AT&T

Program Manager - Programs & Governance

AT&T • $130K — $196K *
Real Estate & Construction
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or Architectural Engineering; Construction Management; or a related field preferred.
  • 8+ years of experience in MEP engineering, facilities management, construction, or infrastructure program management.
  • Experience leading national portfolios and governance programs.
  • Strong knowledge of building codes, life-safety requirements, and facilities operations.
  • PE, CFM, PMP, or a related professional certification preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Shape and improve enterprise-wide MEP building standards to meet business needs.
  • Create governance for consistency, quality, and operational performance across programs.
  • Unite engineering, architecture, construction, and operations teams around best practices.
  • Serve as a trusted advisor on building systems and engineering risk.
  • Lead national compliance programs to meet regulatory and safety requirements.
  • Transform audits and insights into actionable results.
  • Drive execution of enterprise initiatives tied to business priorities.
  • Build governance processes and documentation to enhance team effectiveness.
  • Collaborate with senior leaders to align resources with business goals.
  • Translate complex information into clear recommendations for executives.

Benefits

  • Medical/Dental/Vision coverage
  • 401(k) plan
  • Tuition reimbursement program
  • Paid Time Off and Holidays (at least 23 days of vacation each year and 9 company-designated holidays)
  • Paid Parental Leave
  • Paid Caregiver Leave
  • Adoption Reimbursement
  • Disability Benefits (short term and long term)
  • Life and Accidental Death Insurance
  • Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)
  • Extensive employee wellness programs
  • Employee discounts up to 50% off on eligible AT&T services.
Full Job Description

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.



What You’ll Do

Engineering Standards & Governance

  • Shape and continuously improve enterprise-wide MEP building standards that support AT&T’s evolving business needs.
  • Create governance that raises the bar for consistency, quality, reliability, and operational performance across capital and expense programs.
  • Bring engineering, architecture, construction, facilities, and operations teams together around clear design criteria and best practices.
  • Serve as a trusted technical advisor on building systems, lifecycle planning, infrastructure reliability, and engineering risk.

Compliance Program Leadership

  • Lead national compliance programs that protect our people, facilities, and operations while meeting engineering, life-safety, regulatory, and building-code requirements.
  • Turn reviews, audits, and performance insights into clear corrective actions and measurable results.
  • Champion improvements that reduce risk, strengthen reliability, and unlock greater operational efficiency.

Program & Portfolio Management

  • Own a portfolio of enterprise initiatives tied to AT&T’s most important business priorities.
  • Drive end-to-end execution across budgets, schedules, scope, milestones, SLAs, KPIs, risks, dependencies, and executive reporting.
  • Build scalable governance processes, metrics, templates, standards, and documentation that make teams more effective.
  • Partner with a national team of project managers to deliver critical engineering, compliance, and infrastructure initiatives on time and within budget.
  • Use designated AI tools to simplify workflows, strengthen analysis, and create effective process and training materials.

Stakeholder Leadership

  • Collaborate with senior leaders to set priorities and align resources to business goals.
  • Translate complex program, risk, and financial information into clear recommendations for executive audiences.
  • Build alignment across functions and inspire adoption of stronger governance and execution practices.

What You’ll Bring

  • Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or Architectural Engineering; Construction Management; or a related field preferred.
  • 8+ years of experience in MEP engineering, facilities management, construction, or infrastructure program management.
  • Experience leading national portfolios and governance programs.
  • Strong knowledge of building codes, life-safety requirements, and facilities operations.
  • PE, CFM, PMP, or a related professional certification preferred.

Ready to make an impact at scale? Bring your technical expertise, strategic mindset, and leadership to AT&T—and help build the standards and infrastructure that keep our business moving forward.



Our Lead Plng/Dsgn/Construction jobs earn between $130,700.00 - $196,100.00 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:

40

Time Type:

Regular

Location:

Dallas, Texas

Salary Range:

$130,700.00 - $196,100.00

About AT&T

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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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