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As the Executive Head: Wholesale Mobile at Vodacom in Midrand, Vodacom Campus, you will lead the strategy, commercial performance, and execution of the Wholesale Mobile portfolio. This senior leadership role demands around 10 years of telecommunications experience, robust commercial acumen, and proven ability to manage complex cross-functional teams and C-level relationships.

Requirements

  • Relevant 3 or 4 year degree in Engineering, Commerce, Business or a related discipline (MBA or postgraduate qualification advantageous).
  • Approximately 10 years of telecommunications experience, with at least 5 years in a leadership or senior leadership role.
  • Expertise in National Roaming, Managed Network Services, and/or MVNO.
  • Strong knowledge of mobile network architecture, GSMA, 3GPP, LTE, 5G, and related technologies.
  • Demonstrated commercial, financial, and executive-level negotiation skills.

Skills & Responsibilities

  • Commercial & Financial Acumen: Drive P&L performance, margin optimisation, pricing strategies, and business case development to defend and grow profitable revenue.
  • Telecommunications Expertise: Leverage deep knowledge of National Roaming, MVNO/MVNE, and Managed Network Services to manage the end-to-end product and customer lifecycle.
  • Executive Negotiation: Secure strategic agreements and build trusted C-level relationships with mobile operators, partners, and internal stakeholders.
  • People Leadership: Lead, mobilise, and develop cross-functional and direct teams across Technology, Finance, Legal, and Sales to deliver against strategic targets.
  • Potential transition routes: People from Senior Commercial Director, Head of Product, or Telecom Strategy Director roles may bring strong commercial, stakeholder management, and industry expertise, alongside meeting the required telecommunications background and leadership experience.

Job description

When it comes to putting people first, we're number 1.

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Certified by the Top Employer Institute 2026.

Role Purpose/Business Unit:

To lead the strategy, commercial performance and end-to-end execution of the Wholesale Mobile portfolio across National Roaming, MVNO/MVNE, Managed Network Services, Wholesale APN and Reverse Billed Data, defending and growing profitable revenue while delivering compliant, reliable and customer-focused services through effective leadership of people, partners and cross-functional teams.

The role provides commercial leadership across the full lifecycle, from strategy, opportunity qualification, proposition and pricing development, business-case approval and contracting through delivery readiness, billing, revenue and margin assurance, forecasting, performance management and corrective intervention.

Your responsibilities will include:

  • Own and execute the Wholesale Mobile strategy, annual operating plan and go-to-market priorities, informed by customer, market, technology, regulatory and competitive developments.
  • Own portfolio revenue, margin, cost, forecast and P&L performance; defend existing revenue, identify and close profitable growth opportunities, analyse trends and initiate corrective action.
  • Lead the end-to-end product and customer lifecycle, from opportunity identification, proposition and business case through negotiation, contracting, onboarding, implementation, billing, assurance, dispute resolution and optimisation.
  • Negotiate, conclude and govern strategic agreements with mobile operators, MVNO/MVNE partners, managed-network customers, APN and RBD wholesalers; maintain trusted C-level customer, supplier and partner relationships.
  • Lead people and cross-functional delivery across Technology, Finance, Billing, Legal, Regulatory, Sales and Operations; ensure contract compliance, service performance, revenue assurance, risk management and innovation.

The ideal candidate for this role will have:

  • Relevant 3 or 4 year degree, preferably in Engineering, Commerce, Business or a related discipline.
  • An MBA or equivalent postgraduate qualification is advantageous
  • Approximately 10 years of telecommunications experience, including relevant National Roaming, Managed Network Services and/or MVNO experience, with at least 5 years in a leadership or senior leadership role.
  • Strong grounding in mobile network architecture, Core Network and Radio Access Network concepts, and technologies relevant to roaming, MVNO/MVNE and managed-network services.
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Vodafone

Executive Head: Wholesale Mobile

Midrand
On-site
Competitive salary and incentives
Working knowledge of relevant industry standards and technologies, including GSMA, 3GPP and IETF standards; signalling and service platforms; LTE, 5G, VoLTE, VoWiFi, VoIP, MOCN and MORAN.
  • Agile and project/programme-management capability.
  • Core competencies, knowledge and experience:

    • Deep telecommunications and Wholesale Mobile expertise across National Roaming, MVNO/MVNE, Managed Network Services, APN, Reverse Billed Data and mobile-network commercial models.
    • Strong commercial and financial acumen, including pricing, business cases, P&L management, forecasting, margin optimisation, contract economics and revenue assurance.
    • Executive-level negotiation, influencing and relationship-management capability across C-level customers, suppliers, partners and senior internal stakeholders.
    • Ability to lead in complex environments, integrate commercial, technical, customer and regulatory considerations, solve complex problems and make sound risk-based decisions.
    • Proven strategy execution, innovation, customer focus and people leadership, with the ability to mobilise direct and matrix teams around measurable outcomes.
    • Lead and develop a team of professionals to deliver against targets. Align to the Vodafone leadership standards, culture codes and create a psychologically safe environment.

    We make an impact by offering:

    • Enticing incentive programs and competitive benefit packages
    • Retirement funds, risk benefits, and medical aid benefits
    • Cell phone and data benefits, advantages fibre connection discounts, and exclusive staff discounts offered in collaboration with partner companies

    Closing date for Applications: 17 November 2026.

    The base location for this role is Midrand, Vodacom Campus.

    The company's approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply.
    Vodacom is committed to an organisational culture that recognises, appreciates, and values diversity & inclusion.

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