Recruiter: Jules Held
Vodafone Networks is embarking on a digital transformation journey to radically transform the way we operate across Europe. Vodafone is setting up a new network digital product office to help define and lead this transformation. This new team will help create world class digital products on new digital platforms to meet our ambitions. Vodafone is looking for talented people who experiment, fail fast, and innovate at pace to define our future and create a cultural transformation.
About the role:
Our European Networks are supporting the next digital revolution form 5G to IoT, connected cars to augmented reality. Vodafone is looking to create a series of digital products that will support the expansion and build of these networks across Europe. With billions spent per year on network assets these digital products will help our engineering colleagues build a smart future ready network to meet the needs of today and tomorrow. Data, machine learning, AI and cloud computing will radically transform our way of deploying and managing our assets across our European footprint.
We are seeking an experienced senior product manager/value stream lead to help us define, build and deliver this mission.
The ideal candidate will have a strategic vision with big ideas that fosters and environment of collaboration and creativity. This role is looking for someone with an entrepreneurial mindset and real-world experience distilling business value and goals into roadmaps and a refined value stream
You will be creating, and managing, a complete value stream and associated product backlog ensuring that business KPIs and outcomes are achieved through the value stream actions. You will work with (and lead) product owners and managers to agree the features that will deliver your value stream outcomes. A critical element of this role is effectively communicating and prioritizing your value stream with Directors across Europe who will directly or indirectly benefit from your value stream. The mission is to create and implement the concept of value streams and value delivery through digital products across Europe that help create the best European network and organization.
You will have excellent stakeholder management skills which will enable you to execute your accountability for partnering with senior business leaders and customers across Europe to create manage the value stream. You will also be comfortable presenting and testing your ideas with senior management and challenging the status quo.
Ultimately, the value stream is yours to shape to ensure the business outcomes are achieved each quarter/year. Working with the product owners to direct the internal development teams to build world class products to create a world class network using SAFe methodologies.