Senior Lead Technical Program Manager - Remote Network & AI

Lumen; Oklahoma City (OK); Remote; USD 132,000 - 194,000; Full time

Job summary

Lumen is seeking a Senior Lead Technical Program Manager to lead high-visibility network programs across security, infrastructure modernization, and engineering excellence. You will translate complex challenges into executable programs, coordinating across Architecture, Engineering, Planning, Operations, and Finance.

The role emphasizes cross-functional leadership, governance, and risk management, with a focus on scalable AI-enabled workflows. Remote work from anywhere in the U.S. is supported.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressively responsible program management experience supporting complex technical, network, engineering, infrastructure, or transformation initiatives.
• Broad understanding of telecommunications networks, including interaction of network hardware, software, infrastructure, planning, deployment, lifecycle management, and operations.
• Demonstrated experience translating ambiguous technical or strategic objectives into executable plans, coordinated workstreams, governance models, and measurable outcomes.
• Experience leading multiple interdependent initiatives and resolving cross-functional risks, resource constraints, sequencing challenges, and competing priorities.
• Ability to work credibly across technical and business teams, including Architecture, Engineering, Planning, Operations, Security, IT, Product, Finance, and executive leadership.
• Exceptional communication, facilitation, influence, analytical thinking, problem-solving, and executive decision-support skills.
• Experience using Jira and related portfolio, reporting, documentation, or analytics tools to manage milestones, dependencies, risks, decisions, and delivery evidence.

Responsibilities

• Lead the complex, high-impact network programs from early problem definition and strategy through implementation, stabilization, and operational handoff.
• Create integrated execution frameworks when scope, ownership, solution approach, funding, or sequencing is not yet fully defined.
• Orchestrate multiple programs or workstreams with enterprise dependencies, competing priorities, material risks, and senior leadership visibility.
• Establish governance, decision rights, operating rhythms, success measures, and executive review processes appropriate to the initiative.
• Drive cross-domain sequencing and readiness across architecture, design, build, lab, test, change, deployment, service readiness, and operations.
• Identify systemic constraints, organizational gaps, and portfolio-level dependencies that may not be visible within individual workstreams.
• Anticipate strategic, technical, operational, financial, vendor, and organizational risks before they become delivery failures.
• Mentor project and program managers; improve organizational standards for delivery discipline, governance, and executive communication.
• Champion scalable AI-enabled and automated workflows that improve portfolio governance, predictability, engineering productivity, and organizational learning

Skills

Program management

Network architectures

Cross-functional leadership

Jira

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Jira

Job description

Lumen is seeking a Senior Lead Technical Program Manager to lead high-visibility network programs across security, infrastructure modernization, and engineering excellence. You will translate complex challenges into executable programs, coordinating across Architecture, Engineering, Planning, Operations, and Finance.

The role emphasizes cross-functional leadership, governance, and risk management, with a focus on scalable AI-enabled workflows. Remote work from anywhere in the U.S. is supported.