Director, Product & Engineering

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. Direct reporting line includes team(s) of Product Manager(s), Product Owner(s), technical and solution architecture, DevOps management, UI / UX, Test, as well as full stack Software Development. The Director is usually directly or indirectly responsible toward the achievement or improvement of Digital business product metrics and directly responsible for technology metrics.

As a strategist and visionary for Mobile App product portfolio or platform, the Director develops the deepest level understanding of customer (internal or external) needs and wants, as well as the Digital T-Mobile Company metrics their products are meant to influence and defines product portfolio and technology strategy to meet those customer needs and wants / positively impact business metrics. This strategy extends beyond the Mobile App product and technology to include strategy and Org design for the organization as well. In this way Director is also responsible for attracting, hiring, retaining a high performing, full stack, team of Product Managers, Software Developers, architects, other members of technical staff, and Directors / Managers to support products and platforms. Finally, Directors are also directly accountable for developing strong and productive relationships outside your direct teams with Customer or Customer representative teams, partner organizations, dependent technology teams, and supporting vendors.

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. This covers individual product & technology strategy as well as overarching strategy for Mobile App portfolio / platform(s).
• May also be accountable and responsible for the business strategy (revenue, growth), depending on the product.
• 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, methods and frequency of customer research and feedback, ROI analysis / funding, including identification and remediation of possible gaps.
• Works with customer teams and leadership to install manageable, lean funding and budget process. Ensures team activities, scope, priorities align with funding and budgeted priorities.
• 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.
• Regularly conducts organizational design thinking / strategy to best structure the team and leverage resources, using a mix of employee, managed services, and other partners where applicable. This includes periodic review of current and anticipated aggregate staffing capacity.
• Develops and maintains culture, process, and consistent action for continuous improvement across Agile teams.
• Supports learning and adoption of Lean principles and processes within Product Management team.
• Maintains knowledge of new developments in area of specialty and incorporates these innovations where appropriate. Drives innovation, thought leadership, improvement, and adoption of industry leading practices in areas of Customer Innovation, Customer Experience, Scaled Agile Product Delivery, Lean Product Delivery, CI / CT / CD, cloud, microservices / container architecture.
• Accountable for department budget, delivery, and service performance, optimizing cost of service delivery, ensuring services are meeting or exceeding service levels.
• Contribute to overall IT strategy, policies, and processes.
• Define frameworks and enable capabilities to support development teams in modernizing legacy application architecture and infrastructure to empower CI/CD

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. This includes:
• Product Backlog structure and prioritization, process.
• ◦Participation in Big Room (Program Increment) planning, and other major Agile sessions and ceremonies.
• ◦Customer reviews and demos.
• ◦Customer and Leadership level communications.
• Fosters strong working relationships with high dependency delivery teams outside of reporting vertical (Engineering, other IT teams outside immediate reporting structure).
• Responsible for technical operations of software, 24/7 response, telemetry, overall health of products, and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) operational functions.
• Supports team response or fields and responds. forwards customer or Leadership escalations, as appropriate.
• Drives cost out of systems operations and maintains critical technology roadmaps in place to continue to adapt to new technologies.
• Leads and directs the continual improvement of enterprise-scale services, processes, and tools.
• Ensures effective collaboration between IT teams.
• Assists direct reports with ongoing prioritization and resource allocation to ensure scope and outcomes are delivered.
• Develops and implements staff and operations model to support systems for efficient, continuous availability.
• Creates and executes key vendor contracts as owner.
• Manages key (larger scale) vendor relationships and delivery accountabilities.
• Drives appropriate customer communication, response, and support to identify, determine root cause, resolve production defects and issues, or other operational issue.

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.
• Regularly observes and creates opportunities to observe direct reports and note positive, as well as constructive feedback. Shares and reviews feedback with their direct reports in a timely manner.
• Gathers regular feedback about direct report performance, relationships, etc. from skip level employees, Agile teams, customer teams and synthesizes the information into meaningful, actionable feedback for their direct report(s).
• Develops formal and informal performance reviews in accordance with company or IT driven timelines. Ensures proper, fair, calibrated, timely completion of formal performance reviews across all Managers and skip level employees.
• Develops or contributes to creation of development plans for each direct report and performs an active role in completion of actions noted in those development plans. Active succession plans for the team are a part of this activity.
• Creates, communicates, and monitors formal performance improvement plan (PIP) when necessary and appropriate.
• Provides regular, timely coaching lateral (peer) and upward feedback. Fosters culture in team to enable regular, timely, constructive upward feedback.
• Fosters strong, collaborative relationships with customer and customer representative groups at all levels for self and Product team.
• Hire, manage, and develop a team of high performing Senior Managers, Managers, and individual contributors.
• Lead team through change, motivating and inspiring teams to do their best work, and develop the team’s knowledge and ability to deliver on its mission.

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 with skip level employees in Product Management organization.
• Relevant Product Management experience in an agile software product development environment. Advanced level understanding of customer experience.
• Demonstrates complete mastery of business side skills (communication, customer research, product vision, feature definition), as well as technical architecture, Dev, and execution skills.
• Mastery level (industry leading) understanding of Digital customer experience.
• Mastery level understanding of platform technologies and components such as security, performance, optimization, API integration.
• Experience in delivering large and complex business/technology initiatives.
• In-depth subject matter expertise in several core wireless technology related areas.
• Proven success in directing matrixed resources and delivering software, with Agile Scrum methodologies and other commonly used tools, across multiple teams.
• Mastery of requirements elicitation and writing skills including the ability to write concisely and clearly for different audiences.
• Experience with Agile backlog/project management tools.
• Experience with successive elaboration and ability to develop Initiatives, Features and User Stories that the DevOps teams can ingest.
• Proven ability to communicate with Leadership effectively and efficiently, technical, and non-technical audiences while employing a high degree of collaboration and influence.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with ability to present complex technical information in a clear and concise manner to a variety of audiences including executives and non-technical leaders.
• Experience with embedded mobile software platforms, and SW platforms such as Android, iOS, and Windows Phone. Previous experience working with mobile applications, OEMs and chipset manufacturers.
• Strong analytical skills with demonstrated ability to identify/analyze/synthesize product use data and use the data to drive decisions.

• At least 18 years of age
• Legally authorized to work in the United States

Travel:
Travel Required (Yes/No):

DOT Regulated:
DOT Regulated Position (Yes/No):No
Safety Sensitive Position (Yes/No):No
 

Base Pay Range: $182,200 - $246,400

Corporate Bonus Target: 25%

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, so the actual starting pay will vary within this range. Most Corporate employees are eligible for a year-end bonus based on company and/or individual performance and which is set at a percentage of the employee’s eligible earnings in the prior year.

At T-Mobile, our benefits exemplify the spirit of One Team, Together! A big part of how we care for one another is working to ensure our benefits evolve to meet the needs of our team members. Full and part-time employees have access to the same benefits when eligible. We cover all of the bases, offering medical, dental and vision insurance, a flexible spending account, 401(k), employee stock grants, employee stock purchase plan, paid time off and up to 12 paid holidays - which total about 4 weeks for new full-time employees and about 2.5 weeks for new part-time employees annually - paid parental and family leave, family building benefits, back-up care, enhanced family support, childcare subsidy, tuition assistance, college coaching, short- and long-term disability, voluntary AD&D coverage, voluntary accident coverage, voluntary life insurance, voluntary disability insurance, and voluntary long-term care insurance. We don't stop there - eligible employees can also receive mobile service & home internet discounts, pet insurance, and access to commuter and transit programs! To learn about T-Mobile’s amazing benefits, check out www.t-mobilebenefits.com.

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As part of the T-Mobile team, you know the Un-carrier doesn’t have a corporate ladder–it’s more like a jungle gym of possibilities! We love helping our employees grow in their careers, because it’s that shared drive to aim high that drives our business and our culture forward. By applying for this career opportunity, you’re living our values while investing in your career growth–and we applaud it. You’re unstoppable!

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