Remote Lean Portfolio Leader

Lumen; Cheyenne (WY); A distancia; USD 132.000 - 194.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Lumen is seeking a Lean Portfolio Manager to lead governance, strategy, and execution across Product Infrastructure. You will align portfolio investments with corporate priorities, drive executive reporting, and oversee complex, enterprise-wide initiatives while partnering with Product, Finance, Engineering, and Operations.

You will act as a trusted advisor to Product Infrastructure leadership, facilitating decision making, measuring outcomes, and ensuring consistent execution from concept

Formación

• 10+ years of progressive leadership experience in Portfolio Management, Program Management, Product Management, Business Operations, or Strategy.
• Demonstrated experience managing large-scale, enterprise-level portfolios and cross-functional initiatives.
• Strong financial acumen with experience coordinating investment inputs, validating assumptions and financial impacts with cross-functional partners, and translating analysis into executive recommendations.
• Experience enabling executive leadership teams through strategic planning, portfolio governance, executive reporting, decision support, and portfolio operating rhythms; this role does not own day-to-day operational management.
• Proven ability to influence senior leaders and drive alignment without direct organizational authority.
• Expertise in portfolio management methodologies, governance frameworks, and strategic planning.
• Exceptional communication, presentation, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong analytical judgment and the ability to translate complex information into executive-ready insights.
• Experience within telecommunications, technology, infrastructure, SaaS, networking, or related industries preferred.
• Ability to balance strategic thinking with detailed execution oversight.

Responsabilidades

• 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, by partnering with Product, Finance, Engineering, Network, and Operations to validate assumptions, financial impacts, and decision requirements.
• 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 involving multiple organizations and stakeholders.
• Partner deeply with Product Managers across Product Infrastructure, providing portfolio governance, prioritization, dependency management, risk visibility, and executive coordination so they can focus on product strategy, customer outcomes, and roadmap execution.
• Identify dependencies, risks, constraints, and resource requirements across initiatives.
• Establish repeatable portfolio management practices, governance frameworks, and operating rhythms.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on reducing cycle times, increasing transparency, and improving execution effectiveness.
• Develop standards, templates, processes, and methodologies supporting product and portfolio management maturity.
• Create and deliver executive briefings, leadership presentations, portfolio reviews, and strategic updates.
• Support strategic planning, organizational alignment, portfolio operating rhythms, and executive decision support for Product Infrastructure leadership.
• Prepare executive-level materials for executive leadership, SteerCo, Board, and operating reviews.

Conocimientos

Portfolio Mgmt

Program Mgmt

Product Mgmt

Business Ops

Strategy

Large-scale portfolios

Financial analysis

Executive reporting

Stakeholder influence

Portfolio mgmt methods

Strategic execution

Leadership

Herramientas

Power BI

Clarity PPM

JIRA

Confluence

SharePoint

Visio

Microsoft Copilot

Descripción del empleo

Lumen is seeking a Lean Portfolio Manager to lead governance, strategy, and execution across Product Infrastructure. You will align portfolio investments with corporate priorities, drive executive reporting, and oversee complex, enterprise-wide initiatives while partnering with Product, Finance, Engineering, and Operations.

You will act as a trusted advisor to Product Infrastructure leadership, facilitating decision making, measuring outcomes, and ensuring consistent execution from concept