Senior Principal, Infrastructure Strategy and Portfolio Management

AT&T

. Shape infrastructure strategy into portfolio outcomes, priorities, integrated roadmaps, measures, and investment choices across complex portfolio domains .

Posted 10/22/2026full-timeAtlanta • Texas • United StatesSenior💰 $155,400 - $261,100 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates advanced leadership in managing complex portfolios and strategic investments, with a strong focus on financial acumen, governance, and integration across multiple domains. Capable of synthesizing complex information into actionable executive decisions while mentoring senior leaders and enhancing portfolio management capabilities.

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Portfolio ManagementStrategic OversightFinancial AcumenGovernance StandardsExecutive Advisory

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Hard Skills

Infrastructure StrategyPortfolio IntegrationValue AssessmentOutcome DefinitionDependency ResolutionTechnology EconomicsGenerative AI SolutionsWorkflow AutomationAgile MethodologiesSAFe Certification

Soft Skills

Communication SkillsNegotiation SkillsAnalytical JudgmentInfluencing SkillsFacilitation Skills

Tools & Technologies

Jira AlignJira CloudServiceNow Strategic Portfolio ManagementPower BIFinancial-Planning Platforms

Certifications & Qualifications

Product Management CertificationPortfolio Management CertificationStrategy CertificationProgram Management Certification

Industry Keywords

Cloud TechnologiesComputeStorageNetworkWorkplace TechnologyReliabilitySecurityOperating ModelsInvestment ScenariosCross-Portfolio Dependencies

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudServiceNow

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Shape infrastructure strategy into portfolio outcomes, priorities, integrated roadmaps, measures, and investment choices across complex portfolio domains
Advise executives on strategic choices and course corrections
Lead integration for a highly complex portfolio spanning portfolios or EASE domains
Diagnose systemic delivery, operational, financial, or organizational barriers
Establish integrated views of major roadmaps, milestones, target dates, and outcomes
Reconcile delivery commitments, operational needs, investment constraints, and long-term value
Anticipate and resolve dependencies and risks with broad EASE impact
Mobilize accountable leaders, frame escalation paths, and resolve systemic issues
Guide major investment choices using actuals, forecasts, capacity, expected benefits, technology economics, and risk
Develop scenarios and recommendations to improve value across portfolio boundaries
Synthesize complex portfolio information into executive decisions, interventions, and policy or operating-model changes
Establish portfolio governance and ensure actions produce sustained results
Advise senior and executive leaders and coordinate AVPs, program leaders, Finance, Architecture, Security, Data, Operations, and other stakeholders
Help evolve portfolio integration methods, measures, and standards
Mentor Principal-level leaders and strengthen portfolio-management capability

Requirements

What you’ll need

10+ years of related experience
Extensive experience translating infrastructure or technology strategy into complex portfolio priorities, major investments, and measurable outcomes
Demonstrated leadership of a highly complex portfolio, product domain, platform, or transformation spanning multiple organizations and significant interdependencies
Ability to maintain executive-level strategic oversight while selectively engaging in detail to diagnose systemic delivery, operational, dependency, and financial issues
Advanced product and portfolio leadership capabilities, including strategic framing, outcome definition, prioritization, roadmap integration, value assessment, and course correction
Strong financial and investment acumen across budgets, forecasts, capacity, scenarios, benefits, technology economics, and portfolio trade-offs
Experience resolving cross-portfolio dependencies and risks and distinguishing issues requiring executive action from those best managed within programs
Experience shaping governance, policy, operating models, measures, or portfolio-management practices with broad organizational impact
Exceptional executive advisory, communication, facilitation, negotiation, analytical judgment, and influencing skills
Deep understanding of infrastructure technologies and operating environments, including cloud, compute, storage, network, platforms, workplace technology, reliability, security, or related domains
Master’s degree (MS/MA) desired in Computer Science or Engineering
Product management, portfolio management, strategy, finance, Agile, SAFe, or program-management certification
Experience leading portfolios with major multi-year investments, several accountable delivery organizations, and cross-domain or cross-portfolio dependencies
Experience advising executives on strategic investment scenarios, technology economics, value realization, and operating-model decisions
Experience establishing portfolio integration standards, governance, OKRs, outcome measures, and executive decision forums
Experience using Jira Align, Jira Cloud, ServiceNow Strategic Portfolio Management, Power BI, financial-planning platforms, or comparable tools
Demonstrated experience designing and scaling generative AI, AI agents, or workflow automation solutions
AT&T will not hire applicants who require employer sponsorship now or in the future

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical/Dental/Vision coverage
401(k) plan
Tuition reimbursement program
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
Long Term Grants and Deferred Compensation
Paid Time Off and Holidays (based on date of hire, at least 28 days of vacation each year and 9 company-designated holidays)