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By connecting people, data, and applications quickly, securely, and effortlessly, we help organizations move faster and unlock what’s next.

At Lumen, people power progress. Our culture is built on teamwork, trust, and transparency, giving you the flexibility, support, and opportunity to make a lasting impact. We’re looking for top-tier talent ready to take on the challenge. Join us in building the future.

The Role

The Program Manager, Modernization & Simplification (M&S) Coach partners with leaders and cross functional teams to drive execution rigor, accountability, and measurable business outcomes across enterprise transformation initiatives. This role is not a traditional project management position. Instead, it focuses on coaching leaders and teams for effective execution, strengthening business and financial discipline, and ensuring initiatives translate strategy into results.

The M&S Coach operates as a trusted advisor and execution partner, helping leaders clarify priorities, navigate complexity, and drive progress through influence, strong business acumen, and executivelevel communication.

Work Location

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

The Main Responsibilities

Coach initiative owners and workstream leaders to strengthen execution discipline, ownership, and followthrough on commitments
Reinforce accountability for outcomes by setting clear expectations, reviewing progress, and challenging plans and assumptions when needed
Develop and lead executivelevel presentations that clearly communicate progress, risks, tradeoffs, and decisions required
Plan and facilitate executive and crossfunctional meetings, ensuring discussions are focused, decisions are clear, and actions are owned
Apply strong business and financial acumen to evaluate initiative readiness, value assumptions, execution risks, and tradeoffs
Partner with Finance and business leaders to ensure initiatives are grounded in sound business cases and realistic value delivery plans
Identify execution gaps, decision bottlenecks, and crossfunctional dependencies; work with leaders to resolve issues and maintain momentum
Influence and align stakeholders across Product, Technology, Operations, Finance, Marketing, and other functions around shared priorities
Promote consistent ways of working, transparency, and outcomefocused execution across the M&S portfolio

What We Look For in a Candidate

Required Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Operations, or a related field
5–7 years of experience in transformation, strategy execution, operations, consulting, or similar roles
Demonstrated ability to influence leaders and teams without direct authority
Strong executive communication skills, including experience creating leadershipready presentations and leading seniorlevel discussions
Proven business acumen with the ability to assess value, risk, and execution tradeoffs
Experience working in complex, fastpaced, and highly matrixed environments

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience supporting enterprisescale transformation, modernization, or costreduction efforts
Comfort partnering closely with Finance on business cases, value tracking, or financial tradeoff discussions
Experience in technology, telecommunications, or large enterprise environments

Key Attributes

Execution focused coach with strong business judgment
Confident executive presence and clear, concise communicator
Comfortable challenging leaders constructively to improve outcomes
Collaborative, adaptable, and outcomeoriented

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:

$103,711 - $138,281 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.
$108,896 - $145,195 in these states: CO, HI, MI, MN, NC, NH, NV, OR, and RI.
$114,082 - $152,109 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:

Requisition #: 341749

Background Screening

If you are selected for a position, there will be a background screen, which may include checks for criminal records and/or motor vehicle reports and/or drug screening, depending on the position requirements. For more information on these checks, please refer to the Post Offer section of our FAQ page. Job-related concerns identified during the background screening may disqualify you from the new position or your current role. Background results will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Equal Employment Opportunities

We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all persons regardless of race, color, ancestry, citizenship, national origin, religion, veteran status, disability, genetic characteristic or information, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, family status, pregnancy, or other legally protected status (collectively, “protected statuses”). We do not tolerate unlawful discrimination in any employment decisions, including recruiting, hiring, compensation, promotion, benefits, discipline, termination, job assignments or training.

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Disclaimer

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Senior Lead Program Manager, Modernization & Simplification Coach (Remote, US)

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