SR TECHNICAL PROJECT MANAGER - PUB SEC

About Lumen

Lumen connects the world. We are igniting business growth by connecting people, data and applications – quickly, securely, and effortlessly. Together, we are building a culture and company from the people up – committed to teamwork, trust and transparency. People power progress.

We’re looking for top-tier talent and offer the flexibility you need to thrive and deliver lasting impact. Join us as we digitally connect the world and shape the future.

The Role
The Sr. Lead Technical Project Manager owns the end-to-end delivery of business intelligence and artificial intelligence platform initiatives—from requirements gathering through charter, roadmap, plan, execution, and release. This role blends project management and product ownership: you will partner with business users to understand needs, translate them into Jira epics and user stories, build project charters and roadmaps, run Agile ceremonies, manage risks and dependencies, and drive measurable outcomes with development teams and business owners.

The Main Responsibilities
Gather requirements with users and stakeholders; document pain points, desired outcomes, and success metrics.
Create the project charter (scope, goals, stakeholders, timeline, estimates/budget, risks, governance).
Build and maintain roadmaps that sequence value delivery across analytics and artificial intelligence platform workstreams.
Develop detailed project plans (milestones, dependencies, resourcing) and keep them current.
Execute the plan: run standups, track progress, manage risks/issues/changes (RAID), clear blockers, and protect scope.
Own Agile product work: translate requirements into Jira epics, user stories, and acceptance criteria; manage the backlog; lead refinement, sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives.
Produce clear status updates (weekly executive summaries, dashboards, burndown/burnup, risk and decision logs) tailored to each audience.
Coordinate cross-functional teams (data engineering, BI developers, platform/infra, security, architecture, QA/UAT) and align on delivery readiness.
Partner on AI & analytics platform delivery (e.g., Power BI/Fabric, Databricks/Snowflake, Azure AI/OpenAI) ensuring non-functional needs (security, performance, cost) are planned and validated.
Drive adoption and change management: training plans, rollout communications, success measures, and feedback loops.
Uphold compliance for data and AI (access controls, auditability) and follow internal governance standards
Growth mindset—seeks feedback, learns fast, and improves processes continuously.
Outcome-oriented—keeps the team focused on customer value and measurable impact.
Great organizer and communicator—clear documentation, strong facilitation, tight run-of-show.
What We Look For in a Candidate
Minimum Qualifications

5+ years managing technical projects/programs, with 5+ years in analytics/BI/data platform delivery; experience leading AI or ML-adjacent projects is a plus.
Proven ability to act as both Project Manager and Product Owner in Scrum; hands-on with Jira for epics, stories, boards, workflows, and reporting.
Strong skills in charter creation, roadmapping, planning, and execution across multiple concurrent workstreams.
Ability to translate business needs into clear, testable stories and acceptance criteria; adept at prioritization and value trade-offs.
Excellent communication with executives and engineers; able to tailor updates, influence decisions, and drive alignment.
Working knowledge of BI and data platform concepts (ETL/ELT pipelines, semantic models, dashboards, governance) and familiarity with Power BI, Databricks/Snowflake, Microsoft Fabric/Azure.
Experience with Agile metrics (velocity, predictability, cycle time) and delivery health (scope/schedule/cost/quality).
Understanding of risk, dependency, and release management, change control, and vendor coordination.
Relevant certifications a plus (PMP, PMI-ACP, CSPO/PSPO, SAFe).
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

$82,969 - $110,625 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  WY 
$87,117 - $116,156 in these states: CO  HI  MI  MN  NC  NH  NV  OR  RI 
$91,266 - $121,688 in these states: AK  CA  CT  DC  DE  IL  MA  MD  NJ  NY  TX  VA  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.
 
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What to Expect Next
Requisition #: 339802

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