At Vodafone, we’re working hard to build a better future. A more connected, inclusive and sustainable world. As a dynamic global community, it's our human spirit, together with technology, that empowers us to achieve this.
We challenge and innovate in order to connect people, businesses, and communities across the world. Delighting our customers and earning their loyalty drive us, and we experiment, learn fast and get it done, together.
With us, you can be truly be yourself and belong, share inspiration, embrace new opportunities, thrive, and make a real difference.
Role Responsibilities:
* Overall accountability for Digital Engineering within Ireland, building and leading our Engineering group locally.
* Architecture, Development, Systems Portfolio, and SRE domains management.
* Focus on delivering for the local market in a globally connected way, acting as a local ambassador of the ‘build once, reuse multiple times’ concept.
* Connecting markets and common digital capabilities to achieve global outcomes of re-use and leveraging scale.
* Overall delivery of the digital portfolio in the market, from integration with core IT to successful market delivery.
* Working closely with the local CIO and managing exceptional stakeholder relationships with local Commercial Heads.
* Driving industry best practices in a global engineering capability, ensuring a balance of local backlog delivery and global re-use and collaboration.
* Owning end-to-end local finances of digital deliveries.
* Building and leading a capable and empowered team of engineers, connecting across multiple markets with a shared, clear vision.
* Managing local sourcing strategy and strategic vendor relationships to achieve goals of innovation, speed, and efficiency.
* Connecting global Software Engineering Acceleration initiatives across markets and creating a Scaled Agile Delivery practice, defining agile principles and ways of working in the market.
Who we are looking for:
* 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 complex customer and stakeholder engagements.
* Extensive experience in one or more of the key engineering domains (e.g., app, web, chat, SRE, or cloud engineering).
* 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 Train Engineers (RTEs).
* Leading knowledge, research, and evangelism across Vodafone and the wider industry.
* Leadership skills, particularly in team engagement, influence, communications, and relationship building.
* Delivery-focused with strong decision-making skills to drive alignment and agreement with key business and other internal stakeholders.
* Excellent communication skills and the ability to lead teams across multiple sites and multi-functional boundaries.
* Ability to collaborate among a globally distributed engineering organization with a mission to deliver 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 practices, tooling, technology, and techniques.
* Ability to drive a non-hierarchical culture of collaboration, transparency, and trust across the team.
* Excellent Programme and Portfolio management skills.
* Agile and Scrum Experience.
Who we are:
* Vodafone is leading the charge in Ireland's gigabit society, offering innovative products and services that significantly impact the lives and communities of our customers.
* As part of the global Vodafone Group, we are connected to the world's largest mobile community, spanning five continents.
* Our cutting-edge technology enables us to deliver gigabit speeds for gamers, facilitate remote work across the country, and continuously evolve to stay at the forefront of innovation in Ireland.
* At Vodafone, we value diversity and flexibility, providing a fantastic environment where you can thrive.
* We employ approximately 1,300 people in Dublin and across our retail network in Ireland, ensuring each employee has the chance to innovate, be challenged, and be rewarded.
* Vodafone is dedicated to supporting LGBT+ individuals at work and is an equal opportunities employer where everyone can be their best.
* Joining Vodafone means growing your career while enjoying numerous benefits, including a competitive salary, flexible working hours and locations, generous employer pension contributions, free phone bills, mobile phone discounts, extensive training through Vodafone University, exclusive family and friends discounts, 23 days of annual leave plus charity days and a birthday off.
* We are passionate about our employees and encourage you to bring your whole self to work.
* At Vodafone, we believe that combining technology and the human spirit makes anything possible.
* Join us and shape a rewarding career that gives back in more ways than one.
* It starts here. It starts with you.
Vodafone is committed to attracting, developing and retaining the very best people by offering a motivating and inclusive workplace in which talent is truly recognised and rewarded.
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