General Manager - Digital Data Lead

Role title: General Manager - Digital Data Lead
Function: Tech_VOIS
Band: F2
Department: D&A
Reports to: Head of Data & Analytics
Location: Pune

Role purpose:  

• The role will be responsible for providing services to Vodafone operating companies, especially for Vodafone UK, Vodafone Group and Vodacom/Safaricom under Data & Analytics Global Service Line. The role will be based out of _VOIS Pune and will be reporting to D&A GSL Global Head.
• He/she is also responsible for all aspects related to Digital Transformation, Thought Leadership, Talent development and retention. The person should have identifiable leadership skills on generating a vision, establishing direction, and motivating developers and other team members, creating an atmosphere of trust, leveraging diverse views, coaching staffs, and encouraging improvement and innovation. Handle new & BAU transitions within D&A landscape.
• He/she acts as a Digital Data Leader within Data & Analytics landscape with expertise of leading large scale delivery teams of data architecture/data engineering on any of the leading Cloud platforms e.g. GCP, AWS, Azure; Data platforms like Databricks, Snowflake etc; Distributed computing using on-prem Big Data technologies; Data Governance - catalogue, lineage, business glossary etc; Master Data Management; DWH/ETL; Data Lake/Lakehouse; Data Virtualisation; Machine Learning Engineering / Ops; Data Visualization; Data Security & Privacy; Data Life Cycle Management etc. He/she should be conversant with Lambda and Kappa Architecture framework.
• Technical product development experience (as delivery lead and/or system architect) on any cloud platform will be an added advantage.
• He/she is expert in Waterfall, Agile (SAFs, Kanban) delivery models; lean portfolio management; promoter of DevOps/SRE model, CI/CD, Low code/no code, reusability/repeatability, Infra as a code principle etc.
• He/she works as Enterprise Data Architect within D&A GSL. He/she will be creating end to end solutions that meet the business requirements, cost-optimized, whilst ensuring compliance with the target global reference architecture, Vodafone architectural principles and regulatory requirements (SOX, GDPR etc.). He/she will be responsible for assessing impact of business use cases, providing end-to-end solution, technology stack, estimation, planning, schedule, cost, RAID and RACI matrix etc.
• He/she engages with a wide range of stakeholders including project teams, IT specialist architects and the business, service operations, technology partners and Group Architecture/Technology. He/she will continue to grow footprint in newer markets through consulting/pre-sales skills
• He/she leads the Design & Architecture Community of Practice within D&A GSL and work on building Architecture Repository, Best Practices, Industry Trends to aid to the Architecture Continuum. He/she should be a promoter of TOGAF ADM model, Stakeholder and Risk Management standards.
• He/she possess excellent communication skills to ensure complex technical concepts are clearly articulated (both written and verbally), while working across key programmes and alongside project teams with partners and suppliers. He/she be a true people leader, mentor, motivator and most importantly aligns with Vodafone's spirit of working.
• The role involves managing a team of 80+ highly skilled and experienced FTE specializing in the core D&A.
• He/she will Report directly to the overall Global D&A lead.

Must have technical / professional qualifications: 

• Technical competency of solution design in a Telco. 
• Understanding of what it means to be a “digital telco”
• Understanding of Telco BSS & OSS architecture and multi-channel customer service. 
• Ability to work within a technical environment performing technical design and/or system analysis roles across technical domains.
• Demonstrated Technology background with associated academic technical qualification and/or experience.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills – ability to present technical solutions in easy-to-understand business language.
• Enthusiastic and keen attitude to developing knowledge in existing and upcoming technologies.
• Ability to build and maintain strong ongoing relationships across a business with internal and external stakeholders.
• Have a creative and inquisitive nature to support problem solving and solution design.
• Strong self-management skills with the ability to manage own workload to complete assigned tasks to time and quality.

Required qualifications for this role include:

• Has strong functional & technical knowledge of BI & Big Data to handle large enterprise scale data warehouse (on-prem & cloud)
• 15 to 20 years’ experience of operations support for large and complex projects with BI landscape. 
• Proven track record as Service delivery lead 
• Highly proficient with Microsoft Excel & Power point, with the ability to create custom reports & high-quality presentations for project governance and tracking
• Ability to host & lead meetings with internal & external customers both in person and remotely
• Excellent credibility within the Operating Company leadership teams with strong stakeholder management skills
• Strong decision-making skills and ability to manage conflicting interests
• Ability to manage in a dynamic, high growth and uncertain environment.
• Strong relationships at a senior level within the country and interaction with central team and Executives

Direct reports: D&A Team (~80 FTE)
 

Worried that you don’t meet all the desired criteria exactly? At Vodafone we are passionate about Inclusion for All 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 apply as you may be the right candidate for this role or another role, and our recruitment team can help you see how your skills fit in.

We want you to feel happy and fulfilled at work, without compromising the other things in life that matter to you. There are lots of ways we support this, including hybrid working and generous parental leave. You'll also get four Spirit Days a year to focus on your personal development and wellbeing, plus a host of other great benefits too.

You may have already heard of Vodafone - We're a leading Telecommunications company in Europe and Africa. But what you might not know is that we are continuously investing in new technologies to improve the lives of millions of customers, businesses and people around the world, creating a better future for everyone.

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