Senior Expert Solution Manager

What you’ll do

• Accountable for design, development and deployment of systems and complex and versatile solutions across the European markets and Group functions in line with business needs and the domain's and vertical's strategy.
• Accountable to manage the entire Lifecycle of the systems and solutions in area of accountability, including Identification of technical synergy potentials and derivation of recommendations for action.
• Analyses and evaluates the business requirements in accordance with the Demand Management Process and translates into them into Solution Designs.
• Development of technical concepts for complex challenges and creation of decision tempates for domain and cross domain management bodies.
• Leads project and program teams with more than 10 people in a matrix organisation.
• Selects and coordinates suppliers for the design, development and implementation phase in accordance to the Delivery Management Process.
• Evaluates and designs concepts to modernise, harmonise and consolidate systems across the markets and actively promotes reuse of strategic solutions to drive efficiency gain and cost reduction.

Skills we need

• Engineering degree (Bachelor / Master) in telecommunications or computer science or equivalent
• At least 5 years professional experience in telecommunication or IT
• Very Good Knowledge of IT standards (i,e, ITIL, ETOM), project management methodologies (e.g. Prince2) and Agile working methods (i.e. Scrum, Design Thinking). Certifications desirable.
• Very good knowledge of NW and NW Management protocols (i.e. IP, SNMP, TR-069, DOCSIS)
• Very good knowledge of Software architecture and Software design principles including AWS or similar cloud technologies
• Good knowledge of Software virtualization techniques and platforms (i.e. VMWare, Kybernetes, Docker)

What's in it for you

• We currently work in a roughly 3 days from home, 2 days in the office mode,
• Here, we address each other informally and aren’t really bothered about a dress code… It suits us all just fine, and we hope you’ll feel good among us too.
• Annual bonus
• We keep up with the times or even a step ahead, so with us you can enjoy 5 weeks of vacation, 5 personal days
• We also think about parents, with 16 weeks vacations for new parents and the option of returning to work sooner under exceptional conditions for moms.
• If Vodafone, then full on – you will get a mobile phone and a great unlimited tariff, plus 22 000 benefit points per year which you can use in the cafeteria to buy vacations, educational courses or just to invite your dearest to the cinema.
• We’re located on a metro line – right at the entrance actually – our headquarters are in Stodůlky. You’ll find everything you need in the building and the vicinity for your lunch break or coffee break, and you can even shop in the nearby stores.
• And if you need to shake it off after work, you can grab one of the bikes we rent, or go to our gym located in the building.

Together we can

At Vodafone, we’re passionate about creating inclusive workplaces where everyone can be themselves and achieve their best. For us, that means supportive teams and strong relationships where everyone’s contribution is valued - across social and cultural backgrounds, ethnicities, age, genders, gender identities, abilities, sexual orientation, and everything that makes us unique. We want the best people to join us and make their difference, so we will always consider requests for flexible working (such as full-time, part-time, home-working).