Principal Technology Risk Engagement

AT&T; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 155,000 - 261,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision coverage

401(k) plan

Tuition reimbursement

Paid Time Off

Parental Leave

Disability Benefits

Employee discounts

Job summary

AT&T in Charlotte, NC seeks a Principal Technology Risk Engagement to drive complex risk remediation across technology domains and coordinate across security, resilience, governance, and funding stakeholders to ensure evidence-based risk reduction. The role demands 8+ years in technology risk, strong cross-functional leadership, and the ability to influence outcomes without direct authority.

Excellent communication and meticulous execution are essential.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in technology risk, cybersecurity, audit, governance, technology operations, resilience, or related disciplines.
• Experience leading cross-functional engagements in large enterprise environments.
• Strong program discipline: commitment tracking, stakeholder management, action management, and executive reporting.
• Experience evaluating remediation plans, validating control effectiveness, and assessing residual risk.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex risk remediation engagements across multiple organizations and technology domains.
• Drive accountability, action tracking, decision management, stakeholder coordination, and follow-through.
• Validate remediation plans to ensure root causes and control gaps are addressed.
• Coordinate evidence readiness, control validation, and residual risk assessments.
• Identify blockers, ownership gaps, evidence deficiencies, and commitment drift.
• Orchestrate actions, decisions, approvals, and assurance activities to achieve risk reduction.
• Prepare executive updates focused on risk posture and remediation progress.
• Escalate material issues threatening remediation outcomes.

Skills

Technology risk

Cross-functional leadership

Program discipline

Remediation validation

Influence without authority

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree preferred

Job description

This position requires Daily Office Presence in the listed location(s). No relocation assistance is provided.

Role Overview

The Principal Technology Risk Engagement drives complex technology risk remediation efforts from validated risk identification through measurable risk reduction. This role coordinates across technology, security, operations, resilience, governance, and funding stakeholders to ensure commitments are clear, actions are tracked, evidence is validated, and risk outcomes are achieved.

Success in this role requires strong risk judgment, disciplined execution, exceptional attention to detail, and relentless follow-through. The role is responsible for driving engagement rigor, stakeholder alignment, remediation readiness, and risk-outcome integrity.

This is not a delivery ownership role. Technology owners remain accountable for implementation. This role ensures remediation efforts remain structured, accountable, evidence-based, and focused on risk reduction.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead complex risk remediation engagements across multiple organizations and technology domains.
• Drive accountability, action tracking, decision management, stakeholder coordination, and follow-through.
• Validate remediation plans to ensure root causes and control gaps are addressed.
• Coordinate evidence readiness, control validation, and residual risk assessments.
• Identify blockers, ownership gaps, evidence deficiencies, and commitment drift.
• Orchestrate the actions, decisions, approvals, and assurance activities required to achieve validated risk reduction.
• Prepare executive-ready updates focused on risk posture, remediation progress, and residual risk.
• Escalate material issues that threaten successful remediation outcomes.
• Distinguish risk health from project health in all reporting and governance discussions.

Required Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in technology risk, cybersecurity, audit, governance, technology operations, resilience, or related disciplines.
• Experience leading complex cross-functional engagements in large enterprise environments.
• Strong program discipline, including commitment tracking, stakeholder management, action management, and executive reporting.
• Experience evaluating remediation plans, validating control effectiveness, and assessing residual risk.
• Proven ability to influence outcomes across organizations without direct authority.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Bachelor's degree preferred.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting large-scale technology remediation, audit response, resilience, lifecycle management, or risk reduction initiatives.
• Knowledge of NIST, COBIT, COSO, ITIL, ISO, ITAM, TLM, resilience, or related control frameworks.
• Certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CRISC, CGEIT, ITIL, PMP, or comparable technology risk credentials. Familiarity with applying Artificial Intelligence (AI)or Machine Learning (ML)techniques in cybersecurity contexts (e.g., anomaly detection, threat hunting, behavioral analytics, or risk scoring).

Our Principal Cybersecurity jobs earn between $155,400.00 - $261,100.00 USD Annual. Not to mention all the other amazing rewards that working at AT&T offers.

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: Charlotte, North Carolina, Dallas, Texas, USA:GA:Alpharetta / 500 North Point Pkwy - Adm (owned):500 North Point Pkwy

Salary Range: $155,400.00 - $261,100.00

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