Senior Transformation Manager

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By connecting people, places and things, Vodafone IoT helps organisations succeed in a digital world. With our expertise in connectivity, our leading IoT platform and our global scale, we can deliver the results our customers need to progress and thrive. We are helping businesses of all sizes and sectors connect for a better future.

The Vodafone Internet of Things (IoT) suite of products and services are designed specifically to meet the needs of new and evolving business verticals. Its connection base has grown 20 % per YoY to reach more than 200 million connections at the end of financial year 2025. Vodafone IoT is a leader in the IoT Connectivity Gartner Magic quadrant and has been for 11 consecutive years.

This role represents an exciting opportunity to drive extensive IT transformation for Vodafone IoT, as it continues to evolve to remain the market leader in global IoT connectivity.

This position requires a combination of strong technical knowledge, exceptional project management skills, and strategic vision to lead IoT initiatives effectively.

Vodafone IoT has recently created a new Transformation portfolio to deliver on targets to improve customer experience, reduce risk in the technology estate and hyperscale the business through delivery of a modernised IT platform ecosystem. The portfolio includes BSS/OSS transformation, AI enablement, cloud migration and development of advanced IoT connectivity product features.

To deliver this objective, we require a highly skilled and experienced Transformation Manager to own the planning and delivery of a major new workstream within the portfolio scope. The right candidate will have had extensive experience on large scale technology transformation within telecommunications or a similar industry.

The role requires someone who excels at influencing and engaging diverse stakeholder groups - up to C-suite level - across both business and technology functions. The successful candidate will confidently manage multiple 3rd party suppliers and cross-functional internal teams, driving aligned plans and delivering large-scale outcomes with pace and precision. They will be highly motivated to drive the plan execution and remove impediments to keep delivery on track and deliver the expected business value for Vodafone IoT.

What you’ll do

• Lead and manage multiple IoT projects from inception to completion, ensuring they are delivered on time, within scope, and budget;
• Accountable for the programme level plans and roadmaps across the portfolio scope;
• Interlock with all delivery teams, functions, other portfolios and stakeholders to ensure plans are agreed and interlocked;
• Management of demand and capacity to ensure the programme has the available resource to deliver objectives;
• Proactive management of the portfolio level plans through governance and dependency tracking;
• Managing sourcing strategy and the sourcing processes, working with Supply Chain Management;
• Ensuring outcomes from suppliers are matched to the programme delivery plans;
• Tracking performance (time, cost, quality) of supplier deliverables and taking proactive actions where performance is not on track;
• Ownership of programme budget and spend;
• Defining and operating the financial tracking processes;
• Budget submission and governance within Vodafone finance governance bodies;
• Tracking of value KPIs and ROI for the portfolio;
• Managing governance forums at programme and executive steerco level to communicate progress and make key decisions across stakeholder groups including the IoT C-suite;
• Establishing and managing forums to control scope and business case changes;
• Communicating the purpose, outcomes, plan and progress to the entire organisation with tailored communications for different groups.

Who you are

• Relevant university degree (M.Sc., B.Sc.);
• Qualifications in relevant delivery methodologies e.g. SAFe, PRINCE2;
• Experience leading a large portfolio of technology work, and delivering transformational change initiatives in a multi-vendor environment;
• Highly organised and motivated to manage large complex plans across multiple teams;
• Excellent verbal and written communicator to large audiences (100s of people) and C-suite members;
• Very strong stakeholder management skills (including influencing and mediation), with technical and non-technical teams up to head of department level;
• Highly skilled at managing finance and KPIs on multi-million pound technology projects with a high attention to detail on financial metrics;
• IoT or telecoms BSS knowledge is highly desirable;
• Fluency in English.

Not a perfect fit?

Worried that you don’t meet all the desired criteria exactly? At Vodafone we are passionate about empowering people 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 still apply as you may be the right candidate for this role or another opportunity.

What's in it for you

• Hybrid Work Model - Flexible hybrid work model with 8-10 in-office days per month, managed by team leaders;
• Vodafone Products and Services - Employees get a mobile phone, free communication plan, data card, and various discounts on services and products;
• Recognition - Recognition programs for innovative, creative, high-potential employees and exemplary behaviors;
• Health and Well-being - Well-being Program offers nutrition and psychological consultations, webinars, workshops, and discounts on various services and products;
• Learning - Access to Communities of Practice and a customizable digital training platform with high-quality content (namely Harvard Business Publishing, Skillsoft and Speexx);
• Local and International Mobility - Internal recruitment with local and international rotation opportunities across departments and roles.

Who we are

We are a leading international Telco, serving millions of customers. At Vodafone, we believe that connectivity is a force for good. If we use it for the things that really matter, it can improve people's lives and the world around us. Through our technology we empower people, connecting everyone regardless of who they are or where they live and we protect the planet, whilst helping our customers do the same.

Belonging at Vodafone isn't a concept; it's lived, breathed, and cultivated through everything we do. You'll be part of a global and diverse community, with many different minds, abilities, backgrounds and cultures. ;We're committed to increase diversity, ensure equal representation, and make Vodafone a place everyone feels safe, valued and included.

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Together we can.