Lead Edge Platform Product Owner

Lumen; Olympia (WA); On-site; USD 114,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Life benefits

Voluntary lifestyle benefits

Job summary

Lumen seeks a Lead Technical Product Owner to own the vision, roadmap, and backlog for Edge Fabric and Edge Infrastructure capabilities, spanning compute, networking, storage, orchestration, and cloud services.

You will translate customer and architectural needs into measurable outcomes for engineering teams, while partnering with PM, Architecture, Security, and Operations to align strategy and delivery.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, IT, Telecommunications, Business, or equivalent experience.
• 7+ years in technical product ownership, product management, software engineering, platform engineering, cloud, or networking roles.
• 5+ years serving as a Technical Product Owner, Product Manager, Platform Product Owner, or similar leadership role.
• Demonstrated ability to define product strategy and manage complex backlogs across multiple engineering teams.
• Experience in telecommunications, cloud infrastructure, edge computing, networking, or distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Own and communicate the product vision, value proposition, and outcome-based roadmap for Edge Fabric capabilities.
• Translate customer needs, market opportunities, and architectural direction into epics, features, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Maintain and prioritize the product backlog based on value, risk, dependencies, capacity, and strategic alignment.
• Make timely product decisions and clarify scope, sequencing, and tradeoffs for engineering teams and stakeholders.
• Lead Agile ceremonies and ensure release readiness and handoffs across lifecycle stages.

Skills

Edge computing

Agile coaching

Backlog management

Executive communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering or related field

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Git workflows

Job description

Lumen seeks a Lead Technical Product Owner to own the vision, roadmap, and backlog for Edge Fabric and Edge Infrastructure capabilities, spanning compute, networking, storage, orchestration, and cloud services.

You will translate customer and architectural needs into measurable outcomes for engineering teams, while partnering with PM, Architecture, Security, and Operations to align strategy and delivery.