Senior Lead TPM: AI‑Ready Network Programs (Remote)

Lumen; Madison (WI); Remote; USD 132,000 - 194,000; Full time

Job summary

Lumen is seeking a Senior Lead Technical Program Manager to join the Network Architecture and Engineering organization. In this highly visible role, you will lead complex programs that strengthen network security, modernize infrastructure, manage technology lifecycles, and advance engineering excellence across the enterprise.

You will translate sophisticated technical challenges into executable programs and organize complex work into coordinated projects that deliver measurable outcomes across

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
• 10+ years of progressively responsible program management experience supporting complex technical, network, engineering, infrastructure, or transformation initiatives.
• Broad understanding of telecommunications networks, including hardware, software, infrastructure, planning, deployment, lifecycle management, and operations.
• 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 complex, high-impact network programs from definition through implementation, stabilization, and handoff.
• Create integrated execution frameworks when scope or ownership is not fully defined.
• Orchestrate multiple programs with enterprise dependencies and senior leadership visibility.
• Establish governance, decision rights, operating rhythms, and success measures for initiatives.
• Drive cross-domain sequencing and readiness across architecture, design, build, test, and operations.
• Identify systemic constraints and portfolio-level dependencies.
• Anticipate strategic, technical, operational, financial, vendor, and organizational risks.
• Mentor project and program managers; improve delivery discipline and governance.
• Champion scalable AI-enabled workflows that improve portfolio governance and engineering productivity.

Skills

Program management

Cross-functional leadership

Executive communication

Jira

Network knowledge

Strategic planning

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Portfolio tools

Job description

Lumen is seeking a Senior Lead Technical Program Manager to join the Network Architecture and Engineering organization. In this highly visible role, you will lead complex programs that strengthen network security, modernize infrastructure, manage technology lifecycles, and advance engineering excellence across the enterprise.

You will translate sophisticated technical challenges into executable programs and organize complex work into coordinated projects that deliver measurable outcomes across