes to ensure data currency, validity, and relevance
• Experience maintaining library of PMO documents, build a repository of project templates for both technical and management to support the Project Managers
• Experience supporting project, program and portfolio-level business process analysis, mapping, improvements, reporting, market research and internal outreach and communications
• Experience translating business processes into workflows and dashboards
• Experience updating and keeping current organizational IT lifecycle documentation and supporting materials pertaining to both Waterfall and Agile software development methodologies - engage in defining, developing and keeping current engineering (SDLC) and architecture artifacts and standard; providing oversight of Enterprise SDLC reviews, including change management to ensure compliance with standards and required guidance

Compensation

This information reflects the anticipated base salary range for this position based on current national data. Minimums and maximums may vary based on location. Individual pay is based on skills, experience and other relevant factors.

Location Based Pay Ranges

$145,456 - $193,940 in these states: WA

Lumen offers a comprehensive package featuring a broad range of Health, Life, Voluntary Lifestyle benefits and other perks that enhance your physical, mental, emotional and financial wellbeing. We're able to answer any additional questions you may have about our bonus structure (short-term incentives, long-term incentives and/or sales compensation) as you move through the selection process.

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