Senior Network Project Management

Join AT&T and help shape the future of communications and technology that connect the world. We value innovators who seek to explore the unknown and challenge the status quo.  Bring your bold ideas and fearless spirit to redefine connectivity and transform how people share stories and experiences.  At AT&T, you won’t just imagine the future—you’ll build it.

• →Pole Attachment Rate Development and Modeling: Develop, maintain, and validate pole attachment rate models using FCC, state regulatory, and contractual methodologies. Evaluate utility rate proposals and calculate defensible pole attachment rates supporting AT&T's financial and regulatory objectives.
• →Rate Case Analysis and Regulatory Support: Perform financial, operational, and regulatory analyses supporting pole attachment rate cases, negotiations, audits, and disputes. Prepare analytical materials, testimony support, and documentation for Legal and Regulatory organizations.
• →Inventory and Invoice Validation: Lead inventory reconciliation and validation initiatives to ensure pole counts, billing records, and supporting documentation are accurate. Identify billing discrepancies, overcharges, and cost recovery opportunities while supporting audit and compliance efforts.
• →Financial Analysis and Cost Management: Conduct variance analysis, financial modeling, forecasting, and trend analysis related to pole attachment expenses. Develop business cases and recommendations that drive cost optimization and risk mitigation strategies.
• →Cross-Functional Collaboration and Subject-Matter Expertise: Serve as the internal expert on pole attachment rate methodologies, regulatory finance, and utility cost allocation principles. Provide guidance and consultation to Legal, Regulatory, Finance, Engineering, and Sourcing teams regarding rate development, contract interpretation, and regulatory requirements.
• →Negotiation and Stakeholder Support: Support negotiations with utilities and external stakeholders through analytical evaluations, financial assessments, and regulatory research. Assist in developing strategies to defend AT&T's interests in rate proceedings and contractual disputes.
• →Compliance and Governance: Ensure analyses, rate calculations, and validation activities comply with applicable federal, state, and local regulatory requirements, company policies, and contractual obligations. Maintain documentation standards supporting audits, regulatory filings, and litigation support.

As a Senior Network Project Management, you will be leading the development, validation, and strategic management of pole attachment rates, inventory reconciliation, invoice validation, and rate case analysis. Serves as AT&T's subject-matter expert in pole attachment rate modeling, regulatory finance, and cost-recovery methodologies, providing analytical and regulatory support to Legal, Regulatory, Finance, Engineering, and Sourcing organizations. Drives cost control initiatives, supports regulatory proceedings, strengthens AT&T's position in rate disputes and rate cases, and ensures accurate application of complex pole attachment agreements and regulatory frameworks.

An experienced professional with advanced expertise in utility rate development, regulatory finance, financial modeling, and pole attachment cost management. Resolves highly complex financial, regulatory, and contractual issues through application of advanced analytical techniques and industry knowledge. Serves as a recognized subject-matter expert, influencing strategic decisions across Legal, Regulatory, Finance, and Sourcing organizations. Leads critical initiatives with significant financial impact, operating independently while interacting frequently with senior leadership and external regulatory stakeholders.

Recognized expert in pole attachment rate development, utility cost allocation methodologies, and regulatory finance. Leads complex, high-value analytical initiatives supporting rate cases, utility negotiations, invoice validation programs, and compliance reviews. Provides strategic guidance to cross-functional teams, influences regulatory outcomes, mentors analysts, and drives enterprise-wide cost optimization and risk mitigation efforts.

This version better reflects the rate case, regulatory finance, pole attachment, inventory validation, invoice audit, and cost-reduction responsibilities described in the job summary while maintaining AT&T's standard job architecture.

• Required Experience:
  • 3 – 5 years of related experience in area of professional responsibility

• Desired Education:
  • Bachelor’s Degree (BS/BA) or equivalent experience preferred.

It is the policy of AT&T to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, AT&T will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. AT&T is a fair chance employer and does not initiate a background check until an offer is made.