Senior Director, Network Research and Development
Lumen
United States
Workplace: RemoteFull timeUSD 174,876 - 233,168 annuallyFunction: Research & Scientific (R&D)Education: bachelorsSkills: ["Strategic thinking","Cross-functional influence","Executive communication","Accountability","Disciplined experimentation"]Lead Network R&D as the accountable owner for long-horizon experimentation, technology validation, and future capability development across emerging networking technologies. Build and guide a lean core team, establish an R&D charter and portfolio with clear hypotheses and kill criteria, and drive stop/continue decisions. Translate disruptive trends into actionable implications for network strategy, architecture, product, and security over the next 3–10 years.

