Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Lumen is the trusted network for the AI-powered world, connecting people, data, and applications. They are seeking a Principal Technical Program Manager to lead large, complex engineering programs in the Public Sector, focusing on strategic program leadership and technical depth.
Responsibilities
- Lead the end-to-end lifecycle of large, complex, multi-team engineering programs, ensuring program structure, delivery rhythms, and engineering outcomes are clear and predictable
- Define and track performance metrics tied to engineering execution, program health, and SLAs with business and product stakeholders
- Develop and maintain engineering-aligned roadmaps, integrated timelines, dependency maps, budgets, and risk mitigation plans
- Build and lead program governance for executives, synthesizing engineering progress, risks, and technical trade-offs into clear, decision-oriented updates
- Implement best practices in engineering program governance, dependency management, cross-team risk visibility, SDLC alignment, and change management
- Foster a culture of accountability, technical excellence, and delivery predictability across engineering teams and partner groups
- Partner with finance, engineering, and product to monitor capital/opex, capacity utilization, and resource allocation across internal teams and vendors
- Report on program status including engineering risks, dependencies, integration concerns, and mitigation paths to senior leadership and key stakeholders
- Coordinate engineering planning cycles (roadmap planning, PI planning, quarterly commitments) and ensure backlogs are prioritized, estimated, and aligned with program objectives
- Contribute to strategic planning and partner across Product, Engineering, Architecture, and Operations to ensure engineering readiness for launches and major releases
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent experience; advanced degree is a plus
- 12–15+ years of experience leading large-scale technical or engineering programs within complex, matrixed technology organizations
- Strong technical fluency in architecture, system design, APIs/services, data flows, and SDLC/DevOps
- Proven ability to communicate clearly and influence at the VP/SVP/EVP level—distilling complex engineering issues, risks, and trade-offs into concise recommendations
- Demonstrated experience managing engineering dependencies, sequencing across multiple teams, and driving outcomes across software and/or network domains
- Strong ability to navigate ambiguity, resolve cross-team conflicts, and turn strategy into structured engineering execution plans
- Exceptional stakeholder engagement and relationship-building skills across Product, Engineering, Architecture, Operations, and Finance
- High urgency, accountability, and operational rigor; sets high standards for clarity, delivery predictability, and tooling hygiene
- Experience leading or supporting large-scale Public Sector programs serving Federal, DoW, or other regulated government customers
- Working knowledge of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS), and their impact on technology delivery, cybersecurity, and contractual obligations
- Familiarity with federal cybersecurity and compliance frameworks, including FedRAMP, CMMC, FISMA, and applicable NIST publications (e.g., NIST SP 800-53 and NIST SP 800-171)
- Understanding of Federal Contract Information (FCI), Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI), and associated security, privacy, and data handling requirements
- Ability to translate regulatory, contractual, and cybersecurity requirements into executable program plans, risk management strategies, and executive-level communications
- PMP/PMI, Agile/SAFe, or Lean Six Sigma certifications are a plus
Benefits
- 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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