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Design and Innovation Expert

Aggregate function:  Technology
Business Area:  VT Netw. Strategy Archit. Eng.
Posting Country:  Portugal
Date Posted:  31 Mar 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

Within Digital Engineering, Design and Innovation team is responsible to deliver end to end design of new digital solutions and platforms. We rely in our expertise to design innovative products supporting planning and optimization of our networks with focus on customer experience improvement. We are also responsible for vendor selection and management, identifying partners who can speed up the delivery of our digital strategy. Discussing with Product team and customers, the Design and Innovation Expert need to translate requirements into design specifications or select the appropriate vendor, to enable the delivery of innovative products on digital area.

What you’ll do

  • Set digital product Design blueprint to be followed by both internal developers and vendors;
  • Lead customers’ best practise and innovation platform for own product line;
  • Design or manage vendor selection and vendor management for own products;
  • Continuously analyse data to pin new opportunities and maximize products’ value; 
  • Manage the development of new proof of concept projects.

Who you are

  • Bachelor’s or master’s in telecommunications  Engineering  or similar;
  • Minimum 5 years’ experience in network Engineering function;
  • Be able to work with data models and mine large and complex data sets;
  • Knowledge on Google cloud platform or data science and new GenAI solutions;
  • Knowledge on network planning and optimization, to identify how to innovate through Gen AI approached;
  • Ability to understand business requirements, interpret data, and develop & propose improvement strategies based on our gaps;
  • Great multi-national, multi-cultural leadership skills to align large team of technical resources around a common strategy and Design;
  • Strong knowledge on Telco domain, with focus on mobile/fixed networks;
  • Expertise with various industry applicable data sources;
  • Experience with Agile foundations;
  • 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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