Sr. Director, AI & Data Engineering

T-Mobile; Factoria (WA); On-site; USD 243,000 - 329,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental/vision insurance

401(k)

Stock plans

Paid time off

Job summary

T-Mobile is seeking a Sr. Director of AI & Data Engineering to lead architecture, design, development, and deployment of data and AI products across Finance, Procurement and Supply Chain.

The role drives scalable patterns, data pipelines, and Lakehouse enhancements to support business decisions and enterprise goals. The ideal candidate brings 10–15+ years in strategy and architecture, 7+ years in leadership, and deep experience with cloud platforms and data ecosystems.

Qualifications

• Vision, strategy, and execution of data/product initiatives with measurable business impact.
• Facilitate data-driven decisions through KPI tracking and cross-functional collaboration.
• Customer-centric product development with IT and business partners to ensure data availability.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end data and AI production solutions in the cloud using enterprise design patterns.
• Set strategic direction for end-to-end information solutions across FP&SC.
• Promote innovative AI products with business and tech stakeholders.
• Evaluate new software/packages to deliver reliable, scalable data and AI products.
• Lead and mentor teams to sustain high performance and value delivery.

Skills

Vision & strategy

Data-driven mindset

Customer centricity

Best practices

Team leadership

Education

CS/Engineering degree

Tools

Cloud platforms

Data tools

AI/ML frameworks

Job description

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 Sr. Director of AI & Data Engineering leads the architecture, design, development, and implementation of end-to-end data and AI products across the Finance, Procurement and Supply Chain organization and will establish excellence strategically and operationally as we deliver on the following –

• Establishing scalable patterns aligned with T-Mobile northstar architecture
• Data Ingest / Egress (pipeline development and system integrations)
• Data Product Development (against a data model reflecting FP&SC business process)
• Data Platform Development (enhancing FP&SC COE's Lakehouse to continue to follow best practices)

In this capacity, the Sr. Director is focused on supporting business decisions through the sustainment of existing platforms and the development and deployment of intelligent data products, platforms, capabilities, architectures, information products and AI products that drive business outcomes.

Un-carrier Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture, design, development, and implementation of production ready solutions, ensuring they are robust, scalable, and secure in the cloud using defined enterprise design patterns.
• Establish and drive the strategic direction for end-to-end information solutions in alignment with strategic priorities and enterprise direction; and l ead a leadership team in solving enterprise issues concerning information management to improve information quality, reliability, and scalability.
• Promote the development of innovative products, such as AI, in collaboration with business and technology stakeholders.
• Support investigation of new software packages/vendors, platforms, and capabilities to deliver quality, reliable, and scalable information, and AI products.
• Lead and support other business initiatives across the team with flexibility and a willingness to pitch and bring added value.

The Experience You’ll Bring

• Activate vision & strategy: Demonstrated success building and leading vision, strategy, and execution of foundational data and information product initiatives, including experience with driving successful platform adoption programs, with the ability to demonstrate the business impact of such initiatives. Assess the business impact of different solutions and the trade-offs between customer needs, technology requirements and costs.
• Data driven mindset: you know that everything built must be measured to understand its impact on the business and drive your teams to build with that in mind. Experience facilitating data driven decisions is critical as you analyze, plan, and manage the development of information products. A deep understanding and passion for solving complex system and data challenges and desire to thrive in a constantly innovating, changing and collaborative environment.
• Customer centricity: you understand that customer behavior and sentiment must be well understood to effectively build products for them, so you'll bring a proven ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams, including IT and operational business partners, to identify data requirements and ensure data availability for various stakeholders.
• Best practice approach: Experience developing and implementing large scalable systems, best practices and standards for data management, governance, and security, and have a strong understanding of industry standards and regulations to establish and maintain policies, standards, and procedures to ensure data and reporting quality and integrity.
• Build, manage, mentor, and inspire team(s); managing performance, goals, and development potential, create and foster an environment that values and promotes autonomy, skill mastery, empowerment, transparency, innovation, and learning.
• Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 10-15+ years of experience in leading strategy, innovation, and architecting data projects and products.
• 10+ years of experience in a technical field, AI, data science, and analytics.
• 7+ years proven experience in a leadership role in data engineering and architecture, focusing on end-to-end data product strategy.
• 7+ years advanced knowledge of data tools, techniques, and manipulation including cloud platforms, programming languages, and technology platforms.

Base Pay Range: $243,200 - $329,000Corporate Bonus Target: 35%

At T-Mobile, our benefits exemplify the spirit of One Team, Together! A big part of how we care for one another is working to ensure our benefits evolve to meet the needs of our team members. Full and part-time employees have access to the same benefits when eligible. We cover all of the bases, offering 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. We don't stop there - eligible employees can also receive mobile service & home internet discounts, pet insurance, and access to commuter and transit programs! To learn about T-Mobile's amazing benefits, check out www.t-mobilebenefits.com.

Never stop growing! As part of the T-Mobile team, you know the Un-carrier doesn't have a corporate ladder- it's more like a jungle gym of possibilities! We love helping our employees grow in our careers, because it's that shared drive to aim high that drives our business and our culture forward. By applying for this career opportunity, you're living our values while investing in your career growth-and we applaud it. You're unstoppable!

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