Sr Lead Project Manager - Pub Sec

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

This position is a hybrid Engineer/PM/CCM role. The incumbent will work under the direction of the IPTS PM but also support APAC engagement in Japan and pre-sales efforts. The position will be customer facing and engage in support of the complete life cycle of all IPTS program orders in Japan. This involves pre-sales site surveys, development and implementation of technical solutions, and sustainment. The incumbent will meet directly and in person with DISA's Japan Field Offices at least quarterly to assess customer satisfaction and identify process improvements to enhance customer satisfaction.

The Main Responsibilities

PMO:

• Have sufficient Project Management experience to support the following.
• Work closely with Japanese customers, vendors, and internal IPTS team members to ensure smooth implementation and support of services
• Assist with status reporting of assigned orders
• Coordinate site access requests and test scheduling

Engineering/Sales:

• Acts as customer advocate, participating in pre-sales efforts including technical sales presentations, architecture design discussions, proof-of-concept engagements, and technical workshops
• Internal feedback loop to sales, PMO, carrier management teams regarding customer experience, product features/functionality, and service implementation/management.
• Technical knowledge across one or more Lumen technology pillars (Global network infrastructure, edge cloud capabilities, connected security, communication and collaboration services)
• Ability to lead & engage in complex discussions with internal ecosystem, driving solutions & outcomes with sales, product & engineering
• Understand the intra-Japan network architecture as well as the subsea network outward touch points with adjacent landmasses

APAC:

• Coordinate updates for enterprise customer orders with regional and local Lumen APAC stakeholders.
• Drive customer orders to meet delivery dates and increase monthly installed revenues for Japan and rest of APAC.
• Collaborate with regional Lumen APAC Sales teams to support sales of Lumen products and services in APAC.
• Leverage PM skills to lead local projects in Japan for business and customer requirements.

What We Look For in a Candidate

• Be fluent in Japanese (Level 1)
• US citizen living in Japan
• PMP or equivalent of 2 years PM experience
• Have or able to achieve a Secret Clearance

Compensation

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.

Requisition #: 338812

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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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