Location: Newbury + *Hybrid
Salary: Excellent basic salary plus bonus and Vodafone benefits
Working Hours: Full time 37.5 hours per week – Mon to Fri
*Hybrid
At Vodafone UK we believe that through collaboration and connection with our colleagues we can achieve great things. Our hybrid working approach allows our people to work both in the office and at home, providing the flexibility and resources you need to succeed in your role. We don't require you to be in on specific days; instead, we ask people to come into the office 2-3 days each week, on average 8 days a month. Our “Office in a Box” home working kit will provide you with everything you need, no matter where you are.
Who We Are
We’re a global technology communications company that empowers people and businesses to stay connected and thrive in a digital world. With a focus on innovation, sustainability and earning customer loyalty, we leverage cutting-edge technology to offer products and services that enhance communication and improve lives.
At Vodafone UK, diversity isn’t just a buzzword, it is core to who we are as a company. We’re proud to be certified as a Great Place to Work and are committed to driving inclusion for all; creating a workplace that is fully representative of the communities and customers we serve.
Join Vodafone UK IT, which is at the core of our digital future, analysing and operating all our internal and customer-facing systems, with the aim of delivering the best customer experience. None of it would be possible without our innovative teams, creating a connected future with technologies like Cloud, AI and big data.
What you’ll do
The role of the Product Architect is to provide a consultancy and product design service to the Vodafone UK Consumer and Enterprise business; delivering designs for strategic roadmap and business as usual change; assuring designs for programmes delivering configurable capability. You are also a Subject Matter Expert in product configuration area shaping new configuration & technical projects and providing guidance to Product Architecture Team, as well as other IT functions.
* You will provide design consultancy during the concept and feasibility stages of the product management lifecycle to shape requirements and align designs to key technical and customer journey design principles.
* You will define product-modelling principles to support performance improvements, reduction in cost, speed to market by influencing other domain’s roadmaps / commercial roadmap / proposition rationalization / product governance decisions.
* You will conduct solution architecture and design reviews at key points in the delivery lifecycle to ensure compliance to the domain roadmap.
* Challenge business and technical requirements and design to ensure that functional and non-functional requirements for configuration management are considered and balanced with cost and time to deliver and that the technical direction is consistent with strategy, principles and design patterns.
* You will act as the functional and technical expert for the application & tool portfolio within the domain.
Who you are
* You will demonstrate a good understanding of business trends and capability needs for Tier 1 Telco operators.
* You will possess product architecture knowledge of key components that utilize configurable data.
* You will have Key Product components knowledge supporting Telco consumer and enterprise fixed and mobile propositions.
* You will showcase a knowledge of product and pricing, order management, billing, rating and mediation capabilities.
* You will be a logical thinker and problem solver, able to think outside the box and challenge others to do so.
* You will have a proven ability in delivering capability roadmaps & funding estimates.
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.
What we offer
We believe that taking care of our employees is the key to their success. That is why we offer an excellent remuneration and bonus package with up to 28 days holiday entitlement, in addition to bank holidays and paid leave for charity projects. We offer an extensive benefits package that can be tailored to suit you and your family, including employee discounts, retail vouchers, pension plan and share schemes. We take pride in our commitment to supporting you at every stage of your career by providing top of the range learning and development tools and market leading parental leave policies.
Together we can
Vodafone UK are regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and all offers of employment for this role are subject to background checks, including criminal (DBS) and financial checks to meet the regulators standards.
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, a sign language interpreter, or assistive technology, please refer to the Accessibility section of our Careers website for guidance.
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