Remote Lean Portfolio Lead, Product Infrastructure

Lumen; Dover (DE); Remote; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Lumen is seeking a Lean Portfolio Manager to lead portfolio strategy, governance, and execution across Product Infrastructure. You will collaborate with Product Management, Engineering, Operations, Finance, and executive leadership to align investments with corporate priorities and measurable outcomes.

In this fully remote US role, you’ll drive governance, prioritization, and risk management while delivering executive reports and dashboards.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive leadership experience in Portfolio Management, Program Management, Product Management, Business Operations, or Strategy.
• Experience managing large-scale, enterprise portfolios and cross-functional initiatives.
• Strong financial acumen with experience coordinating investment inputs and translating analysis into executive recommendations.
• Experience enabling executive leadership teams through strategic planning, portfolio governance, executive reporting, decision support, and portfolio operating rhythms.
• Proven ability to influence senior leaders without direct authority.
• Expertise in portfolio management methodologies, governance frameworks, and strategic planning.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise portfolio planning, prioritization, and governance processes across Product Infrastructure.
• Establish and manage portfolio roadmaps aligned with long-term business and product strategy.
• Facilitate executive decision-making through portfolio reviews, investment recommendations, and strategic trade-off analysis.
• Develop portfolio health metrics, KPI dashboards, and executive reporting structures.
• Coordinate business-case inputs, including risk assessments and executive recommendations, with cross-functional partners to validate assumptions and financial impacts.
• Lead NPI governance and coordinate development execution across each gate and other required decision points.
• Monitor benefits realization and performance against approved business cases.
• Provide portfolio-level oversight for complex, enterprise-wide programs and partner with Product Managers to enable strategy and roadmaps.

Skills

Portfolio management

Program management

Executive communication

Stakeholder management

Financial analysis

Tools

Power BI

Clarity PPM

JIRA

Confluence

SharePoint

Visio

Microsoft Copilot

Executive reporting tools

Job description

Lumen is seeking a Lean Portfolio Manager to lead portfolio strategy, governance, and execution across Product Infrastructure. You will collaborate with Product Management, Engineering, Operations, Finance, and executive leadership to align investments with corporate priorities and measurable outcomes.

In this fully remote US role, you’ll drive governance, prioritization, and risk management while delivering executive reports and dashboards.