Solution Engineering Manager

at  Vodafone

WHO YOU ARE

• Uses best practice knowledge to support the future capabilities for the IT development function;
• Assists, advises and contributes to developing strategic IT Development standards;
• Has full people supervisory responsibility for a team of applications / products development professionals and contributes to team delivering development activities enabling achievement of the IT strategy;
• Drives the delivery of development activities in line with the business brief and SLAs;
• Resolves application domain challenges across the critical systems (e.g. Billing, CRM and Provisioning);
• Leads the team for the evaluation of Request for Proposal (RFPs) in project delivery. Ensures solving problems, analysis and interpretation of differing situations in order to identify, search and select the best solution;
• Understands the business needs and supports providing technological support of demand management during concept and solution design phases and change requests;
• Maintains strong relations with relevant stakeholders, to include Architects, Solution Designers, project team and vendors.

NOT A PERFECT FIT?

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.

WHO WE ARE

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.
As part of our global family, whether that’s Vodafone, Vodacom or _VOIS, you’ll feel a sense of pride and purpose as you contribute to our culture of innovation. We pursue equality of opportunity and inclusion for all candidates through our employment policies and practices. We recognise and celebrate the importance of diversity and inclusivity in our workspace and we do not tolerate any form of discrimination especially related to but not limited to race, colour, age, veteran status, gender identification, sexual orientation, pregnancy, ethnicity, disability, religion, political affiliation, trade union membership, nationality, indigenous status, medical condition, HIV status, social origin, cultural background, social, or marital status.
Together we can

The IT Development Manager provides expert knowledge and leads development of applications / products in line with the technology roadmap and standards.The IT Development Manager focusses upon the supervision of a team, who develop programme logic for new applications / products or analyse and modify logic in existing applications (activities may also include elements of technical testing). Typically reports to the Senior IT Development Manager.