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Director, Media Strategy & Planning

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T-Mobile

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United States , Bellevue

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Salary:

151000.00 - 204200.00 USD / Year

Job Description:

The Media Director is a senior strategic leader responsible for defining and executing the paid media strategy across all channels to drive acquisition growth, brand impact, and business performance. This role will lead the integrated media vision across Brand and Performance Marketing balancing long-term strategy with in-quarter execution to optimize Return on Investment. Partnering closely with Marketing, Analytics, Finance, and Business leaders, the Director translates enterprise growth objectives into scalable media strategies, clear Key Performance Metrics, and measurable outcomes, while directly influencing investment decisions and operating models. The ideal candidate brings deep paid media expertise, strong financial rigor, and successful people leadership, with the ability to influence executive partners and operate effectively in a fast-paced, high-growth enterprise environment.

Job Responsibility:

  • Define and lead full-funnel paid media strategy, understanding evolving consumer trends and translating business and growth objectives into scalable plans and measurable outcomes
  • Steward T-Mobile’s $1B+ paid media investment with strong financial discipline, utilizing MMM and advanced data sets to drive continuous improvement in efficiency, performance, and Return on Investment
  • Determine channel roles, investment strategies, and optimization approaches that balance upper-funnel brand building with lower-funnel performance outcomes in support of enterprise growth objectives
  • Establish the integrated media strategy across brand, postpaid, and broadband businesses
  • Decide how media investments are allocated, reallocated, and optimized across channels, campaigns, and initiatives based on performance, market dynamics, and business priorities
  • Evaluate and raise material investment shifts, performance risk, or strategic changes to executive leadership with data-backed recommendations
  • Serve as a senior thought leader on performance marketing trends, platform innovation, privacy-safe measurement, and emerging media opportunities
  • Work upstream with Marketing, Analytics, Finance, Operations, and agency partners to ensure media strategies are tightly aligned with enterprise priorities
  • Lead, mentor, and scale a high-performing media organization, fostering accountability, growth, and excellence rooted in T-Mobile’s Values in Action
  • Develop and activate innovative, creative paid media solutions aligned with evolving consumer consumption habits, emerging platforms, and cultural trends

Requirements:

  • 12+ years Media management experience within consumer/B2B products or retail industry (experience in media planning at an advertising agency highly recommended)
  • Strong experience in digital planning and activation across multiple platforms and disciplines
  • Ability to deliver clear, compelling strategies and performance updates
  • Ability to translate numbers and data into actionable plans explaining decision making through data
  • Established history of positive results and strong partnership managing an agency
  • Able to guide team on when and how to leverage 1,000+ data inputs (audience consumption, various media performance reports – matched metrics v. incrementality v. MMM channel ROI/CPIAs v. Brand Lift Studies, competitive intelligence, marketplace dynamics, macroeconomic trends, business performance & opportunities, local market share, etc) that drive media recommendations and optimizations
  • Experience with Marketing Mix Models and Attribution Models, and how Media decisions can deliver on business and marketing needs
  • Success building a team with clear roles and responsibilities, supporting and coaching them in their respective areas
  • Lead multiple work streams and teams simultaneously in a fun, fast paced environment
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Marketing, Communications or related field
  • Masters Preferred
  • Ability to communicate effectively across team and organizational boundaries to drive and develop consensus
  • Strong communication and people skills
  • Agile and Adaptive
  • Collaborative, yet influential
  • Flexible, self-starter, and comfortable working in a rapidly changing environment
  • Desire for a high level of responsibility and ownership and ability to work with minimal supervision
  • Creative problem solver and solutions provider
  • Ability to prioritize multiple projects
  • detail oriented and organized
  • At least 18 years of age
  • Legally authorized to work in the United States
What we offer:
  • medical insurance
  • dental insurance
  • vision insurance
  • flexible spending account
  • 401(k)
  • employee stock grants
  • employee stock purchase plan
  • paid time off
  • up to 12 paid holidays
  • 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
  • voluntary long-term care insurance
  • mobile service & home internet discounts
  • pet insurance
  • access to commuter and transit programs

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
March 19, 2026

Employment Type:
Fulltime
Work Type:
On-site work
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