SVP Legal- Litigation

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.

Un-carrier® 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.

The Experience You’ll Bring

• 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.

Enough about what you’ve done. Let’s talk about who you are.

• 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.

Pay Range: $338,200 -$457,600

Corporate Bonus Target: 60%

The pay range above is the general base pay range for a successful candidate in the role. The successful candidate’s actual pay will be based on various factors, such as qualifications and experience, so the actual starting pay will vary within this range. Corporate employees at this level are eligible for a year-end bonus based on company and/or individual performance and which is set at a percentage of the employee’s eligible earnings in the prior year.

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

Base Pay Range: $338,200 - $457,600 Corporate Bonus Target: 60%

The pay range above is the general base pay range for a successful candidate in the role. The successful candidate’s actual pay will be based on various factors, such as qualifications and experience, so the actual starting pay will vary within this range. Most Corporate employees are eligible for a year-end bonus based on company and/or individual performance and which is set at a percentage of the employee’s eligible earnings in the prior year.

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

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 their 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!T-Mobile USA, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All decisions concerning the employment relationship will be made without regard to age, race, ethnicity, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, national origin, religious affiliation, marital status, citizenship status, veteran status, the presence of any physical or mental disability, or any other status or characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. Discrimination, retaliation or harassment based upon any of these factors is wholly inconsistent with how we do business and will not be tolerated.

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