Global Messaging Hub Product Manager

Would you like to be part of our new adventure? Vodafone Group launched its new technological HUB in 2021, an international center of excellence dedicated to research and development of technical solutions, such as Secure Networks, 5G and 6G development, Open RAN, IoT, MPN & MEC and UCC for Vodafone Business, platforms and enterprise solutions.

This vacancy is part of VOIS Spain, legal entity part of Vodafone Group.

Come and join us to create the future together!

For the role of Global Messaging Hub Product Manager we are looking for candidates with a broad range of skills.

Key accountabilities and decision ownership:

• Define the 18-month roadmap in line with global business and commercial priorities.
• Full ownership and accountability for the business commercials, P&L and revenue growth roadmap (Supporting the Senior Product Manager).
• Capture and translate global 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 and maintain global product roadmap, ensuring alignment with VBI Carrier and Local Product Managers. Ensure VBI Carrier and local market requirements are captured and integration, launch and go-to-market resources and budgets are planned and ring-fenced.
• Support migration of customer engagement from SMS to RCS Business Messaging in close cooperation with RBM product manager
• Overseeing the SAFe/Agile product delivery to ensure necessary governance, funding and key deliverables are achieved on time and to quality, working with their respective Technical
• Product Owner in all Agile ceremonies.

• Excellent business messaging product background and market knowledge; strong background on SMS and RCS.
• Good understanding of APIs and basic knowledge of Camara initiative
• Good understanding of data analytics and AI techniques.
• Good understanding of Go-to-market strategies, especially in wholesale
• Requires particular focus on customers at a global level whilst appreciating local nuances. Able to manage and understand global customer trends.
• Natural ability to lead on behalf of their product on a global scale.
• Drives senior functional stakeholders to align with their product strategy and requirements. Highly proficient at managing global strategy and commercial requirements for a global product/s.
• Requires ability to manage P&L and commercials globally for their product.
• Excellent product knowledge particularly at a global level. Able to spot global product and technology trends.
• Strong partnership management capabilities and proven engagement with industry bodies.
• Good understanding of key enabling product technologies, in particular messaging firewalls.
• Emphasis on resolving conflicting requirements within and between local markets.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and strength in collaborative working and customer focus.
• Appropriate product lifecycle management experience, and the ability to triage across a product and segment mix, ensuring issues are resolved and plans stay on-track.
• Appropriate experience in leading and motivating virtual teams and the ability to maintain the right balance between tactical and strategic activity to remain on-top of our game and ahead of our competition.
• Good understanding of SAFe and LPM governance methodologies and principles. Ideally a certified Product Manager (e.g. POPM and/or IAPMM).
• Advanced level of English.

Benefits

• 
  Hybrid work model

• Bonus on top of the gross salary.

• Meal voucher (Ticket Restaurant)

• Flexible working hours from Monday to Thursday, and an intensive schedule on Fridays.

• Intensive Summer Schedule during July and August.

• Up to 20 days per year of 100% remote work from other locations.

• Private Health and Life Insurance for employees.

• 25 vacation days, plus December 24th and 31st off.

• Optional Pension Plan.

• Access to an online learning platform for continuous training.

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REF: 267565

Please, apply with an English version of your CV.

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