Principal Business Development Manager, Spectrum

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T-Mobile's Spectrum, Partnership and Acquisition Team is responsible for sourcing, evaluating, and driving the company's strategic spectrum and network related acquisitions, investments and partnerships. The Principal Business Development Manager will lead spectrum and network transaction processes by identifying prospective opportunities, performing strategic and quantitative analysis, conducting due diligence, resolving, and recommending appropriate valuation and deal structure and developing strategy and leading negotiations, driving desired transaction activity and outcomes.

The role will be predominantly responsible for all aspects of Spectrum, and on occasions network related transactions and lead cross-functional teams involving Roaming, Engineering, Corporate Development, Finance, Legal and Regulatory to drive alignment across the organization.

The Principal Business Development Manager will be a highly motivated, self- driven and self-directed professional with the ability to think broadly and strategically about spectrum opportunities with application to T-Mobile's business needs, both short and long-term. This role requires the ability to discern complex, interrelated solution sets to derive informed, analytics-based recommendations to initiate investment decisions as well as the tactics to achieve those recommendations.

Due to the business needs of this unique team the right candidate will be in office MOST days a week. This role is not eligible for a remotely based candidate.

Job Responsibilities
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• Spectrum Transactions:
  Evaluates and negotiates secondary market spectrum transactions (purchases, swaps and divestitures) with other wireless carriers or private equity firms. Leads transaction negotiations and handles inside/outside counsel to drive deal documentation and supports FCC filings.
• Spectrum Auctions:
  As part of small, discrete auction team, develops and delivers company strategy and participation for primary sourced spectrum through FCC auctions.
• Network Acquisitions and Partnerships:
  Evaluates and leads network asset acquisition and partnership projects, including financial and technical analysis, due diligence efforts cross-functionally across the company, develops bid strategies and structures recommendations and drives contract negotiations

Required Qualifications
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Education

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, or related fields.

Work Experience

• 7-10 years of progressive experience in corporate development, corporate strategy or business development with strong financial analysis and valuation savvy.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Business Acumen and Problem Solving Strong business sense with constructive and proactive approach to problem solving. Robust analytical skills, with Advanced proficiency in financial modeling and analysis, valuation, and business case development;
• Negotiation
  
  Skills:
  
  Advanced negotiation skills with the ability to lead complex, interdependent deal discussions. Ability to balance multiple projects in results driven environment while balancing value creation, risk, and deal execution.
• Relationship Management and
  
  Collaboration:
  
  Proven ability to build and foster senior-level relationships (internal and external) to find opportunities and advance transaction discussions. Strong collaboration skills with demonstrated ability to build trust through internal cross-functional teams across an organization to achieve common goals.
• Communication
  
  Skills:
  
  Strong ability to synthesize complex ideas into clear, compelling narratives and executive-ready presentations. Demonstrates excellent judgment and discretion with sensitive information
• Industry Insight: Firm understanding of wireless industry trends and economics, spectrum use…