Lead Network Modeling & Strategy Planner

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 Network Strategic Solutions team is responsible for building and testing Lumen's network strategy plan to support demand growth fueled by datacenter connectivity, cloud access, and AI workloads. This function is responsible for linking network assets and capabilities into an operational plan, executing against monetization and growth objectives while steering the company towards its strategic priorities. This role will model various scenarios with changing input from customer demand and investment opportunities to continue to grow and build the most relevant fiber transport network. Additionally, this role is responsible for various demand ingestion points and modeling into a complete national network plan with operational recommendations including network investment strategies and customer targeting. This is a highly cross functional role that engages across all business units to drive alignment and recommendations for key operational outcomes to create new, innovative ways to show up in the market.

Location

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

The Main Responsibilities

• Partner with customer facing teams to align key customer demands across fiber, critical infrastructure and lit solutions.
• Model network investment options inclusive of fiber builds, leased fiber options, critical infrastructure and M&A options.
• Support the creation and maintenance of multi-year, network expansion and investment plan that aligns to strategic priorities.
• Support valuation of strategic partnerships available in the market.
• Model revenue opportunity and competitive threats across network investments.
• Partner with peer planning departments to assist in simplifying the network story into easy to consume business milestones and decision points.
• Optimization of large customer deals by identifying investment synergies and cost reduction strategies to increase financial flexibility.
• Simply complex engineering principles into concise business outcomes through communication and data visualization.
• Actas primary consultant to leadership detailing the technical requirements and specifications necessary to obtain solutions.
• Create requirements for data science and analytics team to build quantitative modeling to support scenario modeling.
• Partner with GIS analysis ecosystem to build relevant tooling and visualizations to communicate network capabilities and strategy.

What We Look For in a Candidate

Required Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications

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.

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Requisition # : 339520

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.

Disclaimer

The job responsibilities described above indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not intended to include a comprehensive inventory of all duties and responsibilities for this job. Job duties and responsibilities are subject to change based on evolving business needs and conditions.

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Application Deadline

11 / 13 / 2025