Vodafone

About the Role

At Vantage Towers, we’re on a mission to power Europe’s sustainable digital transformation. As a leading tower company, we’re ushering in an era of technology-driven advances to help connect people, businesses, and internet-enabled devices like never before. We combine the scale, stability, and quality of our tower network with the agility, optimism, and energy of a start-up. As a young TowerCo, we have already achieved strong results with a continued focus on accelerating growth and a special emphasis put on sustainability. As part of our team, you’ll work in a dynamic and multicultural environment that embraces open communication, collaboration, and teamwork. If you’re ready to take responsibility and shape the future of telco infrastructure with us, then let’s level up in your career and reach the top – together.

Role Purpose: Ensures the development of the Transport Corridors business strategy by leveraging on our strengths in order to enable a profitable mid-term business growth in this segment. Besides, will lead a global programme management of the different projects and initiatives ongoing in the different countries. 

The Business Strategy & Project Manager will have the following Key accountabilities and decision ownership:

• Elaborates the business strategy for the Transport Corridors segment, identifying opportunities and developing the goals and objectives to achieve them. 
• Ensures a proper alignment with Vantage Towers main stakeholders in the definition of our strategy
• Jointly with the Finance teams, ensures the necessary associated business case
• Based upon the overall Vantage Towers strategy, customizes it to meet the local country situation and opportunities
• Assists the Head of Transport Corridors to design and reach the company´s operating mission and targets, contributing to the strategic business development of the area
• Leads, coordinating the local countries, the overall programme management of this segment, monitoring the fulfilment of our initiatives and projects.
• Coordinates the local markets and TopCo stakeholders, monitoring risks in the delivery of our fulfilment and ensuring the implementation of corrective actions.
• Owns and ensures the Transport Corridors established governance with TopCo main stakeholders as well as with the local countries. 
• Coordinates internally and with the local markets to support the finance teams in budgeting, forecasting.

What do you bring?

• Profound experience in developing strategic business plans in telco
• Strong experience in leading project management in complex projects
• Experience building and managing diverse teams and delivering successfully across cultures and markets
• Willingness to travel
• Proven ability to influence and build collaborative relationships with senior stakeholders
• Ability to work and lead international teams and to work and deliver under clear deadlines.
• Strong results-oriented mindset.
• Analytical ability to resolve complex, strategic, and logical issues.
• Strong presentation skills
• Fluent English skills (spoken and written)

Must have technical/professional qualifications:

• University technical master´s degree in Telecom. Engineering, Business, or similar education
• Accredited with broad and profound knowledge of the telecom business
• At least 15 years of professional experience in the field of telecommunications projects and at least 10 years in management functions
• Experience in building exceptional results in a multinational company with complex matrix structures and international relationships, balancing local market needs with global strategy, taking into account local culture and sensitivity
• Experience and/or certifications in project management

What's in it for you?

• #LI-Hybrid (60% home – 40% office) and flexible hours.
• You also have 20 additional days of home working per year from anywhere in Spain
• 25 days holiday (and additionally 24th and 31th December), with the option to buy up to 10 extra days.
• Meal vouchers (in addition to the annual fixed remuneration) and flexible remuneration plan.
• Free health insurance, life insurance and own medical services. Integral care health management program. 
• Career development and continuous learning, which includes AI platform and learning platforms like LinkedIn Learning. 
• Optional retirement pension plan.
• 3 paid days leave for charity projects.
• App for the digital management of office needs

Not a perfect fit?

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.