Principal, Technology Strategy & Planning

AT&T•Atlanta, GA

1d•$141,300 - $237,400•Onsite

About The Position

The Principal, Tech Business Management serves as a strategic business partner for EASE, connecting infrastructure strategy, financial performance, investment choices, and measurable outcomes. The role applies business and financial acumen to strategic planning and portfolio decisions, helping leaders understand the economics of technology services and make informed investment choices. Working with EASE leaders, Finance, portfolio integration leaders, service and application owners, Architecture, Data, and other partners, the Principal maintains alignment among strategic priorities, objectives and key results, financial outlook, and current and future investment needs. The role directs and partners with dedicated finance resources to develop models, analyses, and scenarios; supports investment prioritization; governs and develops business cases; and translates financial and operational insights into recommendations for senior leaders. This is a full-time, onsite office role performed at the designated work location five days per week. No relocation is offered. AT&T will not hire applicants who require employer sponsorship now or in the future.

Requirements

7+ years of related experience; certification is required in some areas.
Experience in technology business management, technology finance, strategic planning, portfolio management, investment governance, product economics, or a related discipline.
Strong business and financial acumen across budgets, forecasts, actuals, variance analysis, cost allocation, business cases, investment scenarios, benefits, and financial risk.
Experience using and directing the development of financial or economic analyses and models that connect technology cost and consumption to services, applications, products, customers, or business outcomes.
Ability to translate complex financial, operational, and technology information into clear insights, options, and recommendations for senior leaders.
Experience partnering with Finance and technology leaders to improve financial transparency, investment decisions, cost accountability, and value realization.
Experience developing, reviewing, or governing business cases and establishing assumptions, decision criteria, measures, and post-investment accountability.
Experience defining and tracking strategic priorities, objectives and key results, portfolio measures, or comparable outcome-management frameworks.
Ability to maintain a strategic perspective while selectively engaging in financial and operational detail to validate assumptions and support decisions.
Strong executive communication, facilitation, analytical judgment, problem-solving, and influencing skills in a complex matrixed organization.
Working knowledge of infrastructure and enterprise technology services, including applications, cloud, compute, storage, network, platforms, security, workplace technology, or related domains.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
Finance, FP&A, TBM, product management, portfolio management, Agile, SAFe, or business-case certification.
Experience with Technology Business Management, cost-to-serve, unit-cost, total-cost-of-ownership, service costing, or technology-value approaches.
Experience with Apptio, Nicus, ServiceNow Strategic Portfolio Management, Jira Align, Power BI, financial-planning platforms, or comparable tools.
Experience establishing OKRs, portfolio measures, executive scorecards, investment-review forums, and value-realization practices.
Experience designing, building, or deploying generative AI agents, intelligent workflows, or automation tools that improve financial analysis, business-case development, investment decision support, data synthesis, or other complex business-management work.
A leadership style combining strategic perspective, commercial judgment, financial discipline, technology curiosity, analytical rigor, and collaborative influence.

Responsibilities

Synthesize business, financial, operational, and strategic information into concise executive insights and decision support, leading through influence across a complex, matrixed organization.
Help establish common management practices for technology economics, investment governance, business cases, OKRs, and value realization, including decision criteria, templates, and operating cadences.
Maintain and track EASE strategic priorities, objectives, and key results, providing visibility into progress, performance gaps, and areas requiring leadership attention or intervention.
Govern and help develop business cases, including problem definition, strategic alignment, alternatives, costs, benefits, assumptions, risks, measures, and value-realization expectations.
Help leaders prioritize investments across competing needs by framing strategic alignment, expected value, financial implications, constraints, risks, and trade-offs.
Collaborate with Portfolio Integration Leads to connect financial insights and investment needs with portfolio direction, roadmaps, outcomes, priorities, and major decisions.
Interpret financial actuals, forecasts, variances, risks, and investment needs, translating implications into clear options, trade-offs, and recommendations for senior leaders and Portfolio Integration Leads.
Direct and partner with dedicated finance resources to develop financial analyses, forecasts, investment scenarios, cost views, and other models needed to support leadership and portfolio decisions.
Help build and evolve EASE's approach to technology economics, including unit-economics views for business services, applications, infrastructure capabilities, and other technology services, so leaders can better understand cost drivers, consumption, and value.
Partner with EASE leaders to connect strategic priorities, technology plans, financial considerations, and expected outcomes into an integrated business view.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision coverage
401(k) plan
Tuition reimbursement program
Paid time off and holidays, including at least 23 vacation days each year and 9 company-designated holidays, based on date of hire
Paid parental leave
Paid caregiver leave
Additional sick leave beyond what state and local law require may be available but is unprotected
Adoption reimbursement
Short-term and long-term disability benefits
Life and accidental death insurance
Supplemental benefit programs, including critical illness, accident hospital indemnity, and group legal
Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)
Employee wellness programs
Employee discounts up to 50% off eligible AT&T mobility plans and accessories, AT&T internet (and fiber where available), and AT&T phone