Senior Manager Program/Project Management

Lumen

$129K — $190K *
US-AnywhereRemote in United States
Telecommunications & Hardware
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

  • Develop and manage implementation of complex programs for both internal and external customers
  • Oversight of project scope, stakeholder expectations, plans, milestones, and financials
  • Build and lead cross-functional project delivery teams
  • Monitor project plans and continuously review progress with leadership
  • Support comprehensive project planning and management processes
  • Set standards and mentor the team to achieve on-time, on-budget delivery
  • Identify opportunities for project innovation and improvement
  • Lead specialists to measure project performance metrics (EVM, CPI, SPI)

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health and life insurance options
  • Voluntary lifestyle benefits available
  • Additional perks to enhance overall well-being
  • Dedicated support for bonus structure inquiries during the hiring process
Full Job Description
The Role

The Senior Manager Program/Project Managment contributes to the overall strategic vision of the Custom Networks organization and integrates a broad range of ideas regarding Custom Networks Analytics. You will collaborate with teams across Enterprise Ops team and other business units such as finance, product, strategy and sales to establish both deployment and spend forecasting and measurement. As a Senior Manager you will evaluate network architecture design, in addition to feasibility and cost studies. The team will be responsible for defined business values delivered on time and on budget, and with stable operation. You will also be responsible for project execution over numerous projects or complex programs and ensure solutions meet business needs. Lastly, in this role you will consult and collaborate with leadership, subject matter experts, and others as needed to drive successful end-to-end delivery.

Location

This is a work from home position within the U.S.

The Main 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.


What We Look For in a Candidate

  • 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


Compensation

This information reflects the anticipated base salary range for this position based on current national data. Minimums and maximums may vary based on location. Individual pay is based on skills, experience and other relevant factors.

Location Based Pay Ranges:

$129,639 - $172,852 in these states: AL, AR, AZ, FL, GA, IA, ID, IN, KS, KY, LA, ME, MO, MS, MT, ND, NE, NM, OH, OK, PA, SC, SD, TN, UT, VT, WI, WV, and WY.
$136,121 - $181,494 in these states: CO, HI, MI, MN, NC, NH, NV, OR, and RI.
$142,603 - $190,137 in these states: AK, CA, CT, DC, DE, IL, MA, MD, NJ, NY, TX, VA, and WA.

Lumen offers a comprehensive package featuring a broad range of Health, Life, Voluntary Lifestyle benefits and other perks that enhance your physical, mental, emotional and financial wellbeing. We're able to answer any additional questions you may have about our bonus structure (short-term incentives, long-term incentives and/or sales compensation) as you move through the selection process.

Learn more about Lumen's:
  • Benefits
  • Bonus Structure


Requisition #: 342987

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