Hybrid Delivery Manager

Aggregate function:  Technology
Business Area:  VT Netw. Strategy Archit. Eng.
Posting Country:  Romania
Date Posted:  27 Mar 2025
Full Time / Part Time:  Full Time
Contract Type:  Permanent

At Vodafone, we’re working hard to build a better future. A more connected, inclusive and sustainable world. As a dynamic global community, it's our human spirit, together with technology, that empowers us to achieve this. 

We challenge and innovate in order to connect people, businesses, and communities across the world. Delighting our customers and earning their loyalty drive us, and we experiment, learn fast and get it done, together.

With us, you can be truly be yourself and belong, share inspiration, embrace new opportunities, thrive, and make a real difference.

Your day to Day

You will manage cross-countries programs, cross-functional and projects with impact in different network domains, while applying Waterfall or Agile delivery methodologies, as per VOIS customer demand.

You will perform project management activities for various network platforms in all technology areas (Mobile & Fixed Access, Voice & Data Core, Service Platforms, Transmission & IP Transport, NW OSS or NW Cloud Engineering). These project management activities include feasibility study, coordination of development, contribution to product vision & roadmap, testing, acceptance with transition to operations. Makes sure the scope and objectives delivered by the programs & projects are according to our VOIS customers’ requirements (including budget, time and agreed quality KPIs). You will ensure appropriate prioritization, planning and reporting for the managed European or Global programs & projects.

This role requires technical background and experience in telecommunications, system integration, strong stakeholders’ management and customer orientation, excellent communication and reporting skills to different management layers.

With these activities you will have a great impact on our business

  • You will manage the full lifecycle of programs or large, complex projects/products with impact in the network platforms: feasibility study, development, products vision and roadmap, testing, acceptance and deployment.
  • You will define the project plan / product roadmap in agreement with all parties involved including the VOIS customers and the project sponsor. Defines the detailed project / backlog of activities and monitors / tracks them permanently.
  • You will build the resource plan and makes sure that resources are available during the lifecycle, so the project/product deliverables are not in danger.
  • You will facilitate ceremonies effectively, assuring full participation and achieving desired outcomes.
  • You will be responsible for the information flow/ communication within the program or project/ product team and with the main stakeholders (internal and external Network Strategy & Engineering function): stage gate approval, complete technical solution and its associated costs.
  • You will perform risk management and change management as part of the project/product activities, including projects interdependencies within a program, to make the business requirements of the external clients are met, including costs, timelines and agreed quality KPIs.
  • You will permanently track projects’ /products’ evolution and interdependencies at program level. Timely reports program and project /product status to all stakeholders.
  • You will implement solid project management principles (Waterfall and /or Agile) and related PM tools used by the organization. Support Network Strategy & Engineering departments in managing the programs and projects/products they run inside their units.

With these skills you are a great candidate

 

  • Good knowledge of the overall network architecture (all domains)
  • 5+ years’ experience in program and project management delivery, in the telecommunications (network domain)
  • Experience in Agile working as Scrum Master or/ and Product Owner
  • Stakeholder management
  • Ability to work within virtual teams and interface with multi-national clients
  • Collaboration, team spirit and ability to motivate others
  • Strong service and customer orientation
  • Fluent English and very good written and spoken skills
  • Facilitation & presentation skills
  • Project Management accreditation (e.g. Agile, SAFe SM, PO/PM, PMP, PRINCE2 Practitioner)
  • Good awareness of wider technology aspects
  • German language is a plus

Sounds like the perfect job? We’ve got even more to offer:

•Work from Home – hybrid approach  

•Medical and dental services 

•Life and hospitalizationinsurance 

•Dedicated employee phone subscription 

•Special discounts for gyms and retailers 

•Annual Company Bonus 

•Ongoing Education – we continuously invest in you to ensure you have everything needed to excel on the job and enhance your skills  

•You get to work with tried and trusted web-technology 

•Getting in on the ground floor of a technology changing company 

•We let you write your own story by planning vacations: go for a trip, experience new things, have fun and enjoy your 23 days off.

•Special Paternal Program - 4 months of paid paternity leave 

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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.