Lean Portfolio Manager

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.

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.

This role is designated as a fully remote position within the United States.

• Lead enterprise portfolio planning, prioritization, and governance processes across Product Infrastructure.
• Establish and manage portfolio roadmaps aligned with long‑term business and product strategy.
• Facilitate executive decision‑making through portfolio reviews, investment recommendations, and strategic trade‑off analysis.
• Develop portfolio health metrics, KPI dashboards, and executive reporting structures.

• Coordinate business‑case inputs, including risk assessments and executive recommendations, by partnering with Product, Finance, Engineering, Network, and Operations to validate assumptions, financial impacts, and decision requirements.
• Lead NPI governance and coordinate development execution across each gate, and other required decision points.
• Monitor benefits realization and performance against approved business cases.

• Provide portfolio‑level oversight for complex, enterprise‑wide programs involving multiple organizations and stakeholders.
• Partner deeply with Product Managers across Product Infrastructure, providing portfolio governance, prioritization, dependency management, risk visibility, and executive coordination so they can focus on product strategy, customer outcomes, and roadmap execution.
• Identify dependencies, risks, constraints, and resource requirements across initiatives.

• Establish repeatable portfolio management practices, governance frameworks, and operating rhythms.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on reducing cycle times, increasing transparency, and improving execution effectiveness.
• Develop standards,…