Remote Lead Project Manager – AI-Ready Deployments

Lumen; Richmond (VA); Remote; USD 93,000 - 124,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Life insurance

Voluntary lifestyle benefits

Job summary

Lumen is seeking a Lead Project Manager for high-impact, large-scale customer deployments. The role involves guiding projects from planning through completion, coordinating customers, internal teams, and vendors to ensure on-time delivery within scope and budget.

The candidate will navigate competing priorities, manage risks, and communicate effectively with technical teams and executive stakeholders, in a work-from-home US role based in Virginia.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or at least five years of related experience.
• Experience managing complex customer-facing technology implementations.
• Experience managing or supporting fiber delivery projects, with knowledge of OSP/ISP infrastructure, construction and implementation activities.
• Demonstrated ability to manage project scope, schedules, resources, risks, and stakeholder expectations.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including executive-level project updates.
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams and work effectively with customers and internal partners.

Responsibilities

• Lead highly complex customer implementation projects and programs throughout the full project lifecycle.
• Develop and manage project plans, schedules, resource requirements, deliverables, and success measures.
• Serve as the primary customer contact, providing clear updates and maintaining alignment on scope, responsibilities, timelines, and expectations.
• Analyze project progress and deliver concise status, risk, jeopardy, and executive-level reports.
• Identify and manage risks, dependencies, and schedule changes, escalating issues and recommending alternatives when appropriate.
• Coordinate internal teams and external vendors to support the timely delivery of contracted services.
• Facilitate project meetings, document decisions, and track action items through completion.
• Mentor team members, promote consistent project management practices, and identify additional customer needs that may create future sales opportunities.

Skills

Project management

Cross-functional leadership

Communication

Risk management

Education

Bachelor's degree

PMP certification (preferred)

PRINCE2 certification (preferred)

Job description

Lumen is seeking a Lead Project Manager for high-impact, large-scale customer deployments. The role involves guiding projects from planning through completion, coordinating customers, internal teams, and vendors to ensure on-time delivery within scope and budget.

The candidate will navigate competing priorities, manage risks, and communicate effectively with technical teams and executive stakeholders, in a work-from-home US role based in Virginia.