Principal Product Manager, AI-Driven Connectivity Programs

Lumen; Indianapolis (IN); Remote; USD 159,000 - 223,000; Full time

Job summary

Lumen seeks a Principal Product Manager for the Outbound Product team to drive complex programs translating product and business priorities into execution and measurable outcomes.

You will define work, establish ownership, governance, and success metrics, and drive execution across Product, Engineering, Sales, Marketing, and Finance. Strong program leadership and data-driven decisions are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, CS, IS, or related field or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years of experience in program management, product management, or related roles.
• Proven experience leading large, complex programs across multiple teams and workstreams.
• Ability to define program structure, ownership, governance, and success measures.
• Strong analytical and business skills with data-driven decision making.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills with senior stakeholders.
• Technical fluency in enterprise networking and routing to lead programs.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex, cross-functional programs tied to product, customer, and business priorities.
• Turn broad objectives into clear programs with defined outcomes, milestones, owners, and dependencies.
• Establish structure, governance, and operating rhythm across multiple teams.
• Identify risks and dependencies, drive resolution, provide leadership visibility.
• Lead programs for product launches, commercialization, and customer adoption.
• Partner with Product leaders to align roadmap with execution needs.
• Build repeatable approaches to run complex product and commercialization programs.

Skills

Program leadership

Cross-functional leadership

Analytical thinking

Communication

Business judgment

Influencing stakeholders

Network connectivity

Education

Bachelor's degree

-equivalent experience-

Tools

Databricks

Palantir

Job description

Lumen seeks a Principal Product Manager for the Outbound Product team to drive complex programs translating product and business priorities into execution and measurable outcomes.

You will define work, establish ownership, governance, and success metrics, and drive execution across Product, Engineering, Sales, Marketing, and Finance. Strong program leadership and data-driven decisions are essential.