Principal Network Project/Program Management
Dallas, Texas
This is a full-time onsite role based in the location(s) posted and is performed from the designated work location five days per week. No relocation is offered.
AT&T will not hire any applicants for this position who require employer sponsorship now or in the future.
Join AT&T and help shape the future of communications and technology that connect the world. We value innovators who seek to explore the unknown and challenge the status quo. Bring your bold ideas and fearless spirit to redefine connectivity and transform how people share stories and experiences. At AT&T, you won’t just imagine the future—you’ll build it.
What you’ll do:
As a Principal Network Project/Program Management, an expert in their field, applying broad business knowledge and strategic insight surrounding emerging trends and technologies to solve complex problems and drive organizational results. Leads critical, high-impact projects and designs/implements innovative business strategies. Works with minimal oversight, frequently consulting senior leadership and influencing executive decisions. Serves as a mentor and assists others with challenging issues.
Leads large, high-value, complex programs with strategic leadership involving new technology, coordinating with multiple organizations and vendors. Provides strategic guidance, manages stakeholders, drives automation, mentors junior PMs, and presents to executives. Leads network and engineering implementation planning, execution and development through completion of assigned technical projects, and successful delivery of ensuring efficient resource use, compliance with industry standards, and successful delivery of technical network projects, while managing vendor relationships using Agile methodologies.
What you’ll need:
- Project Planning and Development: Develop and manage complex technical project plans, including schedules, resource allocation, feasibility studies, and business cases.
- Team Coordination and Leadership: Assemble and lead project teams, assign responsibilities, oversee performance, and manage multiple interrelated projects or strategic programs.
- Execution and Monitoring: Perform scheduling, tracking, reporting, risk analysis, cost management, variance analysis, change management, and control to ensure project adherence to timelines and budgets.
- Vendor and Stakeholder Management: Establish and manage contractual relationships with customers and external vendors, and coordinate with stakeholders to align project deliverables with business requirements.
- Compliance and Agile Methodologies: Ensure project compliance with industry standards and company policies, implement quality assurance processes, and utilize Scrum or Agile techniques for team collaboration and backlog management.
What you’ll bring:
- Required Experience:
- 7+ years’ related experience in area of professional responsibility
- Certification is required in some areas.
- Desired Experience:
- Flexible work hours (may be required to work evening/weekends)
- Desired Education:
- Bachelor’s degree (BS/BA) preferred.
Supervisory: No
Environmental Requirements: This position may be responsible for contributing to AT&T compliance with environmental laws and regulations as applicable to its job function. This may include, but is not limited to, work related to fuel tanks, emergency and stand-by generators, boilers, hazardous waste, hazardous materials, batteries, manholes and vaults, water wells, linear and other construction projects, water discharge, or air emissions.
Our Principal Network Proj/Prog Mgmt jobs earn between $143,800.00 - $215,800.00 USD Annual. Not to mention all the other amazing rewards that working at AT&T offers. Individual starting salary within this range may depend on geography, experience, expertise, and education/training.Joining our team comes with amazing perks and benefits:
- Medical/Dental/Vision coverage
- 401(k) plan
- Tuition reimbursement program
- Paid Time Off and Holidays (based on date of hire, at least 23 days of vacation each year and 9 company-designated holidays)
- Paid Parental Leave
- Paid Caregiver Leave
- Additional sick leave beyond what state and local law require may be available but is unprotected
- Adoption Reimbursement
- Disability Benefits (short term and long term)
- Life and Accidental Death Insurance
- Supplemental benefit programs: critical illness/accident hospital indemnity/group legal
- Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)
- Extensive employee wellness programs
- Employee discounts up to 50% off on eligible AT&T mobility plans and accessories, AT&T internet (and fiber where available) and AT&T phone
Weekly Hours:
40Time Type:
RegularLocation:
Dallas, TexasSalary Range:
$143,800.00 - $215,800.00AT&T and its subsidiaries are committed to equal employment opportunity. All hiring, promotion, and other employment decisions remain merit-based and free from discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, physical disability, mental disability, pregnancy, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, military status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. In addition, AT&T will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. AT&T is a fair chance employer and does not initiate a background check until an offer is made. Click here to learn more or request an application accommodation here.
Job ID R-127326 Date posted 11/06/2026
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