The Role

Lumen is seeking a Senior Vice President, Corporate Development to help lead our inorganic growth strategy. This role works closely with the CFO and senior leadership team to shape corporate strategy and identify how M&A, investments, and partnerships can accelerate growth. The position offers strong exposure to executive leadership and the opportunity to contribute to Board-level discussions over time.

This is an opportunity for an accomplished investment banking, private equity, or strategic advisory professional to transition from advising clients to contributing directly to investment decisions, shaping strategy, and driving long-term value creation.

In addition to Corporate Development, this role has executive oversight of Global Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) and the company's pension investment strategy, broadening the scope to include enterprise risk, capital stewardship, and long-term financial sustainability.

The Main Responsibilities

Shape the Future Portfolio

• Identify and prioritize acquisitions, divestitures, minority investments, and strategic partnerships
• Translate corporate strategy into a clear pipeline of actionable opportunities
• Evaluate build, buy, or partner decisions across key capability areas
• Structure and evaluate partnerships, joint ventures, and ecosystem relationships

Bring an "Outside-In" Perspective

• Identify emerging platforms, technologies, and ecosystem opportunities
• Develop forward-looking investment themes across digital infrastructure, cloud, AI, and adjacent markets
• Help answer: What capabilities and partnerships will matter next?

Lead Transactions End-to-End

• Drive all aspects of M&A execution, including valuation, structuring, diligence, negotiation, and closing readiness
• Present clear, well-supported recommendations to senior leadership
• Partner across finance, legal, and business teams to execute transactions efficiently
• Remain actively engaged in the details of analysis and execution, not solely high-level oversight

Enterprise Risk, EHS, and Capital Stewardship

• Provide executive oversight of Global Environmental Health & Safety (EHS), ensuring exceptional safety standards, governance, and risk management
• Lead the company's pension investment strategy and funding approach, with responsibility for performance, risk management, and long-term funding health
• Partner internally and externally on asset allocation, investment policy, and liability management

Support Capital Allocation & Value Creation

• Assess financial returns, strategic fit, and risk across opportunities
• Track performance of completed transactions against investment theses and value creation goals
• Integrate broader capital stewardship considerations, including pension and enterprise risk, into decision-making where relevant

What We Look For in a Candidate

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting, Business, or related field
• 15 years of relevant experience in investment banking, M&A, private equity, strategic finance, or related advisory roles
• Track record of strong execution and increasing responsibility, with motivation to broaden scope including those interested in transitioning from advisory into a principal, in-house role
• Strong M&A foundation (valuation, structuring, deal execution) with the ability to think beyond transactions
• Intellectually curious and forward-looking, with the ability to identify emerging technology and market shifts, and translate them into investment opportunities long-term value creation
• Effective communicator with the ability to influence key stakeholders
• Comfortable operating in ambiguity and building from first principles
• Familiarity with the technologies, infrastructure, and ecosystem dynamics shaping the AI economy, including digital infrastructure, cloud, connectivity, data, and adjacent technology markets

Preferred:

• MBA or other advanced degree

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

$279,263 - $372,351 in all states.

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.

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Requisition #: 342499