[Hiring] Lean Portfolio Manager @Lumen

Role Description

The Lean Portfolio Manager leads portfolio strategy, governance, and execution across Product Infrastructure. Working across Product Management, Engineering, Operations, Finance, and executive leadership, this role aligns enterprise initiatives and product-development investments with corporate priorities and measurable business outcomes.

The Lean Portfolio Manager acts as a trusted advisor to Product Infrastructure leadership, driving governance, prioritization, investment decisions, and coordinated delivery across multiple programs and product lines. The role provides portfolio-level visibility, risk management, resource alignment, and executive communications while enabling teams to move strategic initiatives successfully from concept through launch.

By centralizing portfolio governance, prioritization, risk and dependency management, executive reporting, and continuous improvement, this role allows product managers to concentrate on product strategy, customer needs, and roadmap decisions. It also gives Product Infrastructure leadership clearer insights and decision support, improves execution consistency, and reduces fragmented administrative work.

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, validating assumptions and financial impacts with cross-functional partners, and translating analysis into executive recommendations.
• Experience enabling executive leadership teams through strategic planning, portfolio governance, executive reporting, decision support, and portfolio operating rhythms; this role does not own day-to-day operational management.
• Proven ability to influence senior leaders and drive alignment without direct organizational authority.
• Expertise in portfolio management methodologies, governance frameworks, and strategic planning.
• Exceptional communication, presentation, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong analytical judgment and the ability to translate complex information into executive-ready insights.
• Experience within telecommunications, technology, infrastructure, SaaS, networking, or related industries preferred.
• Ability to balance strategic thinking with detailed execution oversight.

Requirements

• Portfolio Management Professional (PfMP), PMP, Agile, Lean Six Sigma, or equivalent certifications.
• Experience supporting business-case governance, coordinating financial inputs, and partnering with Finance and Product Management on investment analysis.
• Knowledge of product lifecycle management and NPI governance.
• Experience with Power BI, Clarity PPM, JIRA, Confluence, SharePoint, Visio, Microsoft Copilot, and executive reporting tools.
• Executive presentation development and storytelling expertise.
• Organizational change management and operational transformation experience.

Benefits

• Comprehensive package featuring a broad range of Health, Life, Voluntary Lifestyle benefits and other perks that enhance your physical, mental, emotional and financial wellbeing.
• Bonus structure including short-term incentives, long-term incentives and/or sales compensation.