High-resolution mass spectrometry analysis of Interleukin 2 (IL-2) and Janus kinase (JAK) controlled protein phosphorylations in cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) revealed JAKs coupled IL-2 receptors to diverse and complex serine/threonine kinase-substrate networks. These involved intricate, co-ordinated phosphorylation of transcription factors, chromatin regulators within the nuclear environment, cytosolic mRNA translational machinery, regulators of GTPases, vesicle trafficking proteins and the actin and microtubule cytoskeleton. We also identified an IL-2-JAK independent SRC family Tyr kinase controlled signaling network that regulates ~10% of the CTL phosphoproteome. One key signaling pathway in CTL is mediated by phosphatidylinositol (3,4,5)-trisphosphate (PIP3) and the serine/threonine kinase AKT. Strikingly, SRC family kinase dependent but JAK independent signaling controlled PIP3 levels and AKT activity in CTL. IL-2-JAK controlled signaling pathways thus coordinate with IL-2 independent networks of protein phosphorylation to program CTL fate.