Lumen Technologies is a company focused on connecting people, data, and applications to ignite business growth. The Lead Project Manager will be responsible for managing large-scale deployments, ensuring projects meet scope, timing, and budget expectations while leading complex solutions to meet customer needs.
Responsibilities:
- Develop, plan and manage implementation of activities for highly complex projects/programs for external/internal customers throughout their lifecycle
- Analyzes work plans and schedules and develops project progress and status reports (including executive status updates)
- Coordinate and facilitate project meetings
- Develop and distribute timely meeting minutes, to include track/manage action items and verify they are incorporated into the program schedule and that deliverables are met on time
- Assess/Manage risk, impacts and potential alternatives and escalate as required to the appropriate level of management
- Set program objectives and establish clear measures to successfully define and meet project deliverables and timelines. Utilize the change control process to track schedule changes
- Through partnership with other staff organizations, define Key Performance Indicators (KPI), training, process standards, policies, and procedures. Associated with complex projects
- Ensure adherence to project related policies and processes
- Responsible for identifying and ensuring participation of all required internal and vendor resources to ensure the on-time delivery of sold services within budgetary guidelines
- Understands project goals and objectives as it relates to customer’s business strategies and long-term needs. Deliverables include project assessment, team formation, schedule preparation, status/jeopardy reports, risk analysis, project status reports, and post implementation analysis
- Design and maintain automated data pipelines and reporting workflows, reducing manual effort and improving accuracy across project tracking, financials, and operational metrics
- Develop, publish, and continuously improve Power BI dashboards that provide real‑time visibility into project health, risks, dependencies, and performance for executive, customer, and delivery teams
- Drive continuous improvement in project management and reporting practices, identifying opportunities to streamline processes, improve data quality, and increase transparency across programs
Requirements:
- Bachelor's Degree and/or 5+ years of related experience
- Implementation experience with multiple of the following technologies: Telecom platforms such as DWDM, NaaS, Transport, SD-Wan
- Power BI platform, automation initiatives, Google Sheets and Excel working knowledge
- Experience leading multiple complex projects in the technology industry
- Project Management Professional
- 6+ years in project management experience