Product Owner

Who we are

VOIS (Vodafone Intelligent Solutions) is a strategic arm of Vodafone Group Plc, creating value for customers by delivering intelligent solutions through Talent, Technology & Transformation.

As the largest shared services organisation in the global telco industry with 30,000 FTE, our portfolio of next-generation solutions and services are designed in partnership with customers across Vodafone Group, local markets, and partner markets to simplify and drive growth. With our strategic partner Accenture, we work alongside our Vodafone customers, other Telco and tech companies to drive transformation, meet the challenges of our industry and ensure we stay relevant and resilient. This partnership is a unique, industry-first model which brings together the best of in-house and 3rd party capability.

We work with customers across 28 countries from 10 VOIS locations: Albania, Egypt, Hungary, India, Romania, Spain, Turkey, UK, Germany, Ireland, and with a network of teams in Czech Republic, Italy, Greece, and Portugal.

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About this Role

We are seeking a Product Owner to join the Software & Product Infrastructure team within Infrastructure Engineering. This role is responsible for managing the full lifecycle of complex technology products and initiatives delivered in an international environment involving suppliers, Vodafone OpCos and Group Technology stakeholders. The position combines product ownership, technology strategy, roadmap management and project delivery responsibilities, ensuring that hardware and software solutions are delivered on time, within scope and aligned with global Vodafone architecture standards.

As a senior Product Owner, the role owns product strategy and roadmap sequencing across multiple product streams, gathers and prioritises requirements, drives feasibility assessments and implementation planning, and contributes to security and compliance-related initiatives while operating within an agile delivery framework.

What you’ll do

• Own, prioritise and maintain the product backlog, translating business strategy into features, user stories and clear acceptance criteria.
• Gather, analyse and validate stakeholder and user requirements, defining product outcomes and priorities.
• Build and maintain the technology strategy and integration vision aligned with product objectives.
• Collaborate with teams managing VOIS products to define and evolve product roadmaps.
• Sequence and manage roadmaps across multiple product streams to maximise business value.
• Produce and deliver technology plans supporting product evolution and strategic objectives.
• Work closely with Product Managers to define and agree product capabilities and feature priorities.
• Collaborate with Product Owners, Product Managers, Solution Designers and Architects to develop detailed implementation plans and designs.
• Coordinate supplier selection activities and manage ongoing vendor engagement, including technical requirements, compliance, roadmaps and performance reviews.
• Support onboarding activities and facilitate knowledge-transfer sessions for new team members.
• Contribute to strategic initiatives, investigations, documentation, process improvements and cross-functional projects.
• Monitor industry trends, emerging technologies, security developments and compliance requirements to support continuous product improvement.
• Promote agile practices that enhance delivery speed, collaboration and productivity within the team.

Who you are

• Proven experience as a Product Owner working within scalable agile delivery environments.
• Experience owning product strategy, roadmap prioritisation and backlog management.
• Strong knowledge of end-to-end solution design and delivery across complex technology environments.
• Experience coordinating virtual and geographically distributed teams.
• Experience with audit and external audit processes.
• Experience designing and implementing SaaS, IaaS and PaaS cloud solutions.
• Knowledge of access management platforms, digital channels, mobile applications and telecommunications services.
• Strong stakeholder management, communication and presentation skills.
• Solid understanding of the software development lifecycle and agile methodologies.
• Project management experience within enterprise environments.
• Minimum 5 years of experience within a telecommunications organisation or a global technology company.
• Good understanding of middleware technologies and integration concepts.
• Knowledge and hands-on experience with Single Sign-On technologies including OpenID, SAML and OAuth.
• Experience working with identity and access management concepts including LDAP, ABAC and RBAC.
• Good understanding of web technologies, microservices, mobile network technologies, 4G/LTE, 5G and cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure and GCP.
• Fluent written and spoken English.
• Commitment to continuous technical and professional development.

Not a perfect fit?

Concerned you may not meet every requirement? Vodafone is committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive. If you are excited about this role but your experience does not align exactly with every aspect of the job description, you are encouraged to apply. You may be the right candidate for this or another opportunity, and the recruitment team will support you in exploring where your skills fit best.

What's in it for you

• Hybrid way of working
• Medical and dental services
• Life and hospitalization insurance
• Dedicated employee phone subscription
• Take control of your benefits and choose any of the below options: MEAL TICKETS/ PRIVATE PENSION/ VACATION VOUCHERS/ CULTURAL VOUCHERS within the budget.
• Special discounts for gyms and retailers
• Annual Company Bonus
• Loyalty Programme
• Ongoing Education - we continuously invest in you to ensure you have everything needed to excel on the job and enhance your skills
• You get to work with tried and trusted web-technology
• Getting in on the ground floor of a technology changing company
• We let you write your own story by planning vacations: go for a trip, experience new things, have fun and enjoy your 23 days off.
• Special Paternal Program - 4 months of paid paternity leave

What skills you will learn

• Advanced product ownership and strategic roadmap management practices.
• Enterprise-scale stakeholder engagement and supplier management capabilities.
• Product lifecycle management across complex international technology environments.
• Identity and access management technologies and governance frameworks.
• Security, compliance and audit best practices within enterprise organisations.
• Modern cloud, microservices and telecommunications platform architectures.
• Cross-functional leadership, agile delivery and knowledge-sharing capabilities.

VOIS Equal Opportunity Employer Commitment

Vodafone recognises and celebrates the value of diversity in building a workforce that reflects the customers and communities it serves. No form of discrimination is tolerated. This includes, but is not limited to, discrimination based on race, colour, age, veteran status, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, pregnancy, maternity or parental status, ethnicity, disability, religion or belief, political affiliation, trade union membership, nationality, citizenship, indigenous status, medical condition, HIV status, neurodiversity, social origin, cultural background, marital or civil partnership status, or socio-economic background.

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