Technical Product Owner

Aggregate function:  Shared Services
Business Area:  Technology _VOIS
Posting Country:  Romania
Date Posted:  22 Oct 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

As a Technical Product Owner, you will be part of an international team, responsible for designing, delivering and maintaining the IT platforms and applications that underpin the diverse range of products and services offered by our Vodafone Business division for our customers. You will be responsible for applications across all lifecycle phases, such as strategic planning, implementation and change, acting as the link between business needs and IT operations, ensuring seamless application development and effective lifecycle management.

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

  • Perform analysis of product requirements and business demands and have ownership on feature definition
  • Lead the decision-making process for application changes and enhancements, driving the development of solutions that improve efficiency and customer experience.
  • Collaborate with business stakeholders to clarify requirements, translating them into technical specifications for development, while ensuring compliance with data privacy and security standards.
  • Oversee vendor relationships, managing development timelines, cost estimations, and quality assurance to ensure high-performing, stable, and reliable applications.
  • Balance between compliance to requirements and delivery times/costs/quality
  • Support IT operations in maintaining the seamless functionality of mission-critical systems, identifying and resolving technical issues swiftly to prevent business disruptions.

With these skills you are a great candidate:

  • Previous experience in a similar role
  • Good understanding of Java-based applications, Oracle DB, and hands-on experience with integrations and middleware solutions.
  • Demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally, coordinating with both technical and business units to drive solutions that meet organizational needs.
  • Expertise in IT lifecycle management, application security, and data privacy, with a keen eye for compliance and regulatory standards.
  • Good problem-solving skills, with the ability to handle technical challenges, improve process efficiency, and ensure the long-term scalability of critical systems.
  • Fluent in English (written and spoken)

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
  • Loyalty Programme
  • 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

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.