Senior Technology Product Owner​

Would you like to be part of our new adventure? Vodafone Group is launching its new technological HUB (MSH), an international center of excellence dedicated to research and development of technical solutions, such as Secure Networks, 5G and 6G development, Open RAN, IoT, MPN & MEC and UCC for Vodafone Business, platforms and enterprise solutions.

Come and join us to create the future together!

What you’ll do

The Senior IoT Technology Product Owner (TPO) Analytics and Data manages the interface to the IoT Line of Business (LoB) with special focus to the interface with Business Product Manager associated with your products/platform developments and defining the technology strategy to support the portfolio of products with Architecture and Domain teams.

Also:

• You will have a team of Technology Product Owners who manage the different Data Products within your portfolio as well as Dashboard development.
• One of the key challenges for the IoT Analytics and Data Platforms team is to create an innovative and market leading capabiliites where we can make, insight and data available on demand, trustworthy and intelligent, serving a wide range of stakeholders, to meet data-driven decisions and business operations to drive their activities with fresh & accurate insights.
• You will work with wider practice leads, vendors, technology and operations teams to build the technology plan to inform and deliver the Analytics portfolio and Data as a Product (DaaP) strategy and roadmap.
• You will also take a leading role in how the IoT Practices will drive the adoption and implementation of Gen AI into our set of Analytical and Data Products, and align/prioritise technology innovation and customer co-creation for the practice.
• You will negotiate, manage and agree demand into the practice and manage the backlog, finance, security and operational governance alongside LPM and other stakeholders.
• You will input to the creation of product Strategy, requirements, define features for developments working jointly with the LoB product manager who leads this. You and your team will be accountable to translate these into lower-level product/platform/operating model requirements ensuring these are underpinned by an E2E technical architecture (including user journeys and service models) working with other roles in Technology (e.g. architects and squad leads).
• You will be aware and responsible for in-life technology management activities encompassing the E2E product architecture (including service, operations etc) in so far that they relate to the 12-month feature level roadmap aligned to the product/portfolio strategy.

Who you are

If you have some of these skills, please apply:

• Ability to innovate and adopt the latest capabilities and awareness of advancing in AI capabilities and how this can be included into the Technology roadmaps
• Strong understanding of data-driven solutions serving business stakeholders, and proficient with different data layers (ingest, store, process, serve, …)
• Strong collaboration, communication, team working and influencing skills
• Ability to build E2E technology plans specific to products and platforms
• Customer centric focus ideally with experience defining capabilities and features through customer co-creation

Nice to have:

• Technical product development / product owner experience
• Relevant product, platforms and technology experience with exposure to data-driven solutions
• Experience leading and delivering high performance through teams in Telecoms and or Technology industry roles

Not a perfect fit?

Worried that you don’t meet all the desired criteria exactly? At Vodafone we are passionate about Inclusion for All and creating a workplace where everyone can thrive, whatever their personal or professional background. If you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align exactly with every part of the job description, we encourage you to apply as you may be the right candidate for this role or another role, and our recruitment team can help you see how your skills fit in.

What's in it for you

We want you to feel happy and fulfilled at work, without compromising the other things in life that matter to you. There are lots of ways we support this, including hybrid working and generous parental leave. You'll also get four Spirit Days a year to focus on your personal development and wellbeing, plus a host of other great benefits too:

• Possibility of hybrid working
• Direct Contract with Vodafone VOIS
• Intensive Summer Hours (8:00 am-3:00 pm).
• Social benefits
• Flexible retribution plan
• Training plan
• 25 days of vacation + December 24 and 31

Who we are

At Vodafone, we are dedicated to fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment. We take pride in our commitment to providing equal opportunities to individuals of all backgrounds and abilities. We firmly believe that diversity includes a spectrum of experiences, and we welcome and support individuals with functional diversity.

Our mission is to create an accessible workplace where all team members can thrive, regardless of their unique abilities or challenges. We are committed to making reasonable accommodations to ensure that everyone can fully participate and excel in our organization. We value the unique perspectives and talents that individuals with functional diversity bring to our team and consider them an integral part of our success and innovation.

We recognize and celebrate the importance of diversity and inclusivity in our workplace so that we are as diverse as the customers and communities we serve. We do not tolerate any form of discrimination especially related to but not limited to race, colour, age, veteran status, gender identification, sexual orientation, pregnancy, ethnicity, disability, religion, political affiliation, trade union membership, nationality, indigenous status, medical condition, HIV status, social origin, cultural background, social or marital status.

Vodafone is committed to attracting, developing and retaining the very best people by offering a motivating and inclusive workplace in which talent is truly recognised and rewarded. We are committed to promoting Inclusion for All with the belief that diversity plays an important role in the success of our business. We actively encourage everyone to consider becoming a part of our journey.

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