Lean Portfolio Manager

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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
As Lean Portofolio Manager you will manage the portfolio of products aligning with the organization's strategic objectives. You will be responsible to maximize the value delivery across the portfolio by allocating resources in the respecting value streams thus is for making investment decisions and managing portfolio risk.

• Manage the enterprise portfolio providing a transparent visualization of portfolio items, investment buckets and capacity
• Monitor portfolio items progress and raise impediments impacting delivery
• Maintain and track portfolio metrics to ensure portfolio healthiness
• Maximize value delivery through allocating budget and capacity to the value streams
• Prioritize portfolio items across the Value Streams to ensure seamless portfolio items delivery
• Monitor ROI of portfolio items per portfolio item to better prioritize further developments
• Facilitate budgeting process through the enterprise to organize investment buckets per value stream
• Participate in capacity planning and capacity allocation activities to ensure value delivery maximization
• Facilitate Portfolio Syncs to raise portfolio risks and manage impediments
• Draft process ideas to improve efficiency. Monitor and assess the performance of the processes in place
• Design and test process upgrades and new process systems and ensure processes comply with quality standards
• Contribute to the enhancement and/or design of any required KPIs to be set in place, in cooperation with the responsible process owners
• Developing standardized operating instructions and maintain process documentation
• Document and distribute recommendations for improvement and optimization of IT processes overall and for the IT Service Management System performance, following the results from the yearly internal assessments
• Create visual and narrative reports for different audiences (operational teams vs. executive leadership)
• Track performance metrics across projects/programs using dashboards and reporting tools

Who You Are

• Bachelor's Degree in Business or Information Technology field
• 2-4 years working experience in a similar position (ideally in a matrix organization)
• Broad understanding of Investment Management and Value Realisation
• Solid understanding on Telco industry on all products Fixed, TV and Mobile business and technologies
• Goal-oriented with strong analytical & applied thinking skills
• Strong time-management skills, with the ability to juggle multiple balls
• Excellent leadership and communication skills
• Analytical mindset with attention to detail and ability to interpret complex data into actionable insights
• Proactive, structured, and self-driven with the ability to organize team workflows and improve processes
• Working knowledge of PowerBI, MS Project, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and basic knowledge of Visio
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills in Greek & English, with both technical and business audiences
• Good literacy and report writing skills
• Any of the below will be considered a plus:
• SAFe Lean Portfolio Management
• Project and Portfolio Management (PPM) and driving Change delivery
• Reporting of portfolio performance using established metrics
• Assisting in simplification and continuous improvement
• Experience in ITIL framework
• Experience in IT Service Management System, as per ISO t

Not a perfect fit?
Worried that you don't meet all the desired criteria exactly? At Vodafone we are passionate about empowering people 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 still apply as you may be the right candidate for this role or another opportunity.

What's In It For You

• Competitive pay, bonus & remuneration package
• Private Health & Medical Insurance
• Hybrid way of working: a blend of 60% remote and 40% office-based working, including the option to work up to 20 days from abroad
• Remote work equipment to help you create a comfortable, ergonomic workspace at home
• Unlimited access to learning resources and trainings
• Vodafone Parental Leave: 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave to all employees regardless of gender, sexual orientation or length of service
• Spirit of Vodafone Day: one day each quarter dedicated to your personal development
• Extra days off: Vodafone Day, Family Day, Volunteering Day
• Needless to say, we cater for your communication wherever you are
• Office amenities (subject to the office location): such as restaurant, beauty corner, gym and parking
• Special employee offers and discounts

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 increase diversity, ensure equal representation, and make Vodafone a place everyone feels safe, valued and included.

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Together we can.