Project Manager - UK Hub Newbury, England
Job description
Location: UK Hub – Newbury, Manchester, Birmingham or London+ (Hybrid*)
Salary: Excellent basic salary plus bonus and Vodafone benefits
Hours: Full time 37.5 hours per week – Mon to Fri
Hybrid
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 our Vodafone Business Technology Solutions team, where we support businesses of all sizes with world-class technology solutions. We design and develop our Fixed Line solutions, drive efficiency through automation and AI, and implement it all directly with our customers.
What you’ll do
The role of the Project Manager is predominantly customer facing, delivering projects for our external customers, these projects will vary in complexity and value and will include a range of technologies & products produced by Vodafone and our 3rd parties.
You will be responsible for the overall direction, coordination, implementation, execution, control, and completion of large and/or complex projects and/or sub-projects within a programme, ensuring consistency with best practices, defined processes and methodologies and aligned to Vodafone & Professional Services strategy and goals.
Project governance and methodology- Risk and issue management
- Financial management
- Planning and control
Who you are
- Previous Project Management experience within the Telecoms sector, successfully delivering multiple, large-scale, high value, high-risk projects or programmes
- Experience of working within an agile and service integration environment, and a variety of customer facing projects
- Excellent interpersonal communication, presentation and negotiation skills
- Professional qualification in Project Management, such as Prince2 Practitioner, PMI or MSP and ideally Agile methods
- Applicants will be required to travel to the customers site on a regular basis
All candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK and must be capable of achieving SC-level UK security clearance.
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, market leading parental leave policies and an innovative Reconnect programme for people who have taken a career break.
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 (https://careers.vodafone.com/uk/applying-to-vodafone/) for guidance.
