Senior Manager Program/Project Management

Lumen Technologies is a trusted network for the AI-powered world, providing high-performance connectivity across cloud, edge, and AI workloads. The Senior Manager Program/Project Management will contribute to the strategic vision of the Custom Networks organization, collaborating with various teams to ensure project execution meets business needs and is delivered on time and within budget.

Responsibilities:

• Develops, plans and manages development and implementation activities for highly complex programs for external and internal customers to ensure success of business objectives
• Manage scope definition, stakeholder expectations, project plan, milestones and associated deliverables, project financials and business case, stakeholder relationships and deliverables
• Development and management of cross program delivery teams composed of cross-functional internal and external resources
• Assesses project plans and progress, collect, consolidate, and review status reports as needed, as well as review status with project leaders on a continuous basis
• Support end-to-end project planning, risk identification, dependency tracking, issue identification and change management on projects
• Sets and controls standards and mentors the team to improve delivery of projects on time and within budget, given scope and known risks
• Continually identifies opportunities for innovation and improvement within projects as well as across Infrastructure Shared Services
• Lead both Project Control Specialists and Project Specialist to measure EVM, CPI, SPI for each project or sites

Requirements:

• 10+ years of relevant experience in Telecom industry (wireless, wireline, transport)
• Bachelor's degree in related field or equivalent education and experience
• 5+ years' people management experience
• Experience leading multiple complex projects in the technology industry
• Strong skills with MS Project Plan, Visio, PowerPoint and Excel
• PMP certification preferred
• Master's preferred