Sr. Principal Product Owner

Lumen Solutions Group Inc • Washington, DC

2d • Remote

About The Position

The Sr. Principal Product Owner will drive day-to-day execution of product strategy across multiple products and teams within the Enterprise Platforms & Enablement (EPE) portfolio. The portfolio supports client business lines by modernizing technology infrastructure, improving engineering practices, and enhancing reliability and agility. The Connecting client value stream includes connectivity and secure/compliant access, reliability and availability, and continuous operations and maintenance.

As part of the Agile Release Train, this role will help shift the organization from a project-based to a product-based model and champion the delivery and ongoing evolution of platform as a product. The Product Owner will work with engineering, architecture, agility enablement, senior product leaders, and other stakeholders to prioritize work and develop long-term product roadmaps aligned with technology roadmaps. The role adds a strategy layer for established product owners, translating portfolio goals while ensuring customer and partner needs are addressed.

The position requires a strong IT infrastructure background and deep knowledge of network connectivity, access, reliability, availability, and performance in complex, distributed enterprise environments. The successful candidate will work directly with engineers, customers, and project team members to capture priorities, measure and report progress, and serve demanding customers. The role is supported by an Agile Coach, Product Manager, and Release Train Engineer, and requires a self-starting, adaptable, and reliable person.

Requirements

• 3–6 years of relevant experience.
• Leadership experience managing product teams and influencing senior-level management and key stakeholders.
• Strong IT infrastructure background, with deep expertise in network connectivity and access.
• Experience ensuring network reliability, availability, and performance across complex enterprise environments, or product leadership experience for a large networking team with a deep understanding of networking concepts.
• Ability to discuss networking concepts in a distributed network, including firewalls, cloud, VLANs, and segmented networking.
• Demonstrated experience with agile methodologies.
• Experience with Jira Software and Confluence.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent applied experience.
• Strong leadership, communication, facilitation, problem-solving, and analytical skills; ability to prioritize and make data-driven decisions.
• Ability to work as a self-starter who is adaptable and reliable.

Nice To Haves

• Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) experience.
• FigJam experience.
• Jira Align experience.
• AgilityHealth experience.
• Product Owner/Product Manager (POPM) or ITIL certification.

Responsibilities

• Manage feature and user-story prioritization and the backlog based on business value, customer feedback, and technical feasibility.
• Collaborate with business leaders, customers, and development teams to align stakeholders with the product vision.
• Coordinate with the Product Manager, Product Owners, Engineering, Architecture, Agility Enablement, and other stakeholders to deliver cohesive, valuable features for customers and frontline employees.
• Implement and champion Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) principles and ensure agile methodologies are followed.
• Define and track success metrics to measure value and identify opportunities for improvement or pivots.
• Provide leadership, communication, and facilitation to bridge business needs and technical delivery.
• Lead established product owners by translating portfolio goals into product-owner priorities while helping meet customer and partner needs.
• Interface with engineers, customers, and project team members to capture priorities and measure and report progress.
• Make data-driven prioritization decisions and apply strong problem-solving and analytical skills.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Senior