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Lean Portfolio Specialist

Aggregate function:  Shared Services
Business Area:  Technology _VOIS
Posting Country:  Romania
Date Posted:  18 Nov 2024
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:

The PMO (Demand role) operates across EP&S portfolio, supporting Programme Managers, Project Managers, PMO resource, & RTE/STE with successful delivery of their programmes and projects. This includes portfolio and project feature delivery from planning through to closure.   Your main responsibilities will involve:

-                 Provide programmes & delivery teams with methodology guidelines and standards to support a consistent running delivery of all Programmes and Projects within the portfolios

-                 Work alongside the agile release trains to ensure successful delivery

-                 Maintain the delivery backlog & follow progress

-                 Monitor portfolio JIRA data quality and recommend corrective actions

-                 Gather and validate VBPS KPI data for trains

-                 Run training sessions and oversee creation of new content

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

  • Oversee the delivery & data quality from, programme or project in all relevant tools (including description, plan, milestones)
  • Run regular data audits to validate accuracy and timeliness of data across programme/project plans, RAID, governance, reporting etc
  • Drive the adoption of portfolio management standards and best practice
  • Run training session for new team members to encourage a consistent programme management approach
  • Lead PMO working groups to share best practice and lessons learned across the portfolio 

With these skills you are a great candidate:

  • Able to communicate and drive outcomes effectively over multiple seniorities/roles/teams in a large matrix organisation
  •  JIRA and Confluence – advanced understanding of tool features
  • MS PowerBI – proficiency in developing and modifying visuals and measures
  • Knowledge of Agile frameworks, eg SAFe, Scrum, Kanban
  • SAFe, PMP, MSP or Prince2
  • Expert in MS Office Suite

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

  • Hybrid way of working
  • Medical and dental services
  • Life and hospitalization insurance
  • Dedicated employee phone subscription
  • Take control of your benefits and choose any of the below options: MEAL TICKETS/ PRIVATE PENSION/ VACATION VOUCHERS/ CULTURAL VOUCHERS within the budget.
  • 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
  • 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

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, color, 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.

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

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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.

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