Remote Portfolio Strategy Lead

Lumen; Salt Lake City (UT); Remote; USD 132,000 - 194,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Bonus structure

Career development

Job summary

Lumen is building the AI-ready connectivity backbone for enterprises and governments. The Lean Portfolio Manager will drive portfolio strategy, governance, and execution across Product Infrastructure, coordinating with Product Management, Engineering, and Finance to align investments with corporate priorities.

The role focuses on executive-level decision support, risk visibility, and program coordination, enabling product teams to deliver customer outcomes and roadmap execution with clarity and

Qualifications

• 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 and translating analysis into executive recommendations.
• Experience enabling executive leadership teams through strategic planning, portfolio governance, executive reporting, and decision support.
• Proven ability to influence senior leaders and drive alignment without direct organizational 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 governance, risk, and dependency management across initiatives.

Skills

Portfolio management

Program management

Strategic planning

Executive communications

Cross-functional leadership

Financial acumen

Stakeholder management

Risk management

Agile/Lean

Negotiation

Tools

Power BI

Clarity PPM

JIRA

Confluence

SharePoint

Visio

Microsoft Copilot

Job description

Lumen is building the AI-ready connectivity backbone for enterprises and governments. The Lean Portfolio Manager will drive portfolio strategy, governance, and execution across Product Infrastructure, coordinating with Product Management, Engineering, and Finance to align investments with corporate priorities.

The role focuses on executive-level decision support, risk visibility, and program coordination, enabling product teams to deliver customer outcomes and roadmap execution with clarity and