Remote Lean Portfolio Leader

Lumen; Phoenix (AZ); Remote; USD 132,000 - 176,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Life benefits

Bonus structure details

Job summary

The Lean Portfolio Manager at Lumen leads portfolio strategy, governance, and execution across Product Infrastructure. Working with Product, Engineering, Operations, Finance, and executives, you will align initiatives with corporate priorities and measurable outcomes.

You will partner with Product Managers to provide governance, prioritization, risk visibility, and executive coordination, enabling teams to translate strategy into roadmap execution and value realization for AI-ready connectivity.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in portfolio, program, product management, or strategy.
• Experience managing large enterprise portfolios.
• Strong financial acumen with investment validation.
• Executive reporting, governance, and decision support experience.
• Influence senior leaders without direct authority.
• Expertise in portfolio management methodologies and governance.
• Excellent communication, presentation and stakeholder management.
• Experience in telecom/tech/infrastructure preferred.
• Balance strategic thinking with execution oversight.
• Ability to drive alignment across cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise portfolio planning, prioritization, and governance.
• Develop portfolio roadmaps aligned with long-term strategy.
• Facilitate executive decision-making through reviews and trade-offs.
• Develop KPI dashboards and executive reporting structures.
• Coordinate business-case inputs with cross-functional partners.
• Lead NPI governance and coordinate gate processes.
• Monitor benefits realization against approved business cases.
• Provide portfolio-level oversight for complex programs.
• Identify dependencies, risks, and resource needs.
• Support executive communications and leadership materials.

Skills

Portfolio management

Program management

Product management

Business operations

Strategy

Cross-functional leadership

Financial acumen

Executive reporting

Stakeholder mgmt

Communication

Education

PfMP / PMP

Bachelor's degree in related field

Tools

Power BI

Clarity PPM

JIRA

Confluence

SharePoint

Visio

Copilot

Job description

The Lean Portfolio Manager at Lumen leads portfolio strategy, governance, and execution across Product Infrastructure. Working with Product, Engineering, Operations, Finance, and executives, you will align initiatives with corporate priorities and measurable outcomes.

You will partner with Product Managers to provide governance, prioritization, risk visibility, and executive coordination, enabling teams to translate strategy into roadmap execution and value realization for AI-ready connectivity.