Sr Manager, Systems Architecture Eng

T-Mobile•Bellevue, WA

1d•$152,800 - $275,800•Onsite

About The Position

This role sits at the intersection of 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 there’s 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.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree and/or 8 years of related experience, OR Advanced degree with 6 years (Required)
At least 18 years of age
Legally authorized to work in the United States

Nice To Haves

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)

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.