T-Mobile is in pursuit of exceptional talent to join our executive team. We’re committed to excellence and innovation, and we are on the lookout for a leader who can steer our company towards new heights of success. In this pivotal role, you will be responsible for driving strategic initiatives and leading a talented team of professionals. The ideal candidate will possess a proven track record of success, demonstrating a keen ability to navigate complex challenges and capitalize on emerging opportunities. As a key member of our executive team, you will play a crucial role in shaping and executing our organizational strategy and contributing to our continued growth and market leadership. Join us in our commitment to driving innovation, inspiring collaboration, fostering a positive company culture, and achieving unparalleled success.
Job Overview
Director, Product & Engineering is a dynamic role responsible for equal parts vision and strategy, technical solution delivery, and leadership, coaching and growth of an equally dynamic product and software development team. More specifically, Director, Product & Engineering is responsible for technology vision, ideation, design, influencing product roadmap and technical build, support and maintenance, innovation and improvement of a Mobile App product portfolio or platform, as well as the supporting technology capabilities and infrastructure that support that product or platform in an Agile driven environment. Most often leading teams of 100+ FTE., as well as large teams of onshore and offshore contracting companies, and managing CAPEX / OPEX budget $15M - $50M.
The Director is usually directly or indirectly responsible toward the achievement or improvement of Digital business product metrics and directly responsible for technology metrics.
Job Responsibilities:
Strategy, Vision, Analysis:
- Develops and maintains strategic partnerships with Digital stakeholders, senior internal customers within and outside of technology organization. Intimately understands Digital business strategies, generates new ideas, and develops a full stack Mobile App product and technology strategy that is appropriately aligned.
- Creates, owns, plans, and manages a portfolio of high-quality Mobile App products & services through a lifecycle of envisioning / investing / innovating / sustaining / retiring. Defines KPI’s and metrics to measure Product and technical performance.
- Responsible for both internal and external software development (in all aspects of cycle) required to deliver products.
- Provides review and guidance to Product Management team on product vision, strategy, roadmap for product(s) or group of products.
- Regularly cascades to direct reports Vision, Strategy, and goal-based communications from executive and direct leadership.
- Develops change management and communications plans and executes or drives execution connected with internal change initiatives originated by direct leadership or IT leadership.
- Maintains knowledge of new developments in area of specialty and incorporates these innovations where appropriate.
- Accountable for department budget, delivery, and service performance, optimizing cost of service delivery.
- Contribute to overall IT strategy, policies, and processes.
- Define frameworks and enable capabilities to support development teams in modernizing legacy application architecture and infrastructure.
Business & Technical Execution:
- Oversee, control, and manage budget of capex/opex $15M - $50M.
- Regularly provides review and guidance to Digital stakeholders on execution related responsibilities.
- Fosters strong working relationships with high dependency delivery teams outside of reporting vertical.
- Responsible for technical operations of software, 24/7 response, telemetry, overall health of products.
- Drives cost out of systems operations and maintains critical technology roadmaps.
Leadership, Coaching, and Relationships:
- Creates clear and measurable goals for team aligned to company, department, functional area objectives.
- Supports 5 – 10 (max) persons in direct reporting relationship; most often direct reports are Senior Managers representing full stack teams from product, architecture, development, UI/UX, etc.
- Conducts regular 1:1’s with direct reports.
- Develops formal and informal performance reviews in accordance with company or IT driven timelines.
- Creates, communicates, and monitors formal performance improvement plan (PIP) when necessary and appropriate.
- Fosters strong, collaborative relationships with customer and customer representative groups at all levels.
- Hire, manage, and develop a team of high performing Senior Managers, Managers, and individual contributors.
Other Responsibilities:
- May be required to serve or execute the role of Product Manager for a specific product or group of products.
- May be assigned and responsible for other Duties/Projects as determined by business management or Leadership, as needed.
Enough about us let’s talk about you:
- 6 – 8 years of Mobile App Product Development experience in an agile software product development environment.
- 5 – 8 years’ experience managing teams of 5 or more Manager level direct reports.
- Relevant Product Management experience in an agile software product development environment.
- Demonstrates complete mastery of business side skills, as well as technical architecture, Dev, and execution skills.
- Proven success in directing matrixed resources and delivering software, with Agile Scrum methodologies.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with ability to present complex technical information in a clear and concise manner.
- Experience with embedded mobile software platforms, and SW platforms such as Android, iOS, and Windows Phone.
- Strong analytical skills with demonstrated ability to identify/analyze/synthesize product use data and use the data to drive decisions.
Minimum Requirements:
- At least 18 years of age
- Legally authorized to work in the United States
Travel: Travel Required (Yes/No): Yes
DOT Regulated: DOT Regulated Position (Yes/No): No
Base Pay Range: $182,200 - $246,400
The pay range above is the general base pay range for a successful candidate in the role. The successful candidate’s actual pay will be based on various factors, such as qualifications and experience.
At T-Mobile, our benefits exemplify the spirit of One Team, Together! We cover all of the bases, offering medical, dental and vision insurance, a flexible spending account, 401(k), employee stock grants, and more.
T-Mobile USA, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All decisions concerning the employment relationship will be made without regard to any protected status.
Talent comes in all forms at the Un-carrier. If you are an individual with a disability and need reasonable accommodation at any point in the application or interview process, please let us know.
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