Ethernet Product Manager

Job description / Role

Role Purpose:

The Fixed Connectivity market for wide area networks is undergoing a major transition as digital transformation, accelerating cloud adoption, demand for larger bandwidths, hyperscale needs and carrier business are driving the need to re-think the network and, in consequence, demand is accelerating for Vodafone Business future proof Ethernet portfolio.

As a Global Product Manager, you will provide E2E global product lifecycle management for one of our Global product families, namely Ethernet working closely with local in-country Product Managers and Carrier channels, to ensure your product(s) are fully relevant and integrated into Vodafone Local Markets (Operating Companies) and other channels. The role holder will have E2E accountability for their product area acting in the capacity as the 'mini-CEO' on a global scale.

Key Accountabilities and Decision Ownership:
- Help define, research and driving product strategy (~3-year horizon) in line with global business and commercial priorities
- Accountability for the business commercials, P&L and revenue growth roadmap
- Capture and translate customer needs into clear product capabilities and features or to optimize existing products
- Focus on 'total product design' to ensure all E2E requirements are captured including quality, safety, regulatory and sustainability
- Create, maintain and drive execution of global product roadmap, ensuring alignment with Local Product Managers and channels. Ensuring local market and channel requirements are captured and integration, launch and go-to-market resources and budgets are planned and ring-fenced
- Ensure visibility and alignment of global product roadmaps
- Overseeing the agile product development phase to ensure necessary governance, funding and key deliverables are achieved on time and to quality, working with their respective Technology Product Lead
- Acts as 'chief publicist' for their product to ensure all launch requirements are consistent, scalable and aligned through relevant teams (incl. marketing, commercial, sales etc.).
- Identifying/working with product partners and determining how they will support the creation of new products
- Owns product costing strategy & reference pricing, establishing suitable product differentiation, value-add & execution strategies to underpin product's success
- Manage all in-life and end-of-life requirements to optimize global product performance, capability and commercials, initiating resolving actions where necessary.
- Working within Scaled Agile (SAFe) framework

Requirements

Core competencies, knowledge and experience:
- Knowhow of Ethernet as a B2B telecommunication service
- Requires particular focus on customers at a global level whilst appreciating any local nuances. Able to manage and understand global customer trends.
- Natural ability to lead on behalf of their product on a global scale.
- Senior stakeholder management.
- Requires ability to manage P&L and commercials globally for their product.
- Emphasis on resolving conflicting requirements between local markets
- Engages local stakeholders regularly

Must Have Technical / Professional Qualifications:
- Graduate, with minimum of a bachelor's degree
- + 4 yrs of experience in enterprise connectivity services

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.