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This role represents an exciting opportunity to drive extensive IT transformation for Vodafone IoT, as it continues to evolve to remain the market leader in global IoT connectivity. This position requires a combination of strong technical knowledge, exceptional project management skills, and strategic vision to lead IoT initiatives effectively.
Job Responsibility:
Lead and manage multiple IoT 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 IoT 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
Requirements:
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
Nice to have:
IoT or telecoms BSS knowledge is highly desirable
Fluency in English
What we offer:
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