Senior Marketing Media Manager

T-Mobile•Bellevue, WA

14d•Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Marketing Media Manager is a leadership role within the Media Operations & Partnerships team, responsible for overseeing a significant portion of T-Mobile's media investment portfolio. This role partners closely with the in-house media team, agency, and cross-functional stakeholders to establish and manage the governance, processes, and operating framework for key media partnerships. Success requires a strong understanding of the media landscape, effective project management, and the ability to foster collaboration and innovation. The individual will lead the annual endeavor planning process, a major enterprise media value initiative. The ideal candidate is experienced in the media industry, excels at building relationships, managing complex priorities, navigating ambiguity, and is highly organized and self-directed. They are passionate about improving processes, embracing AI and automation, and possess strong communication, collaboration, and influencing skills.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in Business, Marketing, Communications, or related field (Required)
7-10 years of media management experience in consumer products; agency media planning experience strongly preferred.
Experience leading complex, cross-functional initiatives involving multiple stakeholders, driving alignment and successful execution.
Experience establishing governance, processes, or operating frameworks that improve consistency, accountability, and execution.
Deep understanding of the media landscape, including experience working with media partners to build collaborative relationships that drive business value.
Proven ability to build trusted relationships, influence without direct authority, and drive alignment across diverse internal and external stakeholders.
Demonstrated ability to lead complex, cross-functional initiatives, coordinate multiple workstreams, and ensure successful delivery through strong planning and execution.
Experience developing and implementing governance, processes, and operating frameworks that improve consistency, accountability, and execution.
Demonstrated experience leveraging AI and automation tools to improve productivity, simplify processes, and enable more efficient ways of working.
Highly organized with the ability to manage multiple priorities, maintain attention to detail, and deliver high-quality work in a fast-paced environment.
Thrives in evolving environments, embraces change, and continuously seeks opportunities to improve team processes and outcomes.
At least 18 years of age.
Legally authorized to work in the United States.

Nice To Haves

Agency media planning experience

Responsibilities

Evolve and oversee T-Mobile's media partner management framework, driving consistent adoption, governance, and continuous improvement.
Steward the end-to-end annual endeavor process, including strategy development, briefing, negotiation, approvals, and ongoing management to maximize enterprise media value.
Partner with the Media Enablement team to modernize media partnership operations by identifying opportunities to leverage AI, automation, and scalable workflows.
Develop and manage internal and external partner communication processes that drive timely engagement, clearly defined roles and responsibilities, and seamless stakeholder coordination.
Serve as the first point of contact for media partnership inquiries, leveraging a broad understanding of partner relationships and stakeholder roles.
Lead the development of briefs to support partner meetings for senior leaders and executives.
Lead or support cross-functional initiatives, special projects, and ad hoc requests.
Drive quality assurance across media partnership operations, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and reliability of key deliverables, processes, and communications.