Pmo Strategy Lead
Join us
At Vodafone, we’re not just shaping the future of connectivity for our customers – we’re shaping the future for everyone who joins our team. When you work with us, you’re part of a global mission to connect people, solve complex challenges, and create a sustainable and more inclusive world. If you want to grow your career whilst finding the perfect balance between work and life, Vodafone offers the opportunities to help you belong and make a real impact.
What you’ll do
1. Strategy execution & alignment
Establish and maintain the framework for the integrated strategy roadmap, ensuring all functional projects align with the overarching long-term plan.
Lead and facilitate the executive steering committee meetings, providing frequent reporting on the milestones of key strategic projects.
Manage the strategic prioritization process, helping leadership balance resource allocation between "Run the Business" and "Transform the Business."
2. Performance tracking & value realization
Define and monitor the strategic objectives and key performance indicators (KPIs) for all strategic projects and programs.
Go beyond simple timelines to track value capture—ensuring that initiatives actually deliver the projected metrics (financial and non-financial).
3. Lead the end-to-end integration lifecycle
Work closely with the M&A team to drive cross-functional workstreams—including legal, commercial, financial, and technical—to ensure seamless operational continuity and the timely realization of deal synergies.
Act as the central "command center," resolving interdependency conflicts and translating high-level M&A objectives into actionable execution plans across the business. Lead the cross-functional integration of new M&A into the current Vodafone structure.
4. Cross-functional orchestration
Act as a central hub between technology, commercial, finance, and regulatory teams to break down silos and manage interdependencies.
Lead the program management for large-scale shifts, such as infrastructure sharing, LEO satellite integration projects, or AI-driven operational scaling.
Who you are
- Excellent analytical and presentation skills
- Ability to manage and deliver cross-functional end-to-end strategic programs and initiatives
- Strong stakeholder and relationship management
- Ability to maintain focus and drive over prolonged development periods
- Bachelor’s degree from a reputable university in business, economics, or marketing
- 8 years of experience in strategy management consulting or corporate PMO within the telecom and tech sector
- Mastery of PMO methodologies and tools (Agile, Prince2, Lean Six Sigma, MS Projects, Primavera, etc.)
- Strong understanding of telecom P&L, Capex and Opex modeling, and business case development, with a strong commercial and telecom technologies background
- Successful track record in major transformations in large organizations, with the ability to deliver on complex programs and large-scale projects
- Seasoned people manager, with the ability to lead cross-functional teams and influence C-suite stakeholders and challenge senior leadership teams
- Delivering end-to-end cross-functional strategic projects and integration stream for new M&A
Who we are
We are a leading international telco, serving millions of customers. At Vodafone, we believe that connectivity is a force for good. If we use it for the things that really matter, it can improve people's lives and the world around us. Through our technology we empower people, connecting everyone regardless of who they are or where they live, and we protect the planet, whilst helping our customers do the same.
Belonging at Vodafone isn't a concept; it's lived, breathed, and cultivated through everything we do. You'll be part of a global and diverse community, with many different minds, abilities, backgrounds, and cultures. We're committed to increasing diversity, ensuring equal representation, and making Vodafone a place everyone feels safe, valued, and included.
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Together we can.