Principal Vendor Manager

Principal Vendor Manager

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This position is required to work onsite at the Frisco, TX or Overland Park, KS office at least 3 days a week. It is not available for remote opportunity.

Job Overview

The Principal Vendor Manager plays a key role in maximizing the performance, value, and resilience of T-Mobile's strategic technology partners. As a senior individual contributor within the Vendor Management function, this role executes governance frameworks that ensure vendors deliver consistently against contractual commitments, service level agreements (SLAs), and compliance requirements while driving operational excellence and innovation. The Principal Vendor Manager is responsible for monitoring and analyzing vendor performance, financial health, security posture, and regulatory compliance to proactively identify risks and ensure operational continuity. Through strong partnership with internal stakeholdersincluding Procurement, IT, Finance, Legal, and business teamsthis role ensures vendor relationships contribute measurable results to T-Mobile's digital transformation and customer experience goals. By applying market insights, benchmarking, and continuous improvement practices, the Principal Vendor Manager drives value realization and ensures vendor services remain competitive and future ready. Acting as a subject matter expert and peer leader, this role promotes consistency in vendor management best practices and contributes to a culture of accountability, collaboration, and innovation across the organization.

Job Responsibilities

• Manages and enhances large-scale partnerships with key suppliers to enforce contract terms and drive supplier performance.
• Enforces robust contract terms with suppliers to ensure compliance and performance standards are met.
• Contributes to strategic objectives and planning through expertise in vendor relations, operations, and supply chain management.
• Facilitates effective communication channels between internal teams and suppliers to proactively share information and resolve operational issues.
• Implements new technologies to drive continuous process improvements across multiple large-scale partnerships.
• Provides guidance and leadership on vendor management best practices to ensure consistent excellence across the organization. Collaborates with procurement, operations, and project management teams to align vendor management strategies with business needs.
• Also responsible for other duties / projects as assigned by business management as needed.

Education and Work Experience

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Licenses and Certifications

Overland Park, KS Compensation Range : $105,800 - $143,100

Frisco, TX Compensation Range : $112,300 - $151,900

Base Pay Range : $97,200 - $175,300 Corporate Bonus Target : 20%

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.

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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!

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