JOB DESCRIPTION / ROLE
What you'll do
The Demand Authority provides expert knowledge, working to the technology strategy and aligning the market demands and financial and commercial plans. They ensure, through planning and analysis, the transformation of business demands from ideas into defined and agreed Network and/or IT deliverables. The Demand Authority focusses on demand and portfolio management activities to deliver the technology strategy. Typically reports to Senior Demand Manager.
Who you are
* Assists and advises on the implementation of strategic demand management decisions to ensure alignment between business strategy and Network/IT planning in support of business needs;
* Understands and interprets business requirements of users, including portfolio and lifecycle management of services offered, requirement capture, business rules and logic, financial and business-case constraints and alignment of delivery capabilities;
* Executes demand management activities including impact assessments, resource planning, stakeholder management and budget management;
* Drives business analysis activities including requirements analysis, traceability matrix, process analysis, benefits validation, customer experience evaluation and user acceptance test verification;
REQUIREMENTS
* Drives portfolio control activities including annual planning of forecasting, budget planning and control, prioritisation recommendations and sourcing recommendation;
* Contributes to the team working with solution architectures to ensure project feasibility and strategic alignment and working with project management to enable cross-functional working and effective management of resources;
* Owns solid relations with user experience to ensure business process alignment with the customer experience;
* May provide informal guidance to junior staff.
Not a perfect fit?
Worried that you don't meet all the desired criteria exactly? At Vodafone we are passionate about Inclusion for All and creating a workplace where everyone can thrive, whatever their personal or professional background. If you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align exactly with every part of the job description, we encourage you to apply as you may be the right candidate for this role or another role, and our recruitment team can help you see how your skills fit in.
What's in it for you
Together we can
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.
