Sr Manager, Systems Architecture Eng

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Job Overview:

The pace of change is evolving faster than ever and so is how we plan engineer and deploy. This role sits at the intersection of that change leading strategy and business operations within the Network Deployment & Initiatives team in the Network Infrastructure & Operations organization. The Sr. Manager determines and enables hardware deployment readiness integrating deployment process and strategy with financial and operational planning to deliver outcomes that shape deployment efficiency.

More importantly this leader is accountable for building and developing a high-performing team of Senior engineers. Success comes from coaching and empowering engineers to take ownership grow as technical leaders and operate with a high-agency mindset moving with urgency incorporating AI into how they work and defining new approaches before theres a playbook. The Sr. Manager provides direction and removes obstacles while enabling the team to own execution and drive outcomes.

T-Mobile is building a world-class hardware deployment organization the highest quality most efficient and most cost-optimized in the industry and this Sr. Manager will lead the way.

Job Responsibilities:

• Build develop and inspire a high-performing team of Senior engineers; foster a culture of accountability ownership innovation and continuous growth.
• Continuously improve team processes tools operational efficiency and delivery velocity building systems that scale.
• Own the organizational capex budget
• Define deployment process and approach for pre-GA technologies and emerging capabilities
• Drive AI integration across team workflows tooling and operations as a current expectation not a future aspiration.
• Build and sustain trusted partnerships with stakeholders across internal and external partners; influence outcomes across organizational boundaries.
• Develop engineers into cross-org technical leaders who drive direction and decisions beyond their immediate scope.
• Communicate strategy progress and risk to senior and executive leadership with clarity and business context.

Education and Work Experience:

• Bachelors Degree and/or 8 years of related experience OR Advanced degree with 6 years (Required)
• Computer Science Engineering or related field(Preferred)
• 5 years of People Management experience including leading Senior level engineers (Preferred)
• Technical background in IP networking systems architecture or infrastructure engineering (Preferred)
• Experience managing organizational budgets and making investment trade-offs (Preferred)
• Experience with external technology vendor partnerships and negotiations (Preferred)

• Engineering Leadership & Talent Development Builds and develops high-performing Senior technical teams; coaches engineers into cross-org leaders; creates cultures of accountability innovation and growth.
• Strategic Thinking & Long-Range Planning Determines standards strategy and efficiencies for hardware deployment. Turns long-horizon goals into actionable roadmaps; balances near-term delivery with long-term capability building in fast-moving environments.
• Technical Credibility Sufficient technical depth to earn the trust of Senior engineers; guides architectural decisions and accelerates problem-solving without being the executor.
• High Agency & Adaptability Moves with urgency; creates clarity in undefined spaces including pre-GA technologies and greenfield capability areas; builds teams that share this orientation.
• AI Integration & Innovation Actively integrates AI tools into engineering workflows and team operations today; builds a culture that experiments and operates at the frontier of emerging technology.
• Organizational Influence Influences decisions and aligns outcomes across NIO T-Mobile leadership and external partners; credible with technical and non-technical audiences at all levels.
• Financial & Resource Management Manages organizational budgets and resource allocation with rigor; translates financial decisions into business impact for leadership.
• Communication & Executive Presence Communicates complex strategy clearly and concisely; consistently builds confidence with senior and executive stakeholders.
• Operational Excellence Designs processes that allow teams to scale; manages competing priorities with discipline; drives continuous improvement in delivery and execution.
• Vendor Management Selects vendor partners capable of matching a world-class cost-optimized deployment standard; holds partners accountable for performance and outcomes driving them toward genuine operational maturity; builds oversight structures that scale without compromising quality or schedule.

• 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: $152800 - $275800

Corporate Bonus Target: 20%

The pay range above is the general base pay range for a successful candidate in the role. The successful candidates actual pay will be based on various factors such as work location qualifications and experience so the actual starting pay will vary within this range.

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