Role Purpose:

Inside technology department, the candidate will have to support effectively Vodafone business in designing complex and innovative projects to win in business market and guarantee a best-in-class E2E customer journey in line with best practices IT.

Key accountabilities and decision ownership:

• Acting as Technology focal point for Vodafone Business co-design complex technical solutions for private deal, RFx, strategic projects based on core & innovative services implemented internally or through partners, participating to commercial approval processes
• Active participation in cross-functional working groups to build innovative ICT solutions related to systems, architectures and configurations to address specific customer needs
• Technology reference for customers (inc. Agid/Consip), service engineering & business teams for PA and BID deals set-up and their evolution
• Active participation in product standardization and evolution
• Support project management and assurance teams in order to guarantee a smooth handover and a smart adaptation of the project to customer requirements
  
  
  

Key performance indicators:

• High-quality technical feasibility outputs
• Specific projects/tenders design and support during build phase up to positive testing and handover
• Number of innovative solutions, processes, software capabilities designed and implemented/yearly
  
  
  

Core competencies, knowledge and experience:

• Extensive knowledge/direct experience on fixed and mobile network architectures and enterprise IT/ICT products
• Good knowledge/direct experience on at least one of the following technical areas: security, cloud (private/hybrid/public), virtualization, Unified Communications, IoT
• Experience in pre-sales engineering; solutions architect roles is considered a plus
• Strong ability in influencing and problem solving even under pressure from both customers/suppliers and internal stakeholders in complex organisation
• Strong written communications skills are a must, as well as verbal/presentation skills with a high degree of comfort speaking with management, sales and senior engineers
  
  
  

Must have technical / professional qualifications:

• Specific vendor certifications and/or best in class technology certifications are preferential
• Project management certifications (e.g., PMI - PMP/ITIL, Agile, SAFe) are preferential
• Experience in building Office365 applications is considered a plus
• Tenure/Years of experience: at least 5
• Industry/Company: ICT/TLC
  
  
  

Academic Background:

• Relevant higher education in the Engineering field, preferably on Telco/IT/ICT
• Fluent in English
  
  
  

Location: Roma, Milano