Senior Lead Project Controls Specialist

Lumen; Olympia (WA); Remote; USD 116,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Life benefits

Voluntary lifestyle benefits

Job summary

Lumen is seeking a Senior Lead Project Controls Specialist to shape resource planning and Opex governance across Custom Networks and CN Shared Resources. You will craft data-driven models linking demand with workforce supply, and partner with cross-functional teams to identify capacity gaps and mitigation actions.

You will develop dashboards, scenarios, and reports that give visibility into resource demand, utilization, and risks, while aligning plans with budgets and strategic priorities for

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, Operations, Analytics or a related field.
• Eight or more years of experience in project controls, resource planning, workforce planning, Opex management, portfolio governance, or related discipline.
• Demonstrated experience building resource models, capacity plans, workload forecasts, planning dashboards, and scenario analyses.
• Strong understanding of project delivery environments, governance routines, planning assumptions, and cross-functional dependencies.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel and Power BI, including the ability to build clear, scalable, and maintainable models and reporting views.
• Experience preparing executive-level updates, decision materials, and actionable recommendations.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, facilitation, organization, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Demonstrated ability to influence without direct authority and drive alignment across teams in an ambiguous, rapidly changing environment.
• Experience in telecommunications, technology, network deployment, infrastructure, or large capital programs.
• Experience supporting large, matrixed organizations composed of employees, contractors, and cross-functional delivery teams.
• Knowledge of project controls, portfolio management, capacity planning, workforce analytics, and resource governance.
• Experience with planning or reporting platforms such as SAP, Planview, Clarity, Anaplan, Adaptive Planning, or comparable tools.
• Project Management Professional, project controls, analytics, or a related professional certification.

Responsibilities

• Lead short-, medium-, and long-term resource planning across project teams and business functions.
• Build and maintain resource supply-and-demand models reflecting workloads, priorities, vacancies, contractor needs, skills, and capacity constraints.
• Develop scenario-planning frameworks, dashboards, and reporting views that provide visibility into resource demand, utilization, contractor mix, vacancies, and planning risks.
• Identify resource gaps, skill constraints, and capacity risks, and recommend practical options that support business and delivery commitments.
• Partner with leaders to align resource plans with project schedules, annual planning cycles, operational expenditure assumptions, and changing priorities.
• Facilitate cross-functional planning and governance sessions to validate assumptions, evaluate risks, review priorities and establish mitigation actions.
• Translate complex data and modelling outputs into concise, action-oriented recommendations and decision materials for senior leaders.
• Improve planning standards, data quality, reporting cadence, governance routines, and forecast reliability.
• Develop and maintain deployment-driven revenue realization schedules month-over-month that translate field deployment milestones, and delivery sequencing into timing assumptions for business planning and forecasting to share with Leadership teams, Finance, Product.

Skills

Excel

Power BI

Resource planning

Scenario analyses

Data modeling

Project controls

Analytical skills

Stakeholder management

Communication

Influence without authority

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, Operations, Analytics

Tools

SAP

Planview

Clarity

Anaplan

Adaptive Planning

Job description

Lumen is the trusted network for the AI‑powered world, connecting people, data, and applications through our expansive fiber network and connected ecosystem. We enable secure, high‑performance connectivity across cloud, edge, and AI workloads for enterprises, governments, and communities.

At Lumen, you’ll work on infrastructure customers rely on today and build for what’s next, where performance, security, and resilience matter.

This is a high accountability environment where bold ideas drive real innovation for our customers, partners, and industry. The work is challenging, expectations are clear, and trust is built into how we operate. If you’re ready to take ownership, deliver meaningful impact, and help shape the future of AI‑ready connectivity, join us today.

The Role

The Senior Lead Project Controls Specialist will shape resource planning and operational expenditure governance across Custom Networks and CN Shared Resources. In this highly visible individual contributor role, you will develop data‑driven planning models that connect customer and project demand with workforce supply, business priorities, and delivery capacity.

You will partner with project controls, program management, operations, engineering, finance, products resources, and business leaders to identify capacity gaps, contractor requirements, vacancies, resource modelling, and delivery risks. Your insights and recommendations will help leaders make informed decisions, strengthen planning accuracy, and align critical business commitments with available resources.

Location

This is a work from home position within the U.S.

The Main Responsibilities

• Lead short-, medium-, and long-term resource planning across project teams and business functions.
• Build and maintain resource supply-and-demand models reflecting workloads, priorities, vacancies, contractor needs, skills, and capacity constraints.
• Develop scenario-planning frameworks, dashboards, and reporting views that provide visibility into resource demand, utilization, contractor mix, vacancies, and planning risks.
• Identify resource gaps, skill constraints, and capacity risks, and recommend practical options that support business and delivery commitments.
• Partner with leaders to align resource plans with project schedules, annual planning cycles, operational expenditure assumptions, and changing priorities.
• Facilitate cross‑functional planning and governance sessions to validate assumptions, evaluate risks, review priorities and establish mitigation actions.
• Translate complex data and modelling outputs into concise, action‑oriented recommendations and decision materials for senior leaders.
• Improve planning standards, data quality, reporting cadence, governance routines, and forecast reliability.
• Develop and maintain deployment‑driven revenue realization schedules month‑over‑month that translate field deployment milestones, and delivery sequencing into timing assumptions for business planning and forecasting to share with Leadership teams, Finance, Product.

What We Look For in a Candidate

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, Operations, Analytics, or a related field.
• Eight or more years of experience in project controls, resource planning, workforce planning, Opex management, portfolio governance, or related discipline.
• Demonstrated experience building resource models, capacity plans, workload forecasts, planning dashboards, and scenario analyses.
• Strong understanding of project delivery environments, governance routines, planning assumptions, and cross‑functional dependencies.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel and Power BI, including the ability to build clear, scalable, and maintainable models and reporting views.
• Experience preparing executive‑level updates, decision materials, and actionable recommendations.
• Strong analytical, problem‑solving, communication, facilitation, organization, and stakeholder‑management skills.
• Demonstrated ability to influence without direct authority and drive alignment across teams in an ambiguous, rapidly changing environment.
• Experience in telecommunications, technology, network deployment, infrastructure, or large capital programs.
• Experience supporting large, matrixed organizations composed of employees, contractors, and cross‑functional delivery teams.
• Knowledge of project controls, portfolio management, capacity planning, workforce analytics, and resource governance.
• Experience with planning or reporting platforms such as SAP, Planview, Clarity, Anaplan, Adaptive Planning, or comparable tools.
• Project Management Professional, project controls, analytics, or a related professional certification.

Compensation

This information reflects the anticipated base salary range for this position based on current national data. Minimums and maximums may vary based on location. Individual pay is based on skills, experience and other relevant factors.

Location Based Pay Ranges

$105,786 - $141,047 in these states: AL AR AZ FL GA IA ID IN KS KY LA ME MO MS MT ND NE NM OH OK PA SC SD TN UT VT WI WV WY

$111,074 - $148,099 in these states: CO HI MI MN NC NH NV OR RI

$116,364 - $155,152 in these states: AK CA CT DC DE IL MA MD NJ NY TX VA WA

Lumen offers a comprehensive package featuring a broad range of Health, Life, Voluntary Lifestyle benefits and other perks that enhance your physical, mental, emotional and financial wellbeing. We're able to answer any additional questions you may have about our bonus structure (short‑term incentives, long‑term incentives and/or sales compensation) as you move through the selection process.

Life at Lumen

Life at Lumen is human and connected, even in a fast moving, AI‑focused organization. We set clear expectations and trust people to meet them. With real support and shared accountability, teams collaborate better, move faster, and deliver meaningful outcomes.

Our Lumen 8 behaviors guide how we interact, make decisions, and work together, shaping a culture built to perform and win.

To learn more about Life at Lumen and how we live the Lumen 8, please visit:

https://jobs.lumen.com/global/en/life-at-lumen

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Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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