Manager, Systems Design Engineering

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Job Overview
Are you ready to join the un-carrier movement? Do you enjoy working on products with direct customer impact? Are you looking for a team of high performers to help expand your skills and experience? Can you bring Un-carrier to everything you do? Do you think outside of the box and aren't afraid to break the rules?
T-Mobile's systems design and strategy team deploys a wide variety of technologies that change how millions of users connect and interact with one another. We work on virtually every area of the business including datacenters, call centers, retail stores, remote business office, legacy DACS, 3G,4G, circuit switched, VOLTE, VILTE, OTT, etc. using analytics, tools and automation to minimize the time to market and maximize our competitive edge.
As a Senior Manager of Systems Design and Strategy, you provide technical leadership to major projects and manage a team of managers and/or design engineers. You manage your project goals, contribute to product strategy, help develop your team and oversee the deployment of large-scale projects across multiple sites.
We operate in a fast-paced environment using agile methodology with a high degree of focus on execution and speed to market. We encourage innovation and expect high level of ownership throughout the deployment life cycle.

Job Responsibilities:

• Technical Expertise: Strong background in 3G/4G/5G wireless communications systems and architectures and telecom networks, protocols and infrastructures as well as IP and cloud. Robust understanding of complex networks and architecture solutions and how new technologies may impact the performance and architecture of the network. Significant experience in designing wireless telecommunications coverage, capacity, or functional architectures in an optimal way to maximize performance and brand differentiation, minimize cost of ownership and establish multi-year financial outlook. Deep understanding of what network aspects drives customer quality of experience for various services. Meaningful experience working with field and regional engineering teams to do network capacity planning and work with design teams using call models and data usage scenarios to support existing and forecasted subscriber growth while managing cost and optimizing network architecture. Experience with VoLTE and LTE nodes interworking, capacity modelling for radio network, quality of service parameters and dimensioning of SDN/NFV nodes. Experience leading initiatives that manage network cost and performance impacts company business metrics. Substantial experience managing operational and capital budgets to make sound business decisions including asset classification and NPV calculations. Demonstrates usage of technology to solve business problems, ability to do cost/benefit trade-off analysis for technology and develop business cases to justify investment in technology. Solid understanding of the end to end 3G / 4G / 5G Wireless architecture and functional properties. Technical variance of different wireless systems- 3G,4G, circuit switched, VOLTE, VILTE, OTT, etc. Experience in developing technical presentations, business case development, Executive briefings, vendor presentations, etc.
• Relationship Building: Seeks out strategic relationships that will increase team output, process accuracy, improve time to market and customer experience. Establishes and contributes to beneficial shared goals cross-functional teams. Leverages the capabilities, insights, and ideas of others. Manages relationships with vendors. Demonstrates trust.
• Inspirational Leadership: Demonstrates integrity. Delivers feedback and develops team members and managers. Inspires employees to achieve business results. Uses leadership experiences to guide direct reports and team members. Creates a culture of recognition and elevates team visibility.
• Strategic Thinking: Facilitates goal creation for the broader function and works with managers to cascade goals to team. Communicates organizational direction through goal setting and alignment. Measures deliverables to determine success of goals, gain input from stakeholders, and modify action plan.
• Results Focus: Creates urgency by setting high standards for self and others to meet goals. Demonstrates a customer first attitude by keeping commitments and holding employees accountable. Plans, identifies, communicates, and delegates appropriate responsibilities to