Specialist Data Science & Analytics

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.

Role Purpose

• Identify opportunities to improve business outcomes using analytical techniques, working with Local Markets and Group to understand their requirements and find and/or develop appropriate analytical products.
• Build and deliver data science and GenAI models that drive value following best-practices and standards (revenue upturn, cost decrease and/or customer & employee engagement improvements)
• Build and deliver automations which will help digital transformation of stakeholders
• Partner with Product Manager & delivery teams within VOIS to deliver analytics solutions
• Create, own and maintain reusable data science products and services that can be deployed across Vodafone
• Drive innovation by employing new analytical techniques

Who you are

Key accountabilities and decision ownership:

• Stakeholder management and engagement with new stakeholders from Group and OpCos to address their analytics needs and shape and define our Analytics Products/Projects Portfolio based on these requirements
• Ensure best-practices and standards for software development in Data Science are followed across the wider team
• Own specification and delivery of analytical products and services
• Manage analytics portfolio and products by continuous improvement of existing products and developing new products based on stakeholder needs
• Develop new analytics solutions through descriptive, GenAI, predictive and/or prescriptive analytics techniques
• Manage delivery through partner organisation in DAIS (Data & Analytics Integrated Services in Vodafone Shared Services)
• Maintain data sources and models up to date
• Maintain up to date knowledge and emerging trends in analytics and challenge the status quo

Key performance indicators:

• Value created from delivery of analytics products and projects
• Efficiency of delivery (return on investment) given by the standardization of the solutions delivered
• Rate of innovations introduced to the company (focus areas of ML/GenAI/Automation)

What's in it for you

Core competencies, knowledge and experience:

• Experience in agile way of working
• Strong communication skills with ability to influence senior stakeholders
• Storytelling with data

Must have technical / professional qualifications:

• Hands‑on proficiency in Python for data analysis, automation, and AI/ML solution development, following software engineering best practices (version control, modular design, reusable components)
• Practical experience with any Cloud (GCP, Azure, AWS)
• Working knowledge of Machine Learning and GenAI solutions
• Experience defining, building and supporting end‑to‑end analytics or AI products, from requirements gathering and design through to preproduction and production deployment.
• Proven experience collaborating across business, IT and delivery team

Benefits

• Hybrid work model
• Bonus on top of the gross salary.
• 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 and Family
• 25 vacation days, plus December 24th and 31st off.
• Optional Pension Plan.
• Access to an online learning platform for continuous training.

#LI-Hybrid

REF: 281931

Please, apply with an English version of your CV.

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.

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.