Lumen Technologies
Principal Product Strategist, Wholesale Optical Infrastructure
Remote, USA · Principal
Sponsorship not specified$152k-$203kDetected 1 day ago
Product ManagementProduct StrategySalesAR/VRLeadership
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Cap-exempt (no lottery)0
Sponsors this role60
Entry-level history0
PERM / green-card track0
Lottery odds (Level IV)94
Fits your clock70
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About the role
- As the Pricipal Product Strategist, this role defines and advances Lumen's wholesale infrastructure portfolio across waves, dark fiber, dim fiber, managed optical fiber systems, and infrastructure on-demand constructs.
- Identify market trends, customer preferences, competitive moves, and emerging infrastructure consumption models; convert those insights into recommendations for new products, enhancements, pricing approaches, and commercial frameworks.
- Influence cross-functional teams without direct authority, bringing strategic clarity, disciplined execution, and strong leadership across highly visible, complex, and commercially important initiatives.
Responsibilities
- Develop clear product requirements and shepherd initiatives through Lumen's product introduction and governance processes from concept through launch, commercialization, and lifecycle management.
- Own and communicate product-level KPIs, including revenue performance, sales adoption, win rates, customer traction, usage trends, pricing realization, and strategic growth indicators.
- Provide deep market intelligence on wholesale infrastructure trends, route economics, technology evolution, pricing dynamics, and competitor positioning to support executive decisions, go-to-market planning, and product marketing strategy.
- Support GTM and product marketing efforts by helping define positioning, value propositions, use cases, sales enablement narratives, and customer-facing messaging for infrastructure solutions.
- With real support and shared accountability, teams collaborate better, move faster, and deliver meaningful outcomes.
- At Lumen, you'll work on infrastructure customers rely on today and build for what's next, where performance, security, and resilience matter.
- This is a high accountability environment where bold ideas drive real innovation for our customers, partners, and industry.
- If you're ready to take ownership, deliver meaningful impact, and help shape the future of AI‑ready connectivity, join us today.
- Lead customer-facing engagement with Lumen's most valued and strategic wholesale customers to understand network strategies, capacity requirements, commercial preferences, and long-term infrastructure needs.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in product management, product strategy, or infrastructure solution leadership within telecommunications, optical networking, or wholesale infrastructure markets.
Skills
- Individual pay is based on skills, experience and other relevant factors.
Compensation
- Compensation This information reflects the anticipated base salary range for this position based on current national data.
Company info
- Consult with customers and sales teams to develop solution constructs using existing product lines, including hybrid and lifecycle-based solutions that combine lit, dim, dark, and managed infrastructure options.
Visa & Work Authorization
- nities 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 inform
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