SVP Legal- Litigation

T-Mobile•Washington, DC

1d•$338,200 - $457,600

About The Position

T-Mobile is in pursuit of exceptional talent to join our executive team. We’re committed to excellence and innovation, and we are on the lookout for a leader who can steer our company towards new heights of success. In this pivotal role, you will be responsible for driving strategic initiatives and leading a talented team of professionals. The ideal candidate will possess a proven track record of success, demonstrating a keen ability to navigate complex challenges and capitalize on emerging opportunities. As a key member of our executive team, you will play a crucial role in shaping and executing our organizational strategy and contributing to our continued growth and market leadership. Join us in our commitment to driving innovation, inspiring collaboration, fostering a positive company culture, and achieving unparalleled success. The Senior Vice President, Litigation, reporting to the Chief Legal Officer & General Counsel, will be responsible for leading the legal team focused on Government Investigations, Business & Consumer Litigation, Antitrust, Intellectual Property, Digital Information & Governance (DIG). The successful candidate will be a key member of the Legal Department leadership team and will work and partner closely with Senior Executive business leaders across the company. This leader must be a highly effective strategic thinker and tactical implementer with a history of delivering results. This SVP will lead and manage a large in-house team of professionals, along with a select group of outside counsel.

Requirements

Juris Doctor (JD) degree required and active state bar license.
12+ years of extensive experience leading complex, high-stakes litigation, including matters involving billions of dollars in risk exposure.
Experience managing government investigations, antitrust matters, intellectual property, and labor & employment matters.
Demonstrated experience advising C-suite executives and senior leadership on legal strategy and risk mitigation.
Experience managing outside counsel relationships, negotiating outside counsel rates, and managing a legal department budget.
Proven experience leading and developing legal teams, including organizational design and succession planning.
Experience driving adoption of AI and other technologies within a legal function.
Sophisticated, nuanced strategic thinking and sound legal judgment.
Ability to build trusted relationships with and influence senior executives, driving alignment on complex, high-stakes issues.
Strong communicator, able to distill complex legal and risk topics for executive and board-level audiences.
Collaborative, yet decisive under pressure.
Comfortable operating with significant autonomy and ownership over high-stakes decisions.
Agile and adaptive in a fast-changing legal, regulatory, and business environment.
Analytical problem solver who balances legal risk with business objectives.
Ability to prioritize and manage multiple complex, concurrent matters.

Responsibilities

Active member of the Legal Affairs Leadership Team.
Builds and sustains a broad network of trusted relationships within T-Mobile, establishing a reputation for credibility, reliability, and collaborative partnership that amplifies their impact and the team’s effectiveness.
Build a broad network of trusted external relationships.
Has the analytical abilities, insights, and experience to counsel and guide the company on pressing legal, regulatory and compliance matters within their domain, including in consultation with GC.
Ensures the team has fluency in AI and drives adoption of technology (including AI) that can improve quality and cost-effectiveness within Legal Affairs group.
Actively drives the company’s business objectives related to their functional area with the tools, resources, and expertise available to the Legal Affairs department.
Helps convey the company’s strategic vision and culture to their team to activate and support a healthy, aligned, and highly effective department.
Assembles, leads, and inspires a talented and high-functioning leadership team.
The architect of organizational design strategies within their organization.
Has a vision for where their organization is headed and well-developed understanding of how the work of the department, and the demands it faces, may change, grow, or retract.
Manages budget, resources, and workforce planning strategies across their team and function, making informed trade-offs to optimize cost, quality, and business impact.
Communicates with clarity, conviction, and executive presence across a range of audiences and settings – adapting style and message to connect effectively whether speaking to their team, business clients, senior leadership, or external counterparts in their domain.
Operates with strong executive discipline – managing time, priorities, and workload with the structure and efficiency expected of a senior leader across a complex, high-demand portfolio.
Serves as a skilled and credible negotiator on legal matters within their domain, balancing legal risk and business objectives to drive favorable outcomes for the company.
Maintains deep and current expertise in Litigation, Labor and Employment, Antitrust & Intellectual Property, providing sound, practical legal counsel that reflects both command of the law and a sophisticated understanding of the business context in which legal issues arise.