• 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.

Role Description GovCIO is currently hiring a Senior IT Project Manager to lead business intelligence and automation modernization for the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG). You will drive the migration of legacy systems to a modern data analytics stack, while overseeing enterprise Power Platform deployment. This position will be located within the United States and will be a full remote position with up to 25% travel. As a Senior IT Project Manager, you will serve as the primary driver for planning and delivering mission-critical IT projects that enhance Coast Guard operations. You will ensure projects are executed on time, within scope, and budget, while maintaining compliance with federal standards and promoting collaboration among stakeholders. Specifically, you will: - Oversee planning, execution, and delivery of IT projects supporting Coast Guard enterprise systems and automation solutions (Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI). - Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, budgets, and resource allocations in accordance with USCG governance processes. - Lead the delivery of Power Platform automation workflows, low-code applications, and data integrations that support enterprise modernization and operational efficiency. - Coordinate cross-functional teams, vendors, and stakeholders—including automation developers and solution architects—to ensure successful outcomes. - Identify and mitigate risks, manage issues, and implement change control throughout the project lifecycle, including governance of automation environments and data connectors. - Prepare and deliver executive-level briefings, dashboards, and performance metrics (including automation adoption metrics) to Coast Guard leadership. - Promote process improvement and implement best practices in project management methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid), as well as best practices for scalable, secure Power Platform development. Qualifications - Bachelor's (or equivalent) with 12+ years of experience. - Certifications: Project Management Professional (PMP) or equivalent federal project management certification. - Strong knowledge of project management frameworks and governance processes. - Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills for executive briefings and team leadership. - Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, mission-driven environment. - Proficiency with project management tools such as MS Project and ServiceNow. - Experience leading automation development projects, preferably using Microsoft Power Platform (Power Apps, Power Automate, Dataverse, Power BI). - Understanding of low-code governance, solution lifecycle management, and secure design principles. Requirements - Own project tasking, deliverables, and timeline coordination across analytics, data integration, and legacy decommissioning workstreams. - Facilitate end-to-end data connection onboarding (Confluent/Qlik), clearing dependencies with network admins, policy teams, DBAs, change boards, and data owners/TPOCs. - Coordinate plans with C5I and ODA/DiD for ingesting data/metadata; communicate ingest prioritization to stakeholders. - Partner with ISSO(s) to document ATO impacts, update security documentation, and confirm integration success. - Maintain Issues/Actions/Risks trackers; run formal change management (benefit/impact analyses, approvals, artifact updates, resource realignment). - Act as SPOC with KO/COR/USCG PM; publish weekly and monthly reports and lead PMRs per the SOW. - Clearance Required: Must have an active Secret clearance. Preferred Skills and Experience - Experience supporting U.S. Coast Guard or DHS programs highly desirable. - Familiarity with cloud integration and IT governance frameworks. - Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities with a focus on continuous improvement. - Experience managing low-code development teams or implementing enterprise automation strategies. - Knowledge of Power Platform Center of Excellence (CoE) standards and automation monitoring techniques. Benefits - Posted Salary Range: USD $135,000.00 - USD $175,000.00 /Yr.