Lumen is the trusted network for AI. We’re transforming how businesses connect, secure, and scale in an AI-driven world. By connecting people, data, and applications quickly, securely, and effortlessly, we help organizations move faster and unlock what’s next. At Lumen, people power progress. Our culture is built on teamwork, trust, and transparency, giving you the flexibility, support, and opportunity to make a lasting impact. We’re looking for top-tier talent ready to take on the challenge. Join us in building the future. The Role The Program Manager, Modernization & Simplification (M&S) Coach partners with leaders and cross functional teams to drive execution rigor, accountability, and measurable business outcomes across enterprise transformation initiatives. This role is not a traditional project management position. Instead, it focuses on coaching leaders and teams for effective execution, strengthening business and financial discipline, and ensuring initiatives translate strategy into results. The M&S Coach operates as a trusted advisor and execution partner, helping leaders clarify priorities, navigate complexity, and drive progress through influence, strong business acumen, and executivelevel communication. Work Location This is a work from home position within the U.S. The Main Responsibilities - Coach initiative owners and workstream leaders to strengthen execution discipline, ownership, and followthrough on commitments - Reinforce accountability for outcomes by setting clear expectations, reviewing progress, and challenging plans and assumptions when needed - Develop and lead executivelevel presentations that clearly communicate progress, risks, tradeoffs, and decisions required - Plan and facilitate executive and crossfunctional meetings, ensuring discussions are focused, decisions are clear, and actions are owned - Apply strong business and financial acumen to evaluate initiative readiness, value assumptions, execution risks, and tradeoffs - Partner with Finance and business leaders to ensure initiatives are grounded in sound business cases and realistic value delivery plans - Identify execution gaps, decision bottlenecks, and crossfunctional dependencies; work with leaders to resolve issues and maintain momentum - Influence and align stakeholders across Product, Technology, Operations, Finance, Marketing, and other functions around shared priorities - Promote consistent ways of working, transparency, and outcomefocused execution across the M&S portfolio What We Look For in a Candidate Required Qualifications: - Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Operations, or a related field - 5–7 years of experience in transformation, strategy execution, operations, consulting, or similar roles - Demonstrated ability to influence leaders and teams without direct authority - Strong executive communication skills, including experience creating leadershipready presentations and leading seniorlevel discussions - Proven business acumen with the ability to assess value, risk, and execution tradeoffs - Experience working in complex, fastpaced, and highly matrixed environments Preferred Qualifications: - Experience supporting enterprisescale transformation, modernization, or costreduction efforts - Comfort partnering closely with Finance on business cases, value tracking, or financial tradeoff discussions - Experience in technology, telecommunications, or large enterprise environments Key Attributes - Execution focused coach with strong business judgment - Confident executive presence and clear, concise communicator - Comfortable challenging leaders constructively to improve outcomes - Collaborative, adaptable, and outcomeoriented 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. Learn more about Lumen's: - Benefits - Bonus Structure #LI-Remote #LI-HR1 Requisition #: 341749 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. 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• Manage end-to-end project schedules for customer engagements across Applied AI (FDE team) and core engineering teams spanning multiple geographies and time zones • Maintain real-time project status visibility — Confluence boards, Jira tracking, weekly status reports — so leadership, engineering, and the Delivery Manager always have a single source of truth • Run internal project review cadences: bi-weekly planning reviews, customer submissions reviews, and dev question sessions across all active engagements • Proactively identify risks, dependencies, and blockers before they become surprises — escalate to the Delivery Manager with proposed mitigations, not after deadlines slip • Own cross-site coordination across multiple sites — bridging time zones, aligning handoffs, and ensuring nothing falls between teams • Drive daily and weekly status updates across all active projects — post EOD updates in team channels with key changes, blockers, and next actions tagged to DRIs • Prepare and deliver weekly internal status reports to the CPO every Friday — consolidating project health, risk register, and upcoming milestones across all accounts • Track and maintain delivery governance artifacts: project plans, feedback/release trackers, QA checklists, go-live readiness assessments • Coordinate resource allocation and capacity planning across FDEs and engineering — flag overload risks and propose reallocation before quality suffers • Ensure Jira hygiene: correct assignees, updated due dates, closed tickets, and clean backlogs — so automated reporting and AI tools produce accurate outputs • Support the Delivery Manager in preparing customer-facing materials: milestone review decks, progress summaries, and QBR data

|Current USA TODAY Co. Employees- Please ensure you are using our abbreviated process on the internal Careers site by logging into Dayforce through MyApps| USA TODAY Co., Inc. is a diversified media company with expansive reach at the national and local level dedicated to empowering and enriching communities. We seek to inspire, inform, and connect audiences as a sustainable, growth focused media and digital marketing solutions company. Through our trusted brands, including the USA TODAY NETWORK, comprised of the national publication, USA TODAY, and local media organizations, including our network of local properties, in the United States, and Newsquest, a wholly-owned subsidiary operating in the United Kingdom, we provide essential journalism, local content, and digital experiences to audiences and businesses. We deliver high-quality, trusted content with a commitment to balanced, unbiased journalism, where and when consumers want to engage. Our digital marketing solutions brand, LocaliQ, supports small and medium-sized businesses with innovative digital marketing products and solutions. USA TODAY Co. open roles are featured on various external job boards. When applying to a position at USA TODAY Co., you should be completing an application on USA TODAY Co. Careers via Dayforce. Job postings directing you to complete an application on other external sites may not be valid. To connect with us, visit www.usatodayco.com USA TODAY in California is seeking candidates for a summer internship position that is focused on newsletter writing, visuals and social media. This internship program seeks to provide valuable experience to students and recent graduates looking to land jobs as journalists. The 2026 program is paid, lasts 10 weeks and is open to college juniors, seniors, recent graduates and graduate students. Over the course of this internship, our intern will work closely with TODAY Californian newsletter editor and our visuals and content editor to build proficiency in covering breaking news, entertainment, features and sports news through newsletters and video and photography on social media. The deadline to submit applications is Friday, May 1. Timeframe for the summer internship is flexible to accommodate school end and start dates. Applicants will work remote but must live in California. Responsibilities: - Learn the craft of newsletter writing with a goal of building an engaged audience across the state of California and beyond. - Produce high-quality multimedia stories through photography, videography, and clear, engaging text that informs, entertains, and inspires our audience. - Shoot, edit, and publish vertical videos designed for platforms such as Instagram Reels, TikTok, YouTube Shorts, and Facebook Stories, with a focus on driving audience growth and engagement. - Collaborate with newsroom colleagues on story development, visual strategy, and innovative approaches to audience engagement. - Produce a minimum of five packages a week that are a mix of mediums. - Travel quickly to wherever the news occurs or is being disseminated (must have access to a car or person who can give them a ride when necessary). Requirements: - Degree-seeking student currently enrolled in a communications or journalism program at a college or university. - Students must have completed one year of college. Preference given to more advanced students. - Those who have completed undergraduate work, are in graduate programs or recent graduates also are accepted. - Must be able to develop and maintain relationships with public figures within the communities/school districts of coverage. - Solid fact checking and reporting skills. - Well-organized, detail-oriented and flexible. - Open to new ideas, new experiences and learning on the job. - Critical thinking and analytical skills. - Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment. - Experience performing a wide variety of tasks under the pressure of deadlines. - Ability to communicate effectively across all levels of the organization. - Exceptional written and verbal communication skills required. - This position requires a valid driver’s license, reliable transportation, and the minimum liability insurance required by state law. - This is an hourly position that pays $18 an hour. Application Instructions We are eager to learn more about you and how you fit this role. When you apply, don’t limit your upload to a resume; show us what you’ve done. To do so, put together a single document file that includes the following, in this order: - Your resume – one to two pages. - A cover letter that outlines how you would approach the job. - Links to 3-6 online samples of your work. Show us what you’ve produced or had a hand in that best reflects what you can do in your desired role. It is important that these items be assembled into a single document and uploaded in PDF format. Completing these steps will ensure that your application receives the highest consideration. USA TODAY Co., Inc. is a proud equal opportunity employer committed to building and maintaining a diverse workforce. As such, we will consider all qualified applicants for employment and do not discriminate in connection with employment decisions on the basis of an applicant or employee’s race, color, national origin, ethnicity, ancestry, citizenship status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, religion, age, marital status, personal appearance (including height and weight), sexual orientation, family responsibilities, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy status (including childbirth, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), education, genetic characteristics or information, political affiliation, military or veteran status or other classifications protected by applicable federal, state and local laws in the jurisdictions where USA TODAY Co. employs employees. In addition, USA TODAY Co., Inc. will provide applicants who require a reasonable accommodation, as a result of an applicant’s disability or religion, to complete this employment application and/or any other process in connection with an individuals’ application for employment with USA TODAY Co., Inc. Applicants who require such accommodation should contact USA TODAY Co., Inc.’s Recruitment Department at Recruit@usatodayco.com. Applicants must be authorized to work in the applicable location. Applications from outside these regions will be removed from our system after submission.

About Outreach Outreach, founded in 2014, is the only complete agentic AI platform for revenue teams. Outreach infuses agentic AI, conversation intelligence, and assistive AI to power hundreds of use cases across revenue motions. From new logo prospecting to expansions, deal acceleration, driving retention, and forecasting, Outreach AI automates workflows and frees sellers to focus on more strategic conversations and actions. Revenue leaders benefit from connected account visibility, performance insights, and higher forecasting accuracy across every GTM team. World leading enterprise organizations use Outreach to power their revenue teams, including Databricks, SAP, Siemens, and Verizon to name a few. About the Team The Senior Partner Management team is responsible for managing and developing relationships with key partners. They work closely with internal teams to align partner activities with company goals and provide exceptional support to our partners. The team operates at the center of a rapidly evolving revenue AI landscape, engaging deeply with leading AI, ISV, and Cloud partners to accelerate innovation and strategic growth. The Role The Senior Partner Manager – Hyperscalers & System Integrators is responsible for both expanding strategic relationships with existing partners and building new partnerships across cloud providers and GSIs, including AWS, Microsoft, and firms such as Accenture. This role is focused on developing and executing high-impact co-sell motions, driving partner-sourced and partner-influenced pipeline, and enabling internal sales teams to effectively engage partners to accelerate revenue growth. This individual will define and scale joint go-to-market strategies, align field sales organizations, and operationalize co-sell programs that deliver measurable business outcomes. Success in this role requires a balance of strategic partnership development, new partner creation, and strong cross-functional execution. Location: Open to remote within the United States. Your Daily Adventures Will Include Strategic Partner Management & Expansion ● Build and grow executive and field-level relationships with key existing partners (AWS, Microsoft, GSIs such as Accenture) ● Identify opportunities to expand existing partnerships through new solution plays, geographies, and business units ● Develop and execute joint business plans aligned to mutual growth objectives New Partner Development ● Identify, recruit, and onboard new hyperscaler and GSI partners aligned to strategic priorities ● Define partnership value propositions, engagement models, and joint GTM plans for new partners ● Accelerate time-to-value for new partners by establishing early co-sell and pipeline generation motions Co-Sell & Pipeline Development ● Design, launch, and scale co-sell motions with both existing and new partners ● Drive partner-sourced and partner-influenced pipeline through account mapping, joint prospecting, and coordinated sales plays ● Partner closely with sales leadership to ensure consistent execution of co-sell motions across regions and segments Internal Sales Enablement ● Enable Outreach sales teams on how to effectively engage with hyperscaler and SI partners ● Build and deliver playbooks, training, and tools to drive field alignment and partner engagement ● Act as the internal advocate for partners, ensuring alignment across sales, marketing, and product teams Partner GTM & Programs ● Collaborate with partners on joint go-to-market initiatives, including campaigns, events, and industry solution plays ● Support cloud marketplace strategies and co-development opportunities Performance & Accountability ● Own and track partner-driven pipeline, revenue, and co-sell metrics across both existing and new partners ● Establish KPIs and reporting to measure success, partner ramp, and ongoing performance ● Provide regular updates and insights to senior leadership on partner impact and growth opportunities Market Intelligence & Strategy ● Stay current on hyperscaler and GSI strategies, ecosystem trends, and competitive landscape ● Identify whitespace opportunities for new partnerships and expansion areas within existing partners Our Vision of You - 5 plus years of experience in partner management and, partnership development within IT, technology, or software environments. - Proven track record of quota achievement and driving partner-led customer engagements. - Demonstrated ability to define, execute, and scale partner strategies that deliver measurable business impact. - Strong experience working with hyperscalers (AWS, Microsoft) and Global System Integrators (e.g., Accenture) - Strong understanding of industry trends, competitive landscape, and market dynamics. - Exceptional communication, negotiation, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence across internal and external stakeholders. - Strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills, with the ability to operate independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment. - Proficiency with CRM and productivity tools, including Salesforce (SFDC), Google Workspace, and Outreach. - Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Computer Science, or related field. - Ability to travel as needed. $163,000 - $193,000 a year Compensation for this role is a mix of a base salary and a variable component. The total compensation will range between $163,000 - $193,000 USD. You may also be offered incentive compensation, bonus, restricted stock units, and benefits. Actual compensation is based on factors such as your skills, qualifications, and experience. Final offers are determined through a holistic assessment and will vary within the posted range. Your Recruiter will share specific details based on your location and role during the hiring process. #remote #LI-AK1 Why You’ll Love It Here • Flexible time off • 401k to help you save for the future • Generous medical, dental, and vision coverage for full-time employees and their dependents • A parental leave program that includes options for a paid night nurse, and a gradual return to work • Infertility/ assisted reproductive services benefit • Employee referral bonuses to encourage the addition of great new people to the team • Snacks and beverages in the Office, along with fun events to celebrate • Diversity and inclusion programs that promote employee resource groups like Outreach Women's Network, Latinx community, Outreach Black Connection, AAPI community, Pride/LGBTQIA+, Gender+, Disability Community, and Veterans/Military Outreach is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status. Our success is reliant on building teams that include people from different backgrounds and experiences who can elevate assumptions and ideas with fresh perspectives. We're dedicated to hiring the whole human, not just a resume. To that end, we look for a diverse pool of applicants-including those from historically marginalized groups. We would like to invite you to apply even if you don't think you meet all of the requirements listed below. We don't want a few lines in a job description to get between us and the opportunity to meet you.