• Job Description

  Req#: 220788

  Role purpose:

  
  Looking for a Smart Creative with Design & System Thinking with a strong personal culture of Learning, Growth & Solutions mindset providing Thought & Technology Leadership to join an existing high performing and dynamic IoT Product Management team to drive Product Life Cycle Management and develop new products, complex solutions, and portfolios for vertical/industry specific participation to investigate, validate, define, design and drive agile development of the IoT portfolio strategy whilst ensuring that the company wide targets are being met. Building IoT solutions with Self-Service, Self-Help, Auditing, Tracking, Monitoring, Revenue, Quality Assurance, with end-2-end automation as core value proposition and differentiation. While driving and adhering to company’s policies and procedures for Legal, Regulatory, Security, Technology Reliance, Business Continuity, Risk & Governance.

  Your responsibilities will include:

  To analyse and manage the mobile voice and roaming portfolio of products, applications and solutions that address vertical industry and enterprise customer needs.
  To understand the evolving needs in the enterprise environment and define the portfolio strategy to address these needs.
  To interpret the group strategy and roadmap and relate to the divisional roadmap to determine the direction of the specific area
  To compile a strategy and implementation roadmap in accordance with the divisional and group strategy
  To analyse the divisional business plan to determine the outputs required from the department
  Partner Management Lifecycle capabilities to drive an end-2-end engagement model for onboarding, strategy, roadmap, commercials, go-to-market and roadshows

  The ideal candidate for this role will have:

  Technical / professional qualifications:

  Matric essential
  Completed relevant 3-year Business or Technical degree or National diploma essential.
  Postgraduate Commercial degree preferable
  Minimum of 5 years relevant experience in the IoT/ICT industry essential including the following:
  Minimum 5 years Product Management Experience
  Minimum 5 years’ experience in managing a portfolio of products and services.

  
  Core competencies, knowledge, and experience:

  Commercial Product & Business case modelling
  Effective Stakeholder Management with effective communication skills, written, presentation and verbal
  Chief Problem Solver, Analytical, Systematic, Methodical driving a Learning, Growth & Solutions mindset
  Smart Creative with Design & System Thinking driving a Learning, Growth & Solutions mindset providing Thought & Technology Leadership
  Negotiation, Commercial and Contract Management skills

  
  Closing date for Applications: 23 June 2023

  The base location for this role is, Vodacom Campus, Midrand.

  The Company’s approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply.
  Vodacom is committed to an organisational culture that recognises, appreciates and values diversity & inclusion.
  

• About the company

  Vodafone Group plc is a British multinational telecommunications company.

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