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OSS Business Analyst

Aggregate function:  Technology
Business Area:  VT Netw. Strategy Archit. Eng.
Posting Country:  Portugal
Date Posted:  12 May 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.

What's in it for you

Plan, structure and lead complex technical OSS programs and projects with cross-functional character in a multinational environment. Drive the translation of business demands into technical requirements and identification of impacted OSS domains which includes feasibility assessment, HLD, time and cost estimations. Ensures frequent progress status reporting and presents in Steering Meetings to Senior Management stakeholders.

What you’ll do

  • Demand Portfolio Management.
    • Demand Characterization, Screening and Prioritization
    • Validation of user-stories
    • Gather missing information through direct meetings with Requesters
    • Keep stakeholders updated
  • High-level Technical solution definition
    • Feasibility analysis
    • Identify impacted domains based on tools involved in the design
    • Address demand to specific technical teams
    • Build HL Design
    • Coordinates and participate in the design of the target solution architecture in accordance with the Architecture principles and blueprints across all OSS domains
    • Define time-plan and cost estimation
  • Register all information related to demands in collaborative tools
  • Proactive Stakeholder Management
  • Support Supply Chain Management in RFP / RFQ activities and supplier contract creation 
  • 95% projects are outsite Romania
  • Use-case qualification outcome
    • Translate functional requirements to technical use-cases
    • Include business benefits and in large projects prepare information for initial BC
  • Tech. Cyber Security Assessment Form
    • Identify security risks
    • Mitigate risks and issues with the support of CS Team
    • Include security in the technical design
  • High Level Technical Design
    • Build high level architecture and interfaces
    • Create technical design collecting and merging contributions from technical Domains
  • Prepare and defend the Demand analysis in the budget approval board: Technical solution, Time plan, and cost estimation

Who you are

  • Engineering degree in telecommunications, computer science or related field  
  • Excellent skills in Communication and Stakeholder Management   
  • Customer oriented 
  • Senior, confident and committed appearance  
  • 8 years professional experience and proven track-record in management of ICT projects and programs, preferably in a multinational & multicultural environment
  • Excellent knowledge of project management methodologies, i.e. Prince2 or PMP
  • Good knowledge of Agile Methodologies (Scrum, SAFe)
  • Experience in supplier management
  • Portuguese/English language proficiency

Who we are

We pursue equality of opportunity and inclusion for all candidates through our employment policies and practices. We recognise and celebrate the importance of diversity and inclusivity in our workspace and we do not tolerate any form of discrimination especially related to but not limited to race, colour, 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.

Not a perfect fit?

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

Together we can

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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