Director Large Enterprise Growth

Director of Large Enterprise Growth (Strategic Programs & Insights)

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 of Director of Large Enterprise Growth (Strategic Programs & Insights) will drive cross-functional focus, clarity, and follow-through across Lumen's most critical growth initiatives in Large Enterprise. This role provides strategic program support, performance insight, and rhythm-of-business alignment to ensure key programs translate into measurable commercial outcomes. Additionally, the Director will work collaboratively with leaders across the Lumen organization to design, execute, and lead multiple teams through transformation change efforts of varying size and complexity. The aim is to enhance decision-making, identify key focus areas, and track the progress of top initiatives.

The main responsibilities include:

• Translate growth strategy into structured, trackable execution with programmatic rigor and commercial focus.
• Translate strategic plans into actionable initiatives, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and driving execution to achieve desired outcomes.
• Gather and analyze data, evaluate results, and develop recommendations and roadmaps across multiple workstreams.
• Bring precision to programs, clarity to performance, and momentum to field-facing initiatives.
• Ensure every initiative drives measurable impact without adding complexity.
• Create leverage for LE SVP by making strategy executable, performance visible, and execution accountable without adding noise or hierarchy.
• Build and maintain effective partnerships with key cross-functional leaders, coach and guide project teams, and foster a collaborative environment that encourages innovation and continuous improvement.
• Track updated accomplishments, KPIs, key issues, and/or change controls. Lead working group meetings and create weekly project status and executive reporting.

What we look for in a candidate includes:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Operations, or a related field.
• 10-12 years' related experience and 3+ years' experience at manager level.
• Recognized as a leader with outstanding communication, presentations, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to quickly establish credibility and rapport with a broad set of executives, C-Suite and constituencies.
• Strong interpersonal and influence skills; effectively convey ideas through clear communication in team discussions, presentations, and documents to garner support for projects.
• Ability to interpret financial statements and P&L.
• Champion for change, willing to challenge the status quo and push a team and the company beyond its comfort zone through compelling data, constant communication, and aptitude for building bridges across functions in the face of resistance.
• Strong results orientation with a demonstrated track record of success.
• Passion for building and sustaining high-performing teams.
• Experience negotiating and liaising with multiple operational contacts at all levels up to executives.
• Applies a quantitative approach to problem solving and has intermediate to advanced excel and technical skills.
• Experience working for publicly held, US-owned, global corporations.
• Ability to travel up to 20% of the time for meetings and presentations.
• Ability to work with sensitive financial data and maintain confidentiality.

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 $149,084 - $198,779 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 $156,539 - $208,718 in these states: CO HI MI MN NC NH NV OR RI $163,993 - $218,657 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. Learn more about Lumen's: Benefits.

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.