Application Infrastructure Connectivity Product Owner
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At Vodafone, we’re not just shaping the future of connectivity for our customers – we’re shaping the future for everyone who joins our team. When you work with us, you’re part of a global mission to connect people, solve complex challenges, and create a sustainable and more inclusive world. If you want to grow your career whilst finding the perfect balance between work and life, Vodafone offers the opportunities to help you belong and make a real impact.
What you’ll do
Are you ready to lead the charge in revolutionizing Vodafone's IT infrastructure? As the visionary behind the Infrastructure Application Notation Tool (GIANT), you'll define and instrument application connectivity, ensuring seamless integration within our multi-cloud environments. Your mission: to create and maintain a cutting-edge roadmap for Infrastructure as Code and automation, propelling Vodafone's IT estate into the future.
In this dynamic role, you'll lead a development squad dedicated to evolving GIANT, integrating it with Vodafone's diverse cloud environments and infrastructure as code. You'll collaborate closely with Product Managers and Product Owners in VCI, programmatically weaving IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS solutions into GIANT. Your strategic leadership will drive innovation through AI and ML capabilities, automating the entire application design, build, and operation workflow using the latest Gen AI technologies.
Key Accountabilities and Decision Ownership:
• Innovative Leadership: Spearhead the development and implementation of Infrastructure as Code strategies, automating Vodafone’s IT estate provisioning. Develop automated CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure provisioning across private and public clouds.
• Seamless Integration: Maintain infrastructure provisioning metadata and create automated workflows for on-the-fly application design changes. Collaborate with the GIANT product manager to integrate Azure and DRCC application migrations into the enhanced version of GIANT.
• AI and ML Integration: Drive the integration of AI and ML technologies into GIANT, enhancing cloud application documentation and automation. Integrate GIANT with Gen AI tools like Code Whisperer, Copilot, and Vertex AI.
• Strategic Collaboration: Work with senior stakeholders to align GIANT's roadmap with Vodafone's strategic objectives. Develop GIANT to document public cloud connectivity patterns and manage approval workflows.
• Cost Efficiency: Lead initiatives to drive cost efficiency, managing budgets of 800k€+.
Who you are
Solid experience in a programming and product development
Excellent problem-solving skills, with the ability to minimize overhead tasks for the team and manage interdependencies with other teams.
Excellent relationship building and influencing skills, with the ability to foster an inclusive team culture.
Excellent knowledge in product development and agile work practices
In-depth understanding of both the current Telco, Network and digital services market and emerging business and technology trends
Flexible with planning and work estimation, managing and empowering the team, able to continuously balance between the customer and commercial needs.
A strong customer-centric focus, with an entrepreneurial and ROI mindset
Ability to function with a high degree of autonomy.
Strong financial management skills
Strong time-management skills, with the ability to juggle multiple balls, and comfortable working under pressure.
Excellent verbal and written communications and collaboration skills
Digital / software product ownership in large scale environments
User story definition and refinement
Expertise in Agile software development environment and methods
Market research, design thinking, and lean start-up methods; business modelling
Customer experience design of digital products and services
Data-driven decision making
Technical qualifications:
Master’s or bachelor’s degree in computer engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, or another related field.
Experience in programming language like C, C++, Perl, Python, Angular, Apex, ect (at least 1 or more of these tools)
Experience in successfully leading and mentoring agile / DevOps teams in large multi-team environments.
Experience in agile methodologies, such as Scrum, Kanban, Extreme Programming (XP), Test Driven Design and Behavioural Driven Design
Experience in successful delivery against financial / resource constraints
Experience with Machine learning (ML) and Artificial intelligence (AI) products
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
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.