Sr. Strategy & Planning Manager

T-Mobile • Overland Park, KS

3d

About The Position

At T-Mobile, we invest in YOU! Our Total Rewards Package ensures that employees get the same big love we give our customers. All team members receive a competitive base salary and compensation package - this is Total Rewards. Employees enjoy multiple wealth-building opportunities through our annual stock grant, employee stock purchase plan, 401(k), and access to free, year-round money coaches. That’s how we’re UNSTOPPABLE for our employees! Job Overview The Senior Strategy & Planning Manager owns the development and execution of IT’s long-range strategic and operating plans, ensuring they are financially grounded, executable, and aligned to enterprise priorities. This role is accountable for translating IT strategy into actionable roadmaps, labor plans, and partner strategies that leadership relies on to make funding, staffing, and investment decisions. The role leads strategic initiatives to improve labor efficiency across IT by optimizing internal capacity, strategic partners, and delivery models. Success is measured by clear executive decision-making, improved labor efficiency, effective partner governance, and delivery of a credible multi-year IT roadmap that enables business outcomes. Why This Role Matters IT’s ability to deliver on enterprise priorities increasingly depends on how effectively labor, partners, and delivery models are planned, governed, and optimized. This role brings clarity, rigor, and accountability to how IT translates strategy into executable labor and partner plans, enabling leaders to make confident, timely investment and staffing decisions in a complex, fast-changing environment. Overview The Senior Strategy & Planning Manager plays a critical role in shaping and operationalizing the IT organization’s strategic direction. This role sits at the intersection of IT strategy, labor planning, and execution, ensuring long-range priorities can be delivered within complex, Agile-based technology environments. The role partners closely with IT leaders, Finance, Procurement, HR, and Enterprise teams to improve labor efficiency, strengthen delivery models, and govern strategic IT partners. The ideal candidate has deep experience operating across fragmented IT environments, understands SDLC and Agile development models, and is comfortable owning high-consequence executive deliverables. What Success Looks Like Within the first year, this role establishes a trusted, executive-level operating rhythm for IT labor and partner planning. Leadership has clear visibility into capacity, cost, and delivery tradeoffs, vendor performance is actively governed, and labor decisions are grounded in data rather than assumptions. Strategic plans are not only created, but consistently used to drive funding, staffing, and prioritization decisions. Candidate Profile This role is best suited for leaders who are comfortable operating in ambiguity, owning high-consequence deliverables, and driving outcomes in complex, federated IT environments.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree and 7+ years of related experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience
• 7–10 years of experience in IT strategy, program management, operations, consulting, or analytics
• Demonstrated experience working in SDLC and Agile development environments
• Proven ability to operate cross-functionally across IT, Finance, HR, and Procurement
• Strong financial planning, labor modeling, and analytical skills
• Executive-level communication and influence skills
• At least 18 years of age
• Legally authorized to work in the United States

Nice To Haves

• Experience leading IT labor cost-reduction, vendor roll-off, or workforce optimization initiatives with measurable financial impact
• Experience governing strategic IT partners or vendors
• Background operating within large, complex enterprise IT organizations

Responsibilities

• Executive Communication and Strategic Influence Own executive-ready strategic plans, multi-year roadmaps, and decision materials that directly inform IT funding, labor, and investment decisions. Clearly articulate labor tradeoffs, partner performance, and delivery risks to senior leaders, enabling faster and more confident decision-making. Serve as a trusted thought partner to IT executives on long-range planning and organizational effectiveness.
• Strategic Planning and Labor Efficiency Own the development and maintenance of IT’s multi-year strategic roadmap and operating plan. Lead IT labor planning across internal teams and strategic partners, translating demand, capacity, and cost inputs into actionable workforce and sourcing plans. Drive cross-functional initiatives focused on labor cost reduction, delivery model optimization, and improved utilization across internal and external resources.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration and Delivery Enablement Partner across IT, Finance, HR, Procurement, and Enterprise teams to align strategy, labor, and execution. Operate effectively within SDLC and Agile development environments to ensure plans align to delivery realities. Lead cross-functional initiatives that require influence without authority and coordination across multiple IT domains.
• Partner Governance and Financial Management Partner with FP&A to support budget oversight, labor governance, and long-range cost planning. Establish and operate governance mechanisms with strategic IT vendors, including performance reviews, QBRs, financial tracking, and corrective action planning. Use data-driven insights to identify cost drivers, capacity gaps, and optimization opportunities.

Benefits

• employees get the same big love we give our customers
• competitive base salary and compensation package
• Total Rewards
• multiple wealth-building opportunities through our annual stock grant, employee stock purchase plan, 401(k), and access to free, year-round money coaches
• 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
• mobile service & home internet discounts, pet insurance, and access to commuter and transit programs!

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees