Principal Product Management & Develop - Cost Optimization Management

Key Responsibilities

• Lead planning to ensure product retirement activities deliver measurable cost reduction.
• Map product-related costs to ensure costs are eliminated as products are eliminated or reduced in scope, function, or support.
• Identify cost savings opportunities across vendors, systems, processes, and internal support models.
• Conduct needs assessments and gap analyses to support cost retirement and optimization efforts.
• Develop roadmaps and action plans to drive cost reduction initiatives.
• Define, track, and report KPIs tied to savings realization and retirement progress.
• Create dashboards and reporting mechanisms to monitor cost impacts, risks, and dependencies.
• Partner with finance, product, operations, sourcing, and technology teams to validate and execute plans.
• Identify systems and process solutions that improve cost visibility, tracking, and savings realization.

Qualifications / Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business, Operations, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of experience in cost management, financial planning, product operations, business operations, transformation, or strategic program management.
• Experience supporting product retirement, operational cost reduction, business transformation, or financial optimization initiatives.
• Proven ability to map costs, analyze financial impacts, and identify savings opportunities across products, services, systems, and vendors.
• Experience building roadmaps, conducting gap assessments, and driving cross-functional execution.
• Strong understanding of KPI development, reporting, and performance tracking.
• Experience working across finance, sourcing, operations, product, and technology organizations.
• PMP, Lean, Six Sigma, Agile, or related certification is a plus.

Benefits

Our Principal Product Management & Develop jobs earn between $141,300.00 - $237,400.00 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