Group Project Manager
Bellevue, WA - USA
Job Summary
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Job Overview:As a Group Project Manager you will lead the planning execution and delivery of strategic design programs within T-Mobiles Product Experience Design & Innovation (PXDI) organization. You will leverage expertise in design operations program strategy and cross-functional leadership to build scalable frameworks governance models and execution systems that drive high-impact initiatives across the enterprise. You will influence roadmap decisions through close partnership with Design Product Engineering and Research leaders champion best practices for design program management and ensure all initiatives align with T-Mobiles broader business and customer experience objectives.
The ideal candidate brings more than program management expertise and leadership. They bring conviction. They evaluate the problem before building the plan proactively shape scope and timelines to set initiatives up for success and hold themselves accountable for every outcome including what AI helps them produce.
Job Responsibilities:
Strategic Program Leadership
- Assemble key design and product stakeholders fostering internal collaboration across PXDI and related teams to enable effective cross-functional teamwork. Ensure seamless execution by managing resources setting clear milestones and resolving conflicts early. Serve as a bridge between design product engineering and business functions to drive program roadmaps and planning processes across Design Product Engineering Research and Operations.
- Define and manage the scope of design programs incorporating strategic business and customer experience factors. Ensure programs remain aligned with evolving product and user experience goals mitigating scope creep while adapting to necessary change.
Program Execution & Delivery
- Manage the scope and schedule of design initiatives ensuring alignment with broader product scalable systems and operating models that improve design oversight of personnel and resources resolving allocation conflicts and setting priorities to optimize workflow efficiency.
- Define and uphold design quality standards ensuring all deliverables meet business and customer needs. Identify and resolve gaps in design execution maintaining accountability for complex tradeoffs and recommendations to executive audiences; facilitate strategic alignment across organizations.
Stakeholder & Risk Management
- Lead the development of project communications and ensure clarity in design program execution. Facilitate team meetings define success metrics for design initiatives and track program effectiveness against strategic goals. Ensure adherence to best practices in design operations and program management AI tools to accelerate reporting and surface optionswhile owning full accountability for every recommendation that goes out under your name.
- Identify potential risks across design programs and implement proactive the problem before accepting the brief reframe and pressure-test scope speed and approach when challenges in both business and design terms providing clear solutions to senior leadership. Advocate for design priorities while balancing broader organizational goals serving as a key escalation point for issues within the PXDI org.
Qualifications
- Bachelors degree in Design Business Administration Project Management or equivalent experience.
- 7-10 years of experience in program or product management within a design or technology environment with a strong track record of delivering complex solutions.
- 4-7 years of experience in Agile Program Management (Scrum Kanban SAFe) and working closely with design product and engineering teams.
- Experience in design operations UX strategy or product design management preferred.
Skills& Competencies:
- Strong knowledge of design processes methodologies and user experience principles.
- Proficiency in design and project management tools (e.g. Figma Jira Confluence).
- Excellent communication problem-solving and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to translate design priorities into actionable plans within a broader business context;interprets AI-surfaced insights and competitive signals to determine the right organizational response.
- PMP or equivalent certification preferred.
What Success Looks Like:
- Programs delivered on time on scope and with clear impact on customer experience and business goals.
- Scalable frameworks and governance models adopted across PXDI and beyond.
- Senior leaders trust your read on tradeoffs risk and when to move.
- AI integrated into program workflows accelerating delivery while you own every recommendation and outcome.
- Cross-functional partners across Design Product Engineering and Research name you as a force multiplier.
Licenses and Certifications:
- Project Management Professional (PMP) (Preferred)
- At least 18 years of age
- Legally authorized to work in the United States
Travel:
Travel Required (Yes/No): No
DOT Regulated:
DOT Regulated Position (Yes/No): No
Safety Sensitive Position (Yes/No): No
Base Pay Range: $110200 - $198900Corporate Bonus Target: 20%
The pay range above is the general base pay range for a successful candidate in the role. The successful candidates actual pay will be based on various factors such as work location qualifications and experience so the actual starting pay will vary within this range.
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