Digital Engineering Tribe Lead

Job Description

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.

The role is responsible for overall accountability of Digital Engineering in the market by building and leading a high-performing local Engineering organization. It drives strong local delivery while operating within a globally connected model and champions the “build once, reuse multiple times” philosophy. The role ensures that internal and external developers follow Vodafone guardrails and best practices, and it seeks new innovations using AI use cases to improve our SW Lifecycle and, by consequence, the time-to-market in Vodafone.

What you’ll do

• Connect markets and common digital capabilities to achieve the global outcomes of re-use and leveraging scale.
• Responsible for the overall delivery of digital portfolio in the market from integration with core IT, to successful delivery to market.
• Tight interlock with local CIO and exceptional stakeholder management of local Commercial Heads.
• Drive industry best practice in a global engineering capability (e.g. DXL Engineering) ensuring a balance of local backlog delivery and global re-use and collaboration
• Own end to end local finances of digital deliveries, including internal Capex/Opex and the management of supplier commercials.
• Responsible for building and leading a capable and empowered team of engineers & connecting across multiple markets with a shared, clear vision.
• Manage local sourcing strategy and strategic vendor relationships to achieve goals of innovation, speed, and efficiency.
• Connect global Software Engineering Acceleration (hyper-scaling) initiatives across markets (e.g. IaC, Web Component libraries, mDDS).
• Create Scaled Agile Delivery practice, defining agile principles and ways of working in market, including Product Increment planning and governance – aligned to the global engineering delivery model.

Who you are

• A proven track record of leading engineering teams with an in-depth understanding of the technologies, processes and architecture required for delivering high quality digital products at pace.
• Strong experience in leading and managing with complex customer and stakeholder engagement.
• Extensive experience in one or more of the key engineering domains (ex, app, web, chat).
• A deep understanding of the full software development lifecycle including multiple delivery methodologies with the ability to mentor, motivate and shape high performing teams.
• Experience in establishing scaled agile delivery teams, including setting up the concept of Release Trains, and associated Release Tran Engineers (RTEs).
• Excellent Programme and Portfolio management skills.
• Leading knowledge, research and evangelism across Vodafone and the wider industry.
• Leadership skills, in particular: team engagement, influence, communications and relationship building skills.
• Delivery focused, strong decision-making skills to drive alignment and agreement with key business and other internal stakeholders and excellent communication skills and ability to lead teams across multi sites and multi-functional boundaries.
• Able to collaborate among a globally distributed engineering organization with a mission to delivery customer value with sustainable speed through reusability, automation and implementing best engineering practices.
• High energy and passionate individual who inspires teammates to reach their maximum potential.
• An enthusiastic interest in modern software engineering practice, tooling, technology and techniques.
• Drives a non-hierarchical culture of collaboration, transparency, and trust across the team.
• Fluency in English.

Not a perfect fit?

Worried that you don’t meet all the desired criteria exactly? At Vodafone we are passionate about empowering people 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 still apply as you may be the right candidate for this role or another opportunity.

What's in it for you

• Hybrid Work Model - Flexible hybrid work model with 8-10 in-office days per month, managed by team leaders
• Vodafone Products and Services - Employees get a mobile phone, free communication plan, data card, and various discounts on services and products
• Recognition - Recognition programs for innovative, creative, high-potential employees and exemplary behaviors
• Health and Well-being - Well-being Program offers nutrition and psychological consultations, webinars, workshops, and discounts on various services and products
• Learning - Access to Communities of Practice and a customizable digital training platform with high-quality content (namely Harvard Business Publishing and Skillsoft)
• Local and International Mobility - Internal recruitment with local and international rotation opportunities across departments and roles

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 increase diversity, ensure equal representation, and make Vodafone a place everyone feels safe, valued and included.

If you require any reasonable adjustments or have an accessibility request as part of your recruitment journey, for example, extended time or breaks in between online assessments, please refer to https://careers.vodafone.com/application-adjustments/ for guidance.

Together we can.