OverviewVodafone Business is a leading technology communications company that serves over 6m business customers across SME to multi‑national segments and a wide range of industries. By connecting people, places and things, Vodafone Business helps organisations succeed in a digital world, keeping society connected. With our expertise in connectivity, our leading IoT platform and our global scale, we help businesses to deliver the results that they need to progress and thrive. We offer a broad product portfolio to meet specific needs of our customers supporting their digital transformation. Industry analysts have recognised our market leadership for years, including in Software Defined Networking.LocationLocation: Malaga, Madrid, London PaddingtonWhat you’ll doAct as the CEO for your product line(s) on a global basisBuild, scale and lead consistent multi‑market products and manage the E2E product lifecyclePeople management for the right candidate, potentially including more junior global product manager and product specialist colleaguesStrong collaboration with local market product managers and cross‑functional teams, to ensure that your products remain relevant and deliver against our Growth, Customer and Simplification objectivesKey accountabilities and decision ownershipDriving strategy for the product line (~3‑year horizon) to meet global business and commercial priorities (e.g. revenue growth, margin, customer acquisition)Full ownership and accountability for the product commercials, business case and P&LCapture; and translate global customer/local market needs into clear product line capabilities and features or to optimise existing productsFocus on ‘total product design’ to ensure all E2E requirements are captured including quality, safety, regulatory and sustainabilityCreate and maintain global product roadmaps,



ensuring alignment with In‑country Product ManagersEnsuring local market requirements are captured and integration, launch and go‑to‑market resources and budgets are planned and ring‑fencedInterface to senior leadership team/decision boards where necessary to ensure visibility and alignment of global product requirements and roadmapsOversee the agile product development phase to ensure necessary governance, funding and key deliverables are achieved on time, budget and to quality, working with the respective Senior Technology Product LeadActs as ‘chief publicist’ for their products to ensure all Local Market Readiness and launch requirements are consistent, scalable and aligned through their In‑country Product Managers and relevant teams (incl. marketing, commercial, sales etc.)Identify/working with product OEM/partners determining how they will support the creation of new productsManage all in‑life and end‑of‑life requirements to optimise general product performance, capability and commercials, initiating resolving actions where necessaryWho you areStrong background in Enterprise Networking with experience in some or all of Network as a Service, Cloud Connectivity and Software Defined WAN/SASE products (Preferred)History of thought leadership and driving transformational improvementAbility to lead a product line on a global, centralised product management basis across multiple marketsExperience developing, securing alignment,



and executing product line plansAble to spot global technology trends and has a clear understanding of relevant product technologiesStrong influencing and conflict management skills including conflicting local market requirementsThe gravitas to act as the expert for their product portfolio with credibility up to customer ‘C’ level and senior leadership team (SLT) levelAppropriate experience in leading others (ideally direct reports) and virtual teams and the ability to maintain the right balance between tactical and strategic activity to remain on‑top of our game and ahead of our competitionAble to manage multi‑market product business cases, P&Ls; and commercials Skilled in reviewing product performance end‑to‑end; including market perception, channel ability to sell, channel ability to deliver, product and CX healthProduct lifecycle management experience including rationalisation and in‑life product growth plansMust have technical / professional qualificationsGraduate, with minimum of a bachelor’s degreeSAFe agile trained (preferred)Product Management (preferred)BenefitsHybrid work modelBonus on top of the gross salaryFlexible working hours from Monday to Thursday, and an intensive schedule on FridaysIntensive Summer Schedule during July and AugustUp to 20 days per year of 100% remote work from other locationsPrivate Health and Life Insurance for employees and Family25 vacation days, plus December 24th and 31st offOptional Pension PlanAccess to an online learning platform for continuous trainingIf you require any reasonable adjustments or have an accessibility request as part of your recruitment journey, for example, extended time or breaks between online assessments, please refer to https://careers.vodafone.com/application-adjustments/ for guidance.
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📌 Mng. Product Manager (Madrid)
🏢 Vodafone Group
📍 Madrid