Manager IT Transformation

• Lead and manage multiple IT projects from inception to completion, ensuring they are delivered on time, within scope, and budget
• Accountable for the programme level plans and roadmaps across the portfolio scope
• Interlock with all delivery teams, functions, other portfolios and stakeholders to ensure plans are agreed and interlocked
• Management of demand and capacity to ensure the programme has the available resource to deliver objectives
• Proactive management of the portfolio level plans through governance and dependency tracking
• Managing sourcing strategy and the sourcing processes, working with Supply Chain Management
• Ensuring outcomes from suppliers are matched to the programme delivery plans
• Tracking performance (time, cost, quality) of supplier deliverables and taking proactive actions where performance is not on track
• Ownership of programme budget and spend
• Defining and operating the financial tracking processes
• Budget submission and governance within Vodafone finance governance bodies
• Tracking of value KPIs and ROI for the portfolio
• Managing governance forums at programme and executive steerco level to communicate progress and make key decisions across stakeholder groups including the IT C-suite
• Establishing and managing forums to control scope and business case changes
• Communicating the purpose, outcomes, plan and progress to the entire organisation with tailored communications for different groups

• Relevant university degree (M.Sc., B.Sc.)
• Qualifications in relevant delivery methodologies e.g. SAFe, PRINCE2
• Experience leading a large portfolio of technology work, and delivering transformational change initiatives in a multi-vendor environment
• Highly organised and motivated to manage large complex plans across multiple teams
• Excellent verbal and written communicator to large audiences (100s of people) and C-suite members
• Very strong stakeholder management skills (including influencing and mediation), with technical and non-technical teams up to head of department level
• Highly skilled at managing finance and KPIs on multi-million pound technology projects with a high attention to detail on financial metrics
• Fluency in English

IT or telecoms BSS knowledge

• Hybrid Work Model - Flexible hybrid work model with 8-10 in-office days per month, managed by team leaders
• Vodafone Products and Services - Employees get a mobile phone, free communication plan, data card, and various discounts on services and products
• Recognition - Recognition programs for innovative, creative, high-potential employees and exemplary behaviors
• Health and Well-being - Well-being Program offers nutrition and psychological consultations, webinars, workshops, and discounts on various services and products
• Learning - Access to Communities of Practice and a customizable digital training platform with high-quality content (namely Harvard Business Publishing, Skillsoft and Speexx)
• Local and International Mobility - Internal recruitment with local and international rotation opportunities across departments and roles