Manager, Strategic Incubation & Growth Planning
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Responsibilities: Portfolio & Performance Analytics
- Lead deep performance analysis for T-Mobile's device portfolio supporting all Lines of Business and taking into consideration the portfolio interactions with rate plan and device promotion dynamics.
- Partner with portfolio strategy & sourcing teams and key business partners to support near term and long-term portfolio analysis directly feeding into slot planning.
- Deliver quarterly and ad hoc portfolio analysis highlighting key performance indicators, trends, actionable insights and impacts to long range forecasting plans.
- Conduct ad hoc analysis of device categories and segments to identify new opportunities or mitigate risks.
Joint Business Planning & Supplier Engagement
- Framework complex business dynamics to establish financial and operational guardrails for key suppliers.
- Partner with our Supplier Management teams to drive OEM joint business planning with deep dive analytics, including sales and share analysis, base and upgrade trends and investment trends.
- Support supplier negotiations and strategic planning sessions with robust analytical packages including insightful and actionable recommendations.
Scenario Modeling & Strategic Decision Support
- Develop and maintain trade-off frameworks, sensitivity analyses, and scenario models to guide investment decisions and go-to-market strategies.
- Collaborate across Product Portfolio & Supplier Management and Finance teams to evaluate opportunity costs, margin impacts, and operational trade-offs.
Emerging Product Support
- Lead robust, early-stage total addressable market (TAM) estimates and opportunity assessments for new and emerging categories.
- Provide quantitative support for business case development and supplier partnership exploration.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Serve as a strategic thought partner to Product, Marketing, and Supply Chain leaders, influencing key decisions with data-driven recommendations.
- Support the annual planning process and business case development for new products, initiatives, and revenue streams.
Executive Storytelling & Decision Support
- Deliver strategic documents for senior executives, synthesizing financial and commercial insights with high-impact presentations that explain not just what the data says-but why it matters.
- Create executive briefing materials and analytical frameworks to support portfolio strategy & decisions, emerging opportunities and supplier engagements.
- Guide C-level and SVP audiences through high-stakes decision-making using a mix of narrative, analytics, and a