Full-Time
Senior Lead Strategist
CenturyLink
10,001+ employees
Global telecommunications and IT services provider
Compensation Overview
$103.7k - $138.3k/wk
Remote in USA
Remote
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- 8+ years related experience with Bachelor's degree and/or 6+ years related experience with Master's degree.
- Knowledge with the following: financial acumen, commercial experience, and sales strategy background.
- Strategic Initiative Identification: Work closely with the Senior Director and other leaders to identify strategic growth initiatives that emerge from the long-range planning process, such as how we commercialize products & bundles, drive new routes to market, design sales & CS programs and strategies.
- Business Case Development: Lead the development of a robust business case and execution plan. Define the initiative’s objectives, how it will contribute to long-term growth or efficiency, and determine key requirements (resources, budget, timeline) alongside Finance to model impact.
- Collaboration, Leadership & Execution: Drive the execution of strategic initiatives from idea to execution alongside cross-functional partners such as Sales, Marketing, Product Development, Customer Success, Operations, IT – depending on the nature of the initiative.
- Performance Tracking & Pivoting: Define KPIs and success metrics for each initiative up front (e.g., incremental revenue, adoption rates, cost savings, customer satisfaction improvements). Track these metrics closely once the initiative is launched.
- Innovation and Best Practices: Keep a pulse on emerging strategies and best practices in growth and commercial excellence, both within and outside the industry. Introduce new ideas or frameworks to the organization to test and learn (for example, piloting a new customer success approach inspired by SaaS industry best practices). Encourage a culture of experimentation by running controlled “trial programs” for innovative concepts, measuring results, and scaling successful ones.
- Support Strategic Planning: Contribute back into the long-range planning cycle by providing feedback from the field. Insights gained while executing initiatives (e.g., customer feedback, operational challenges, new unforeseen opportunities) should be looped into the next iteration of the strategy.
CenturyLink, now known as Lumen Technologies, provides telecommunications and IT services for businesses and government. It offers voice communications and network services such as VoIP, SIP Trunking, hosted VoIP, SD-WAN, MPLS, and IPVPN, along with cloud and IT solutions like Big Data as a Service, IoT, and cloud management across hybrid, private, and public clouds. It differentiates itself by offering a broad, integrated portfolio that combines traditional communications with modern network and cloud services at scale, backed by global data centers and infrastructure. Its goal is to help customers communicate, connect, and digitally transform through secure, scalable, and manageable network and cloud solutions.
Company Size
10,001+
Company Stage
IPO
Headquarters
Monroe, Louisiana
Founded
1930
Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Sold ILEC business in 20 states to Brightspeed for $7.5B in October 2023, focusing on enterprises.
- Divested EMEA operations to Colt for $1.8B in November 2023, streamlining core clients.
- Higher-margin security, cloud, IP, UC services generated $4.5B revenue in 2023.
What critics are saying
- Tycko & Zavareei lawsuit over Quantum Fiber 'Price for Life' false ads erodes trust now.
- 940 Mbps fiber speeds lag Verizon Fios 2.3 Gbps and AT&T 5 Gbps, losing SMB share.
- Legacy copper reliance forces FCC-mandated fiber migrations without rival scale by 2028.
What makes CenturyLink unique
- Lumen Platform integrates global fiber, edge cloud, and security for 4th Industrial Revolution apps.
- Quantum Fiber delivers high-speed fiber services to residents and SMBs via CenturyLink brand.
- 450,000 route miles fiber network supports enterprise high-performance networking worldwide.
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Benefits
Health Insurance
Life Insurance
Remote Work Options
Flexible Work Hours
Performance Bonus
Company News
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