Role Description As a Lead Project Controls Specialist, you will be responsible for leading the project controls processes with the internal project management team to execute project deliverables within budget and schedule. The Main Responsibilities - Ensure project set-up in the Enterprise Project Management software. - Analyze data, review logs, and run reports in the Enterprise Planning & Controls software or other tools. - Create Work Breakdown Structure (WBS). - Develop, implement, and maintain effective scheduling reports, cost reports, cash flows and forecasts for multiple projects. - Follow project execution plans. - Responsible for engineering, procurement and construction planning, scheduling, logistics and cost control. - Serve as a point of contact for technical questions from the project team. - Approve Purchase Orders and/or Subcontracts for proper coding. - Input and document changes to cost reports or forecasts. - Interface with the Project Management Team and Accounting Department to review project costs and contingency costs and support external audits. - Review upstream (prime contract) and downstream (purchase order & subcontract) change orders. - Develop and present a cash flow report. - Develop various levels of schedules. - Apply and review the entry of logic ties within the schedules. - Monitor resource loading of a schedule. - Support Interactive Project Planning Meetings (IPPM). - Create various schedule reports and determine appropriate reporting format. - Develop, review, and analyze pre-programmed project scheduling reports and back-up documentation for accuracy. - Consult with the project team on schedule progress. - Analyze and evaluate schedule management involving the critical path method of scheduling techniques, estimating, project cost management and forecasting. - Perform schedule what-if scenarios. - Develop and maintain an earned value management system. - Input and validate progress measurement. - Develop and maintain progress curves. - Perform material takeoffs. - Perform quality checks and inspections on project controls deliverables. - Assist with Project Forensic Analysis. Qualifications - Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management, or a related field. - 6+ years of direct project controls experience. - Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal. - Ability to work in a team-oriented, collaborative environment. - Proven ability to handle multiple projects while meeting deadlines and documenting progress towards those deadlines. - Proficient with Microsoft Office suite. Requirements - 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: - $84,629 - $112,838 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 - $88,860 - $118,480 in these states: CO, HI, MI, MN, NC, NH, NV, OR, RI - $93,092 - $124,122 in these states: AK, CA, CT, DC, DE, IL, MA, MD, NJ, NY, TX, VA, WA Benefits - 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.

• Establish, optimize, and manage project management systems such as Jira, Linear, Notion, or similar tools. • Create a centralized source of truth for projects, workflows, timelines, and deliverables. • Manage daily and weekly sprint cycles to ensure priorities are clear and deadlines are met. • Track deliverables, follow up proactively on delays, and remove blockers across the team. • Conduct daily check-ins and monitor communication channels to keep projects moving. • Attend team meetings, document clear action items, and ensure follow-through. • Anticipate risks, flag bottlenecks early, and plan ahead to prevent operational disruption. • Report on project progress across initiatives and keep stakeholders aligned with the broader strategic plan.

• Own end-to-end delivery of client engagements — scope, schedule, budget, and quality • Partner with clients and internal leads to define goals, deliverables, and success criteria • Build and maintain project plans, RAID logs, and status reporting cadences that keep stakeholders informed and aligned • Run scrum ceremonies (planning, standups, retros) and keep design/engineering teams operating smoothly • Manage scope changes, surface trade-offs early, and lead difficult conversations with clients when timelines or priorities shift • Identify and mitigate delivery risks before they become blockers • Coordinate dependencies across multiple workstreams and resource allocation across the team • Track project health metrics (margin, utilization, velocity, on-time delivery) and report to leadership • Report directly to Head of Product. • Help refine our delivery playbook • Champion process improvements that make our team more efficient and our clients more confident

Role Description As a Senior Lead Project Controls Specialist, you will be responsible for leading the project controls governance processes with the internal cross-functional teams to manage intake requests and requirements gathering for our project management system. You will also be responsible for leading strategic projects, interfacing with cross-functional teams to lead improvements and requirements gathering. Main Responsibilities - Lead requirements gathering and intake governance process to prepare a complete vision of what the requester is wanting so that the request can be reviewed by the governance and administration review board. - Maintain consistent updates in ticketing system to track progress and enable reporting for leadership and to keep stakeholders advised of the status of their request. - Manage projects to drive organization strategic objectives. - Serve as a point of contact for Project Controls governance questions from cross-functional teams. - Interface with cross-functional groups, including power user groups, to gather and document feedback and opportunities to improve Lumen’s project management system, reporting and data analytics requests, and process improvement opportunities for the Custom Networks organization. - Develop and maintain project schedules for strategic initiatives and governance requests. - Create and maintain Project Controls governance documentation that is used by other stakeholders within the Custom Networks organization. - Lead effective meetings with cross-functional stakeholders to drive consensus and decision making. - Map and document processes for project workplans that will be used as templates within Lumen’s project management system. - Help to identify potential continuous improvement opportunities to help improve the way we work. - Partner with the administration and development team for Lumen’s project management system to drive successful implementation for feature requests and other various data management tickets. - Participate in testing new feature request implementations within the test environment for Lumen’s project management system. Qualifications - Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management, or a related field. - 6+ years of direct project controls, continuous improvement, or telecommunications experience. - Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal. - Ability to work in a team-oriented, collaborative environment. - Proven ability to handle multiple projects while meeting deadlines and documenting progress towards those deadlines. - Proficient with Microsoft Office suite. - Proficient with Microsoft Project. 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. - $105,786 - $141,047 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 - $111,074 - $148,099 in these states: CO, HI, MI, MN, NC, NH, NV, OR, RI - $116,364 - $155,152 in these states: AK, CA, CT, DC, DE, IL, MA, MD, NJ, NY, TX, VA, WA Benefits - 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.