• Job Description

  Req#: 21761

  We are seeking a visionary and results-driven leader to head the T-Mobile CoE. This role will be responsible for delivering on the CoE charter by leading a cross-functional team, driving innovation, and ensuring alignment with both CNS and T-Mobile’s strategic goals.T-Mobile is one of CNS’s most strategic customers, with approximately 10 active projects currently in progress. To ensure an exceptional customer experience and to develop a globally replicable delivery model, CNS Nokia and T-Mobile have jointly established a Centre of Excellence (CoE). This CoE brings together representatives from all key stakeholder functions across both organizations, fostering deep collaboration and alignment.
  
  

  Qualifications

  You Have:

  • 15–20 years of experience in the telecommunications industry, with a strong track record of delivering results in complex environments.
  • Proven experience in orchestrating and coordinating across multiple functions, with at least one role spanning 3–5 years in a similar capacity.
  • Demonstrated ability to lead large, cross-functional teams, driving alignment and execution across diverse stakeholder groups.
  • Deep understanding of customer network environments, with the ability to identify and capitalize on business opportunities.
  • Strong technical knowledge across key domains, including: IP, Cloud , Core networks and OSS/BSS.

  This role requires the candidate to be based in Seattle, Washington.
  
  

  Responsibilities

  The CoE Leader will be responsible for driving the following key deliverables in alignment with CNS and T-Mobile’s strategic goals:

  • Lead the development of a fully automated, globally replicable migration process, ensuring alignment across all functional teams. Address global customer expectations for deployable software at the C5 release milestone.
  • Overcome delays caused by non-blueprint hardware validation and automation scripting by implementing robust, process-driven improvements to enable immediate deployability post-C5.
  • Deliver a single-pane-of-glass observability solution covering both applications (VNFs & CNFs) and infrastructure layers (CaaS, hardware, and OCP).
  • Align tools and processes to meet T-Mobile’s observability requirements and ensure global scalability of the solution. Support T-Mobile’s strategic goal of migrating all applications to T-Cloud, their in-house horizontal cloud platform.

  Key Business Outcomes

  BY 2025

  • On-time, high-quality delivery of 8+ projects.
  • Zero operational impact from software upgrades.
  • Full implementation of single-click automation for deployments and upgrades.
  • Successful IMS deployment on T-Cloud.

  BY 2026

  • Completion of T-Cloud migration for all applications.
  • Deployment of a unified observability platform (single pane of glass).
    

• About the company

  Nokia’s transition to a primary focus on telecommunications began in the 1990s. The first GSM call was made in 1991 using Nokia equipment. Rapid success in the mobile phone sector allowed Nokia to become by 1998, the best-selling mobile phone brand in the world. In 2003 Nokia introduced the first camera phone. In 2011, to address increasing competition from iOS and Android operating systems, Nokia entered into a strategic partnership with Microsoft. In 2014 Nokia sold its mobile and devices division to Microsoft. The creation of Nokia Networks, following the buy-out of joint-venture partner Siemens in 2013, laid the foundation for Nokia’s transformation into primarily a network hardware and software provider. The 2015 acquisition of Franco-American telecommunications equipment provider Alcatel-Lucent greatly broadened the scope of Nokia’s portfolio and customer base. Additional acquisitions have positioned Nokia to be an industry leader in the transition to 5G wireless technology by offering the only end-to-end 5G network portfolio available on a global basis. In 2016 the Nokia brand re-entered the mobile handset market through a licensing agreement with HMD Global, allowing them to offer phones under the Nokia brand.

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