Lead Real Estate - Technical Portfolio Strategy and Analytics

About the Role

This position supports AT&T’s national technical real estate portfolio by managing technical portfolio strategy, including critical date and lease obligation solutioning, financial forecasting, scenario analysis, and cross-functional execution support. The role requires an enterprise view, creative strategic thinking, and the ability to build influence and consensus across the business. You will partner with Transaction Management, Legal, Network, Finance, brokers, and regional teams to convert complex technical portfolio data into actionable strategies, approvals, and execution plans.

This role is based in Dallas, Texas, and requires a minimum of 5 days per week in-office presence. No relocation is offered.

Responsibilities

• Critically manage and rethink how the technical real estate portfolio is operated in a shifting industry and market climate.
• Own and maintain the technical portfolio critical date and lease obligation management process, including upcoming expirations, options, notice dates, retained rights, and escalation triggers.
• Develop financial forecasts, business cases, and scenario models for technical leases, sales, exits, renewals, relocations, and monetization opportunities.
• Support decommissions and disposition strategy through diligence packs, risk registers, business case support, stakeholder summaries, and decision-ready recommendations.
• Partner with Transaction Management, Legal, Network, and brokers to gather requirements, validate assumptions, and support execution of complex technical real estate strategies.
• Create clear portfolio dashboards, executive summaries, business case and approval materials, and Plan of Record updates for leadership review.
• Use AI and automation tools to improve information gathering, including lease abstraction, obligation tracking, reporting, workflow triage, document drafting, and recurring process management.
• Support industrial, warehouse, tower, and work center strategy when workload requires cross-coverage.
• Maintain documentation and repeatable processes to reduce dependency on individual institutional knowledge.
• Contribute to AT&T’s compliance with environmental laws and regulations as applicable to the job function, including work related to fuel tanks, generators, hazardous waste, construction projects, and emissions.

Requirements

• Strong commercial real estate, portfolio strategy, lease administration, transaction management, or technical real estate experience.
• Creative mindset willing to challenge the status quo and drive change.
• Ability to interpret leases, critical dates, retained rights, options, obligations, and financial impacts.
• Financial modeling and forecasting capability, including scenario analysis, cost/savings projections, and business case development.
• Comfort working with technical stakeholders, network teams, legal partners, brokers, and executive audiences.
• High proficiency with Excel, SharePoint, PowerPoint, workflow tools, and AI-enabled productivity tools.
• Strong written communication skills with the ability to produce concise, executive-ready narratives and influential materials.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree (BS/BA) desired.
• 5+ years of related experience.
• Certification may be required in some areas.

Pay

Individual starting salary within the range of $118,800.00 - $178,200.00 USD annually, depending on geography, experience, expertise, and education/training.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and 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 and caregiver leave.
• Additional sick leave beyond state and local requirements (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, accessories, internet (and fiber where available), and phone services.

Schedule

• Full-time (40 hours per week).
• Regular time type.