Agile Project Manager

Aggregate function:  Shared Services
Business Area:  Technology _VOIS
Posting Country:  Romania
Date Posted:  19 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 Agile Project Manager (APM) is responsible for planning, leading, organizing, and motivating agile teams to achieve a high level of performance and quality in delivering agile initiatives that provide exceptional business value to users. The APM is responsible for managing multiple concurrent high visibility workstreams/initiatives using a mixture of waterfall and agile methods in a fast-paced environment that cross multiple business divisions.

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

  • Lead the the delivery of projects/epic/capability delivery in a Leading SAFe Agile context, through active sponsorship, leadership and involvement in specific initiatives to ensure they meet time, cost and quality requirements
  • Work closely with project and business managers responsible for delivery of the constituent workstreams within the programmes
  • Ensure adherence to the Lean Agile Delivery Model. Accurate progress reporting and issue/risk management with timely and effective escalation 
  • Engagement and management of third parties alongside internal matrix team

With these skills you are a great candidate:

  • The ability to combine proven project management and Agile delivery skills, in a cross functional matrix environment, to achieve on time, within budget delivery of business value.
  • Minimum of 2 years experience of successful project delivery of telecommunications/IT product development in both traditional and Agile delivery frameworks.
  • Experience of creating and presenting progress reports to Agile programme managers and senior business managers, with capability of influencing at F/E band level. 
  • Experience of issue resolution and complex dependency management in a matrix environment with external stakeholders.
  • Knowledge of working with scrum, Kanban, Agile DSDM, Scaled Agile frameworks 

Must have technical / professional qualifications:

  • Prince 2 or equivalent
  • Leading SAFe or equivalent
  • University degree

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

  • Hybrid way of working
  • Medical and dental services
  • Life and hospitalizationinsurance
  • 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 
  • We let you write your own story: go for a trip, experience new things, have fun and enjoy your 23 vacation days.
  • 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.

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.