Core Network Project Manager

Job description / Role

Join us 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.

Role purpose

This role would require a combination of technical expertise in networking technologies, strategic thinking, project management skills, and strong leadership and communication abilities.

Key accountabilities & decision ownership

• Developing strategies and roadmaps for core network infrastructure, ensuring alignment with business objectives and technological advancements.
• Establishing policies and procedures for the operation, maintenance, and security of core network assets, complying with regulatory requirements and industry standards.
• Evolving the core network architecture and design to meet scalability, reliability, and performance requirements, considering emerging technologies.
• Managing vendor relationships to ensure quality, cost-effectiveness, and timely delivery.
• Ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements, industry standards, and internal policies related to data privacy, network security, and service quality.
• Planning and overseeing changes to the core network environment, including upgrades, expansions, and migrations, to minimize disruptions and maintain service continuity.
• Collaborating with other departments, aligning core network initiatives with overall business objectives and priorities.
• Identifying opportunities for efficiency improvements, cost optimization, and innovation in core network operations through process enhancements, automation, and adoption of best practices.
• Reporting on core network projects and initiatives to senior management, stakeholders, and regulatory authorities, communicating technical concepts in a clear and concise manner.
• Ensuring resource allocation and utilization.
• Ensuring proper handover to operations before project go-live.

Core competencies, knowledge, and experience

• Bachelor of Communications & Electronics Engineering is a must.
• Master's degree in management, MBA, PMP, or Agile certification is preferred.
• Excellent English skills (verbal and written).
• Knowledge and experience of working in agile frameworks, SAFe, PMP, MSP, or Prince2 are preferable.
• High presentation skills.
• Risk management, political intelligence, and negotiation skills.
• High communication and interpersonal skills.

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 increasing diversity, ensuring equal representation, and making Vodafone a place everyone feels safe, valued, and included.

About the Company

At Vodafone, we are known for our technology, but the truth is, it is humanity that drives our business forward. With the global pandemic raising so many questions for tech brands, it has highlighted the leading role that we need to play.

We believe that, when working together, humanity and technology can find the answers and create a better future for all.

Working at Vodafone is all about helping people feel ready to benefit from new technology. We bring the future to even the most remote places, using technology to help families in disaster zones, showing young people that a phone is not just for fun and thinking about technology that doesn’t even exist yet.