Principal Advanced Data Analyst

AT&T; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 141,300 - 237,400; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision coverage

401(k) plan

Tuition reimbursement

Paid Time Off and Holidays

Paid Parental Leave

Disability Benefits

Employee discounts

Wellness programs

Job summary

AT&T is seeking a Principal Advanced Data Analyst to quantify benefits across initiatives and drive value through analytics. You will work with transformation leads and Finance to align methodologies and produce executive-ready insights.

The role emphasizes deriving actionable outcomes from complex data, building scalable models, and delivering dashboards that inform strategic decisions across mass markets initiatives.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in a quantitative field (Data Science, Math, Statistics, Engineering, Physics).
• 7+ years of related experience. Certification is required in some areas.
• Strong analytical rigor and executive-ready communication; ability to turn complex results into actionable insights.

Responsibilities

• Gather, analyze, and interpret diverse data sets to solve business problems and identify causal relationships; familiar with relational and data warehouse sources.
• Apply advanced statistical methods to quantify variances and support decision-making; build predictive models.
• Develop business cases and complex models using big data analytics tools for modeling and process integration.
• Develop dashboards and reports to advise partners on data patterns and strategic directions.

Skills

Data analysis

KPI development

Statistical methods

Education

Master's degree in quantitative field

Certification in some areas

Tools

Tableau

Power BI

Databricks

Snowflake

Azure

H2O Driverless AI

Job description

This position requires office presence of a minimum of 5 days per week and is only located in the location(s) posted. No relocation is offered.

At AT&T, we empower leaders to drive change in a fast evolving, connected world. Your strategic vision will help serve customers and transform lives through innovative solutions and impactful connections.

As a Principal Advanced Data Analyst your tasks may include, but are not limited to, the following:

• As a Principal Advanced Analytics, you’ll serve as the measurement engine behind the Mass Markets Transformation portfolio, quantifying benefits and business impact across initiatives, including AI-driven value.
• You’ll work side-by-side with transformation leads to define success upfront, translate project outcomes into measurable KPIs, and build the reporting and analytics needed to track value from launch through scale.
• You’ll also partner closely with Finance to align on methodology, ensure credibility of benefit claims, and create a consistent, repeatable approach to value measurement across the portfolio.
• Success in this role requires strong analytical rigor, clear executive-ready communication, comfort working across multiple initiatives, the ability to turn complex results into actionable insights that drive decisions, and strong financial and analytical skills.

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

• Data Analysis and Interpretation: Gather, analyze, and interpret diverse data sets to solve a variety of business problems, predict behaviors, and identify causal relationships, trigger points, and predictions. Well-versed with Relational (Ex- Oracle or MySQL) and/or Data Warehouse data storage (Ex- Snowflake or Databricks Delta Lake). Data sources including but not limited to internal and external sources, data lakes, data warehouses such as eCDW, BIDW, etc.
• Statistical Methods and Decision Support: Apply a range of advanced statistical methods to quantify data variances and uses traditional modeling techniques to support decision-making. Most common tools are Tableau, Palantir, PowerBI (AI Insights), Databricks, AWS Azure, Synapse, H2O Driverless AI, etc.
• Business Case Development and Analytics Tools: Develop business cases and create complex models utilizing big data analytics tools (Ex- Tableau, Power BI AI Insights, Databricks) for modeling and process integration, and to make recommendations for improvements to processes, financials, business models, etc. Build and test predictive models on various data samples and verifies their accuracy in real-world scenarios (Ex- Linear/Logistic Regression, Time Series).
• Reporting and Business Insights: Develop visualizations such as dashboards, reports, and charts, and advise business partners on data patterns and relationships to recommend strategic directions. Advise business partners with regard to patterns and relationships in data to recommend business direction or outcomes.

Supervisor:

• No

TCP Career Step Differentiator:

• Performs very complex advanced analytics work, creates new ways of analyzing data, builds very complex business models, and makes recommendations that impact an entire business unit or very large complex sector.

Education:

• Master's degree (MS/MA) desired from an accredited University in a Quantitative field of study such as Data Science, Math, Statistics, Engineering or Physics.

Experience:

• 7+ years of related experience.
• Certification is required in some areas.

Compensation and Benefits offered:

Our Principal Advanced Analyticsearns between$141,300 - $237,400 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:

Atlanta, Georgia, Dallas, Texas

Salary Range:

$141,300.00 - $237,400.00

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.