Technical Career Path PMO Manager

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

As the TCP Stakeholder Lead, you will play a critical role in supporting candidates and key stakeholders throughout all stages of the Vodafone Technical Career Path (TCP) process. Leveraging your exceptional stakeholder management skills, you will ensure seamless engagement, communication, and alignment across diverse technical domains.

You will collaborate closely with the Senior TCP Transformation Managers to establish and operationalise a centralised Virtual Project Management Office for Technical Experts. This office serves as a strategic hub for continuously improving TCP processes, tools, and frameworks enabling Vodafone to meet its TCP ambitions and performance targets.

This role requires confident and effective interaction with senior leaders across Vodafone’s global organisation. You will be expected to navigate complex stakeholder environments, engage in problem solving, influence decision-making, and foster collaboration at all levels of the business.

What you’ll do

• Provide consistent and proactive support to TCP Transformation Managers, ensuring continuity of the TCP support service.
• Lead the scheduling and coordination of TCP Panel Reviews, ensuring timely and efficient execution, and define, implement, and manage new TCP processes, driving continuous improvement and alignment with strategic goals.
• Coordinate Expert Reviews and Panel Reviews, facilitating collaboration and timely feedback across technical domains, and guide and support TCP candidates throughout the TCP Pipeline Process, ensuring clarity, readiness, and progress.
• Deliver regular reporting and health checks on TCP implementation progress, including ad-hoc reporting for the Vodafone Leadership Team (VLT).
• Contribute to the development and maintenance of TCP documentation, ensuring accuracy and relevance.
• Monitor and track ratification outcomes to ensure timely activation of Reward, Communications, and HR processes, and manage the TCP Pipeline data
• Support events and initiatives associated with TCP, and be a great team player across multiple functional disciples

Who you are

• Experience in Technology and/or Business function
• Ability to work pro-actively on a day-to-day basis with minimum guidance and ability to manage multiple & changing priorities.
• Strong presentation skills and strong stakeholder management
• Passion and energy for innovative solutions for delivery and operations governance
• Strong influencing, organisational & communication skills (both written and spoken)
• Experience of delivery/project management, Azure De Ops, Power BI and Project Online tools.

Must have technical / professional qualifications:

• Fluent in English (spoken and written)
• Recognised PMO industry qualification such as APMP, Prince2 or similar project management qualification preferred
• Knowledge of SAFe and Agile methodologies.

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

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.