Lumen Hiring for Investment Portfolio Manager – WA, OR, ID, NV, UT, AZ (work from home) Job at Remote Full Time

The Role

The Investment Portfolio Manager is responsible for optimizing Consumer Investments to: (1) Improve revenue trajectory while driving margins higher, (2) Defend market share and penetration against MSO upgrades and municipal overbuilds; (3) Expand fiber infrastructure, (4) Improve experience for customers, and (5) Leverage capital already spent in prior year(s) to complete a reasonably sized FTTP build.

The Main Responsibilities

Responsible for overall strategic planning for new consumer investments across various planning horizons and for both strategic and non-conforming builds:
Analyzing market level segmentation, micro and macroeconomic drivers, competitive conditions and other key drivers and the associated coordination of this input into the Consumer Finance evaluation tools
Iterate with Finance, Product and BI on model outputs and assist with the packaging of investment requests for submission
Coordinate the cross-functional development of the playbooks for each approved investment:
Convene all stakeholders including planning, engineering, construction, Public Policy / PR, Marketing, Sales, Product, Finance
Assemble and publish playbooks that detail the ownership, timelines and success metrics and hand off for execution
Communicate success metrics and overall investment progress:
Conduct regular calls to update progress, log issues and identify gaps
Distribute regular communication on results, business case metrics and other insights
Share best practices and other learnings to drive consistent and efficient execution across all portfolios.
This position may also collaborate internally with stakeholders to coordinate RFP/RFI response to state, city, county BB grant and expansion programs and identify and target pro-active programs that advance and accelerate profitable broadband deployment including rural investment programs including CAFII, State Broadband Grant programs and other government-sponsored funding sources.
Builds and maintains a funnel of new expansion opportunities across a regional territory.
Develop integrated program plans that accounts for multiple project deliverables, and proactively identify critical impediments to meeting project objectives
Conduct regular team meetings to enhance teamwork and communicate process and procedure updates
Coordinate projects and programs across multiple business groups to ensure timely delivery of objectives.
Understand, evaluate, and balance CenturyLink’s ability to deliver new products, services and technologies within budgetary and scheduling guidelines
Effectively communicate program status, risks and issues to leadership, and present options and recommendations for resolution
Manage customer communications on behalf of senior leadership
Ensures the successful hand-offs at project completion while maintaining external communication on an on-going basis.

What We Look For in a Candidate

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent education and relevant experience required; 6+ years of related experience (M.B.A Preferred)
• Thorough understanding of residential broadband, voice and video service solutions.
• Five to seven years of advanced project management experience
• Demonstrated professionalism and ability to work independently with minimal supervision
• Ability to identify trends, assess knowledge gaps and communicate recommendations for improvement to a leadership audience
• Strength in creating and delivering consulting-level project plans and presentations
• Action-oriented and creative thinker who can focus on detailed implementation and execution
• Outstanding organization and time management skills; a proven ability to manage multiple initiatives independently in a dynamic environment
• Ability to effectively operate within diverse and cross-functional groups
• Ability to travel when needed

What to Expect Next

Based on your job application information you may be given the opportunity to complete a video interview immediately after applying. This will include a set of questions for you to record a response to in addition to Game Challenges. Completion of this video interview is a requirement in order to be considered for our open position. Now not a good time? No worries, we will also send you an email with a link to complete the video interview. We strongly recommend that you complete this within 5 days of your application date.