AVP-Technology Program Management Office (PMO) BSSe

This role is based in Dallas TX or Atlanta GA and requires in-office presence five days per week. Relocation assistance is available for qualified candidates.

About the Role

Were hiring an AVP- Technology Program Management Office to lead the execution engine for one of AT&Ts most important technology transformations. This senior leader will bring structure to complexity build durable operating capability and help deliver a multi-year transformation with clarity predictability and accountability.

Sitting within Business Support Systems Engineering (BSE) part of the Consumer Technology Experience (CTX) organization this leader will own the Technical Program and Project Management function and Program Management Office for the BSSe program. The mandate is clear: enable teams to move faster make better decisions and deliver measurable transformation outcomes.

• Deliver the target-state stack safely migrate customers from legacy platforms reduce transition risk and improve business readiness.

• Make delivery more predictable through credible plans clear milestones visible dependencies realistic forecasts and actionable decisions.

• Unify product engineering architecture operations delivery legacy migration vendor and transformation teams around shared priorities and outcomes.

• Strengthen migration governance decision speed accountability and program and project management maturity across the transformation.

This leader will also serve as the primary BSSe interface to the Enterprise Transformation Office translating BSSe plans risks dependencies and performance into enterprise-ready insight and helping drive cross-program alignment executive decision-making and interdependency resolution.

This is a high-impact opportunity for a leader who wants to shape how large-scale transformation gets deliverednot just tracked.

Why This Role Matters

BSSe is building a unified target-state technology stack and migrating customers from legacy platforms into a modernized environment. The work is highly visible deeply cross-functional and central to improving customer experience operational resilience cost structure and delivery speed.

Shape the execution system for a large-scale enterprise transformation. Improve predictability across planning sequencing dependencies milestones risks decisions and migration readiness. Align product engineering architecture operations delivery legacy migration vendor and transformation teams around shared outcomes. Modernize program and project management through AI-enabled practices standards reporting and governance.

What Youll Do

Lead the Technical Program and Project Management Office

• Own the BSSe Technical Program Management Office including the operating model governance standards cadences and leadership expectations.

• Create one integrated execution system across product engineering architecture operations delivery legacy migration vendor and transformation teams.

• Turn complexity into clear decisions tradeoffs risks recommendations and executive-ready actions.

Build a World-Class Execution Capability

• Elevate program and project management from coordination to strategic delivery leadership.

• Define the playbooks decision rights execution frameworks and quality standards required to deliver at scale.

• Build and coach a high-performing team with clear accountability and durable operating capability.

Improve Predictability Transparency and Outcomes

• Build integrated plans that surface sequencing dependencies milestones risks and decisions early.

• Improve forecast accuracy across scope schedule cost capacity and migration readiness.

• Replace activity reporting with transparent decision-focused outcome-driven insight.

Govern Migration as a First-Class Workstream

• Plan migration waves with clear sequencing readiness criteria decision points and exit conditions.

• Surface customer operational technical and service-continuity risks early.

• Protect conversion quality fallback readiness stability and customer experience during transition.

Partner with the Enterprise Transformation Office

• Act as the primary BSSe counterpart to the Enterprise Transformation Office for governance enterprise planning alignment KPI/status reporting and executive-ready decision support.

• Lead BSSes participation in cross-program interdependency management ensuring upstream and downstream risks dependencies and mitigation plans are visible owned and escalated when required.

• Translate BSSe roadmaps integrated delivery plans and program health into concise decision-ready narratives for enterprise governance forums including clear tradeoffs recommendations and actions.

• Work collaboratively with the Enterprise Transformation Office to improve enterprise transparency simplify cross-program coordination and reduce last-minute churnwhile maintaining accountability for BSSes internal execution approach PMO operating model and source-of-truth plans.

Create Governance That Accelerates Decisions

• Clarify roles decision rights escalation paths and accountability expectations.

• Run BSSe governance and enterprise governance engagements that produce decisions actions issue resolution and clear ownershipnot status-only updates.

• Set consistent execution standards across FTEs contractors managed service providers and vendor partners.

Lead the Shift to AI-Native Ways of Working

• Embed AI into planning reporting forecasting dependency mapping decision support communications and risk detection.

• Coach teams to use AI as a practical execution accelerator in daily program and project management work.

• Measure AI adoption through faster cycles better insight quality improved capacity and stronger delivery outcomes.

What Youll Bring

• Bachelors degree (BS/BA) in Computer Science desired.

• 10 years of related experience.

• Senior leadership experience driving large-scale technology transformation enterprise platform modernization complex software delivery or migration programs.

• Deep program and project management expertise with demonstrated success improving delivery predictability dependency management executive transparency and cross-functional execution.

• Experience building high-performing teams setting standards coaching leaders and creating durable operating capability.

• Executive presence and communication skills to influence across Engineering Product Architecture Security Data Operations Finance vendors and senior leadership forums.

• Experience partnering with an enterprise transformation office corporate PMO or strategy/governance function in a complex transformationwhile preserving clear execution ownership within the delivery organization.

• Strong judgment in translating ambiguity complexity and competing priorities into clear plans tradeoffs recommendations and decisions.

Preferred Experience

• Experience in BSS telecom supply chain customer migration or large enterprise platform transformations.

• Experience modernizing program and project management operating models tools templates cadences governance forums and reporting practices.

• Experience applying AI-enabled tooling to improve planning reporting forecasting risk detection productivity quality or execution insight.

• Strong business acumen in portfolio planning capital planning financial governance vendor performance resource planning and execution oversight.

Our AVP-Technology Program Management Office earns between $227600 - $382300. 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 28 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

• Long Term Grants and Deferred Compensation

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Joining our team comes with amazing perks and benefits:

• 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

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