Manager, Credit Risk Technology

Key Skills

Aartificial intelligence, Agile methodologies, Credit Risk, Effective communication skills, HTML, JIRA, Perl Programming, Python Programming, SQL

Job Description

The Collections Platform and Configurations Organization at T-Mobile, USA is currently seeking a Manager who is: strong in managing a team of technical individuals in an agile development cycle; proficient in developing business and technical requirements, design on a technical level, configure, implement and test strategies in the collections decision engines; understanding functional specification documents, technical deployments, and inter-system relationships (Credit and Collections related process/system experience a plus); experienced in resource planning for enterprise initiatives with a keen understanding of project deliverables, timelines and budget considerations; adept in quality assurance and user acceptance testing protocols (JIRA experience a plus); developing material and delivering information to senior leadership. The ideal candidate will possess skills as a seasoned, experienced professional with a strong understanding of industry best practices and has demonstrated the ability to resolve a wide range of issues in creative and practical ways. This individual will also have a record of delivering results in a fast- paced and flexible environment and the ability to develop formidable team members.

Responsibilities include:

• Effectively manage a team to achieve results by providing appropriate direction, timely developmental feedback, and coaching, and conducting performance reviews and conversations. Monitor and measure work tasks to ensure deliverables are provided on time and within budget.
• Interview and hire qualified team members, striving to improve T-Mobile bench strength and augmenting product or project teams with contract staff when required.
• Foster an environment where team members identify problems, risks to continually review key business initiatives and find optimal resolutions.
• Drives continuous development practice improvements across technical disciplines (e.g. team structure, roles, processes, tooling, security & compliance).
• Work cross-functionally with business teams(internal/external), vendors to drive improvement strategies, execute tactics, and provide support on business-impacting issues. Instill best practices for software development and documentation, assure designs meet requirements, and deliver high-quality work on tight schedules.
• Build trusted, reciprocal relationships with all levels of leadership and support teams. Facilitates effective and encouraging team relationships. Resolves operational and interdepartmental problems quickly.
• Manage multiple product backlogs and priorities with our business and technology partners to ensure business initiatives, technology roadmap, communications, training, change management and vendor management are supported.
• Own the business relationship, technical relationships with internal and external teams and drives refinement of the project vision, including business case, impacted customer segments, business problem to be solved, and technology roadmap/strategy alignment.
• Oversee implementation application(s) by analyzing the current system environment, using technical tools and utilities, performing complex product customization, and developing implementation and verification procedures to ensure successful installation of systems hardware/software.
• Identify improvements, makes critical decisions and works with subject matter experts throughout the organization to implement solutions.
• Effectively identify/analyze/synthesize information applies critical thought and presents the information in a clear and meaningful way.
• Effectively communicate business strategies, expectations, and challenges to inspire action throughout an assigned team.
• View the big picture of challenges impacting the business, including the technical, functional, process, and policy considerations, and creatively defines solutions to those challenges.

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Computer Science or other quantitative field or equivalent work experience
• Masters degree or MBA preferred.

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in business, Computer Science or other quantitative field or equivalent work experience

Work Experience:

• 5 to 10 years Industry experience in technical deployments and understanding technical process flows. (Required)
• 5 to 7 years’ experience in managing high functioning teams. (Required)

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Problem Solving – creativity and the ability to reach insightful conclusions (Required)
• Communication - Ability to manage relationships, influence and communicate complicated logic, and solutions in a clear and concise manner at the executive level and provide decision support, analysis and recommendations that help to drive effective execution of business strategies. (Required)
• Strong presentation skills to large and small audiences. (Required)
• Up-to-date knowledge of strategic frameworks, industry trends, and datasets to improve company performance (Preferred)
• Medium to advance knowledge of Scripting Tools (Python/SQL/HTML/Perl) (Preferred)
• Strong understanding of software development life cycle (SDLC) and software testing methodologies. (Required)
• Proficiency with testing tools and automation frameworks (Selenium/Junit/TestNG/Cucumber) with a strong background in UAT, QA and Unit Testing. (Required)
• Knowledge of federal & compliance regulations e.g. SOX, PCI & CPNI. (Preferred)
• Agile Methodologies Knowledge – overall execution relating to all aspects of an agile development life cycle from technical writing of strong requirements, defining the strategy, black log, sprint planning, configuration, testing through deployment and support. (Required)
• Experience with Agile Tools (JIRA/Asana/Rally/Favro/Wrike) (Required)
• Technology experience in delivering large and complex business/technology initiatives. (Required)
• Experience with FICO decision engines – Blaze/TRIAD (Preferred)
• Exposure and experience with AI and automation (Preferred)

• At least 18 years of age
• Legally authorized to work in the United States

At T-Mobile, employees in regular, non-temporary roles are eligible for an annual bonus or periodic sales incentive or bonus, based on their role. 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. Certain positions in Customer Care are eligible for monthly bonuses based on individual and/or team performance, while Retail and Business Sales roles are eligible for monthly or quarterly sales incentives. And since we are ALL owners, EVERY employee at T-Mobile is eligible for an Annual Stock Grant. For information about T-Mobile’s amazing benefits, check out https://careers.t-mobile.com/culture-and-benefits/ 

Travel:

Travel Required (Yes/No):No

DOT Regulated:

DOT Regulated Position (Yes/No):No

Safety Sensitive Position (Yes/No):No

Base Pay Range: $112,500 - $202,900

Corporate Bonus Target: 15%

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 work location, qualifications, and experience, so the actual starting pay will vary within this range.

At T-Mobile, employees in regular, non-temporary roles are eligible for an annual bonus or periodic sales incentive or bonus, based on their role. 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. Certain positions in Customer Care are eligible for monthly bonuses based on individual and/or team performance. To find the pay range for this role based on hiring location, click here.

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.