Vice President Product Management - Data Products

Company: Lumen
Location: Broomfield
Posted on: February 19, 2021

Job Description:

*About Lumen*
Lumen is guided by our belief that humanity is at its best when technology advances the way we live and work. With 450,000 route fiber miles serving customers in more than 60 countries, we deliver the fastest, most secure global platform for applications and data to help businesses, government and communities deliver amazing experiences. Learn more about Lumen's network, edge cloud, security and communication and collaboration solutions and our purpose to further human progress through technology at news.lumen.com, LinkedIn: /lumentechnologies, Twitter: @lumentechco, Facebook: /lumentechnologies, Instagram: @lumentechnologies and YouTube: /lumentechnologies.
* The Role*
* Product Leader Data Products*

This role will define and drive the product strategy for mature products and evolve the platform that supports our products.
This Leader will have oversight of a product management team and will determine the roadmap and priorities for our engineering organization for Data products (Ethernet, Hyper WAN, IP, IPVPN, Managed Hosting).
The ideal candidate will reliably forecast impact and influence stakeholders with potentially competing priorities to ensure the team is allocating resources to the most materially impactful initiatives.

* The Main Responsibilities*
* Vision and Strategic Leadership*

Define, articulate and champion the product vision to teams, peers, stakeholders and executives

* Communicate a clear vision to senior executives and other stakeholders that simplifies complexity and generates excitement
* Define goals and KPIs for short-term and long-term results and drive the team to achieve them
* Establish and maintain the roadmap for the entire platform, and drive prioritization decisions
* Maintain strong relationships with key business partners and senior executives to ensure product plans are aligned with company objectives/plans
* Maintain a deep understanding of consumer behaviors, the competitive landscape and technology trends to shape strategic decisions, plans and priorities
* Develop a strong team: making recruiting, training and ongoing coaching a top priority
* Product Management Oversight and Practices*
* Stay current on all the leading Product Management tools, principles and practices, and advocate for continuous improvement that makes sense for the organization
* Lead and facilitate organized and productive meetings with all levels of the organization
* Partner with leaders in User Experience, Business, Sales and Engineering to establish and refine leaner, more iterative and collaborative processes across the full product development lifecycle
* Provide prioritization decisions and oversight on multiple initiatives
* Monitor and communicate performance against goals; identify and drive improvement opportunities*
* What We Look For in a Candidate*
* *
* EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE *

Bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent experience building/shipping technical products
* 15+ years' experience in consumer web product management or related field
* 8+ years' experience managing direct reports
* CAPABILITIES*

Leadership:
* Experience managing, training and mentoring teams in Product Management methodologies and best practices
* Able to easily motivate and inspire team members, peers, stakeholders and executives
* Comfortable speaking to large audiences
* Flexible and open-minded; proactively seeks input from others
* Entrepreneurial drive and spirit; enjoys working in a fast-paced environment
* Ability to efficiently manage the base on a mature product

Business acumen:
* Ability to identify and implement innovative methods to manage a product with limited investment
* Experience driving product vision, go-to-market strategy, and design discussions.
* Experience creating strategic product roadmaps, working with cross-functional teams.
* Ability to deeply understand market trends, partner ecosystems and competitive strategy.
* Ability to achieve strategic goals and evolve product strategy based on research, data, and industry trends in an innovative and fast-paced environment.

Customer experience grounding:
* Ability to design customer centric experiences throughout customer decision journey

Analytical and Soft skills:
* Persuasive communicator - able to explain complex or intangible concepts to stakeholders at all levels
* Good listener - weighs input from multiple perspectives when forming opinions and recommendations
* Collaborative and team-oriented work approach
* Experience gaining consensus among a large, diverse group of stakeholders

Requisition #: 241891
* EEO Statement*
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, 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 above job definition information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. Job duties and responsibilities are subject to change based on changing business needs and conditions.

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