AT&T

AVP, Technology

AT&T$254K — $382K *
Information Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in a Technology-related field preferred
  • 10+ years of relevant experience in technology and transformation
  • Proven experience leading large-scale business transformations
  • Strong strategic planning and organizational design skills
  • Ability to influence and align cross-functional teams and executives

Responsibilities

  • Lead the execution of customer contact transformation strategy
  • Define and execute multi-year AI transformation roadmap
  • Collaborate across departments to establish necessary platforms and integration patterns
  • Evaluate emerging AI technologies and guide build-versus-buy decisions
  • Own strategic programs focused on customer experience transformation
  • Establish governance structures and performance management processes
  • Drive strategy development and achieve long-term AI-assist objectives

Benefits

  • Medical/Dental/Vision coverage
  • 401(k) plan
  • Tuition reimbursement program
  • Paid Parental and Caregiver Leave
  • Adoption Reimbursement
  • Life and Accidental Death Insurance
  • Employee discounts on AT&T services
  • Extensive employee wellness programs
  • Paid Time Off and Holidays, including at least 28 days of vacation annually
Full Job Description

Overall Purpose: Strategically direct and lead large teams, ensuring the development, delivery, and optimization of operations across various technical sub-families to align with organizational goals and drive innovation. Sub-family areas may include Agile, Software Design and Delivery, Tech Business Support for IT orgs, Database, Systems Architecture and Engineering, Systems Technical Support, and Software Delivery Proj/Prog Mgmt. This position requires office presence of a minimum of 5 days per week and is only located in the location(s) posted. Relocation is offered.

Job Contribution: Develops the organization’s philosophy, departmental strategies and defines long-term goals and alignment with overall business objectives. Typically leads large teams, directly supervising supervisors as well as senior staff within the organization. Plays a significant part in cross-functional initiatives across AT&T. Responsible for influencing decisions regarding the hiring, firing, disciplinary action, promotional activity, and pay decisions for subordinates. Supervisor: Yes

Key Roles and Responsibilities: Typical tasks may include, but are not limited to, the following:

Team Leadership: Leads staff in developing, supporting, and maintaining new and existing applications or systems, ensuring system integrity.

 Software Development Lifecycle: Oversees the software development lifecycle process, ensuring efficient and effective delivery of solutions.

Vendor and Consultant Coordination: Coordinates with technology vendors, outside consultants, and internal resources for project support and evaluation.

Strategic Collaboration: Works across business areas and IT organizations to identify business issues, develop strategies, and set technical direction.

Project Leadership: Provides leadership for projects, including business case development, requirement definition, detailed planning, resource allocation, and budget tracking.

  • Lead the execution of the Customer Contact Transformation strategy, driving large-scale change initiatives designed to reduce customer effort, accelerate digital adoption, and enable AI-powered customer experiences.
  • Define and execute the AI transformation strategy and multi-year roadmap, translating customer, business, and technology priorities into a sequenced portfolio of scalable AI capabilities.
  • Partner across Technology, Product, Digital, Data, Architecture, and Operations to establish the platforms, reusable capabilities, integration patterns, and data foundations required to accelerate AI delivery and avoid fragmented point solutions.
  • Evaluate emerging AI technologies, platforms, and strategic partners, guiding build-versus-buy decisions and using disciplined experimentation, measurable success criteria, and clear scale-or-stop decisions to advance the roadmap.
  • Own strategic programs focused on contact elimination, real-time AI assistance, and customer experience transformation, ensuring alignment to enterprise goals and commitments.
  • Establish governance structures, operating rhythms, performance management processes, and executive reporting mechanisms to drive accountability and accelerate decision-making across transformation workstreams.
  • Drive strategy development, gap analysis, and roadmap creation to achieve long-term customer contact, containment, and AI-assist objectives.
  • Partner with senior executives to evaluate opportunities, prioritize investments, define resource requirements, and secure organizational alignment for transformational initiatives.
  • Lead identification and removal of systemic customer contact drivers through upstream process improvements, policy changes, technology enhancements, and cross-functional partnerships.
  • Oversee development of future-state operating models that enable customer-problem-centric workstreams, rapid experimentation, and scalable execution.
  • Partner with Technology, Digital, and Product organizations to assess capability gaps, evaluate future-state technology investments, and accelerate delivery of high-impact transformation initiatives.
  • Build executive business cases and funding recommendations, ensuring investment decisions are aligned to enterprise priorities, customer experience outcomes, and measurable business value.
  • Lead enterprise change management efforts, including communication strategy, organizational readiness, stakeholder alignment, process adoption, and workforce transformation activities.
  • Foster a culture of innovation, experimentation, and continuous improvement by challenging legacy processes, identifying breakthrough opportunities, and scaling successful outcomes across the organization.

Education/Experience: Bachelors degree (BS/BA) desired in Technology-related field. 10+ years of related experience and technical acumen.

Requirements:

  • Proven experience leading large-scale business transformation, operating model redesign, AI enablement, digital modernization, or customer experience transformation programs.
  • Demonstrated ability to influence across organizational boundaries and drive alignment among senior executives and cross-functional stakeholders.
  • Strong strategic planning, organizational design, governance, and portfolio management expertise.
  • Experience translating ambitious enterprise objectives into actionable roadmaps, measurable outcomes, and sustainable operating models.

Our AVP-Technology jobs earn between $254,900.00 - $382,300.00 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 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

Weekly Hours:

40

Time Type:

Regular

Location:

Dallas, Texas

Salary Range:

$254,900.00 - $382,300.00

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Size
203,000 employees
Market Cap
$131.2 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$5.1 billion
Founded
1983
5 Year Trend
+0.6%
Revenue
$171.7 billion
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