Product Activation Manager
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 24, 2026. First seen by Alion on Sep 3, 2026. Vodafone Group scores C on the Alion truth index.
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 proactive and structured Product Activation professional to support cross-portfolio activation programmes aligned with Vodafone Business priorities. Working within Product Enablement, you will help translate strategic objectives into practical deliverables by coordinating workstreams, maintaining delivery plans, producing activation materials and supporting market readiness.
You will collaborate with Group teams, operating companies, Sales, Marketing, Commercial, Finance, Product and Partnership teams. This role is suited to someone with strong organisational skills, attention to detail and an interest in go-to-market execution, digital transformation and cross-functional programme delivery.
What you’ll do
- Support the delivery of cross-portfolio activation programmes aligned with Vodafone Business priorities.
- Coordinate defined workstreams, ensuring that activities, owners, deadlines and dependencies are clearly documented and tracked.
- Maintain programme documentation, including delivery plans, status reports, stakeholder trackers and action logs.
- Prepare and consolidate activation playbooks, market-readiness packs, sales-enablement materials and programme communications.
- Gather feedback from operating companies, monitor readiness and help resolve or escalate delivery issues.
- Coordinate meetings and governance forums, documenting decisions, actions, owners and next steps.
- Monitor progress against agreed milestones and highlight risks, delays, gaps and dependencies.
- Produce dashboards, concise summaries and data-informed updates for programme governance and leadership reporting.
- Track market adoption, feedback and delivery progress.
- Capture lessons learned and recommend practical improvements to tools, templates, activation assets and ways of working.
Who you are
- You have experience in product activation, go-to-market execution, project coordination, programme support, sales enablement or commercial operations in a business-to-business environment.
- You understand commercial, sales, marketing or product-delivery processes.
- You can organise plans, actions, deadlines and multiple concurrent workstreams.
- You work effectively across functions, markets and stakeholder groups within a matrix organisation.
- You communicate clearly and can turn complex information into structured, accessible updates.
- You demonstrate attention to detail and confidence when working with data, trackers, dashboards and reporting materials.
- You take ownership of actions, anticipate potential issues and escalate appropriately.
- You have an interest in telecommunications, ICT, digital transformation, managed services, cloud, security or partner-led go-to-market models.
- You hold a degree, or have equivalent experience, in business, marketing, technology, commercial management or a related discipline.
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
- The opportunity to contribute to strategic growth and transformation programmes across Vodafone Business.
- Exposure to cross-portfolio activation and go-to-market delivery in an international, matrix-based organisation.
- Collaboration with stakeholders across Product, Sales, Marketing, Commercial, Finance, operating companies and Partnership teams.
- Experience supporting market activation, readiness, adoption and continuous improvement.
- The opportunity to help develop reusable playbooks, templates and activation materials that support effective execution across markets.
What skills you will learn
- Cross-portfolio programme and workstream coordination.
- Market-readiness planning and go-to-market execution.
- Stakeholder engagement across functions and international markets.
- Preparation of activation playbooks, enablement materials and communication assets.
- Governance reporting, dashboard development and progress monitoring.
- Risk, dependency and action management.
- Analysis of market adoption, performance data and stakeholder feedback.
- Continuous improvement of programme tools, templates and working practices.
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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