Senior Manager, Portfolio Management

Lumen is the trusted network for the AI‑powered world, connecting people, data, and applications through our expansive fiber network and connected ecosystem. We enable secure, high‑performance connectivity across cloud, edge, and AI workloads for enterprises, governments, and communities.

At Lumen, you’ll work on infrastructure customers rely on today and build for what’s next, where performance, security, and resilience matter.

This is a high accountability environment where bold ideas drive real innovation for our customers, partners, and industry. The work is challenging, expectations are clear, and trust is built into how we operate. If you’re ready to take ownership, deliver meaningful impact, and help shape the future of AI‑ready connectivity, join us today.

Lumen is transforming how technology work is planned, funded, prioritized, and delivered as we move toward a product operating model. The Senior Manager, Funding, Value & Capacity will establish the portfolio discipline needed to connect investment decisions with expected value, financial planning, and available delivery capacity. This role will work closely with Finance and Lean Portfolio Management to create reliable views of funding, benefits, demand, and capacity so leaders can make informed tradeoffs across a complex enterprise technology portfolio.

You will have the autonomy to build practical processes, strengthen the Finance-to-portfolio handshake, and bring clarity to an environment where demand exceeds capacity and measurable value must guide prioritization.

This is a remote opportunity open to candidates located anywhere in the U.S.

• Build and maintain an integrated portfolio view of funding, expected value, delivery capacity, commitments, and financial risk.
• Establish consistent methods for defining benefits, evaluating business cases, and measuring value realization against approved baselines.
• Partner with Finance and Lean Portfolio Management to align investment priorities, planning assumptions, financial data, and capacity decisions.
• Develop capacity-versus-demand models using Clarity and related portfolio tools to show where work is being completed and identify constraints before commitments are made.
• Support the transition from project-based planning and funding to a product operating model organized around persistent teams and value streams.
• Create scenarios and executive-ready analyses that clarify affordability, expected return, delivery capacity, dependencies, and tradeoffs.
• Strengthen portfolio financial discipline, including allocation tracking, variance analysis, capitalization oversight, and reconciliation with financial systems of record.
• Influence leaders and cross-functional partners to adopt repeatable standards that improve prioritization, transparency, and accountability across the portfolio.

• 8+ years of progressive experience in business transformation, portfolio management, financial planning and analysis, technology finance, capacity management, value realization, or a related function.
• Demonstrated experience connecting portfolio funding, expected benefits, resource capacity, and business priorities to support enterprise decision-making.
• Experience partnering with Finance or FP&A teams through annual and in-year planning cycles, with a practical understanding of the Finance-to-portfolio operating relationship.
• Experience using Clarity or a comparable portfolio and capacity management platform to evaluate demand, resource allocation, and delivery capacity.
• Strong financial modeling, business-case development, scenario analysis, and benefits-tracking skills.
• Experience supporting technology or software portfolios within a large, complex…