Software Delivery Lead

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 Role purpose: The purpose of the Software Delivery Lead role is to orchestrate and drive software & technology projects from inception to completion. This position is crucial for ensuring that projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to the required quality standards, while aligning with the organization's strategic technology goals. The Project Leader serves as the central point of contact, guiding cross-functional teams to achieve project milestones and deliverables. Key accountabilities and decision ownership - Project Planning & Execution: Develop comprehensive project plans, defining scope, timelines, and resources. Drive the day-to-day execution of project tasks, ensuring progress against the plan. - Team Leadership & Coordination: Lead, motivate, and coordinate cross-functional teams. Facilitate communication and collaboration to ensure seamless execution. - Risk & Issue Management: Proactively identify, assess, and mitigate project risks and issues. Make critical decisions to keep projects on track and escalate when necessary. - Stakeholder Management: Act as the primary liaison between the project team and stakeholders. Communicate project status, progress, and outcomes, ensuring alignment and managing expectations. - Quality & Delivery Assurance: Ensure that project deliverables meet the specified governance requirements and quality standards. Oversee the final delivery and transition of the technology solutions to the business. Who you are Core competencies, knowledge, and experience - Software Delivery & Project Leadership – Proven ability to lead end-to-end software delivery initiatives - Stakeholder & Vendor Management – Strong capability to manage expectations across business and technical stakeholders - Risk & Issue Management – Proactive identification, mitigation, and escalation of delivery risks - Quality & Governance Assurance – Ensures adherence to delivery standards, controls, and best practices - Strategic Alignment – Aligns delivery outcomes with business and technology strategy - Agile & Delivery Management – Hands-on experience with Agile/Scrum and hybrid delivery models - Technical Acumen – Sound understanding of SDLC, system integrations, APIs, cloud and modern tech stacks - Team Leadership & Collaboration – Ability to lead cross-functional, multicultural teams - Planning & Execution – Strong skills in scope management, scheduling, budgeting, and dependency management - Communication – Clear, concise communication with both technical and non-technical audiences - Problem Solving – Decisive, solution-oriented mindset in fast-paced environments - Adaptability – Comfortable managing changing priorities and evolving delivery requirements - Time & Priority Management – Effective multitasking across multiple initiatives

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Telecommunications, or a related field; 1–3 years’ experience in software delivery, project management, or team leadership within a technology environment; experience or strong familiarity with telecommunications and digital services environments; proven ability to lead end-to-end software delivery initiatives; strong capability to manage expectations across business and technical stakeholders; proactive identification, mitigation, and escalation of delivery risks; adherence to delivery standards, controls, and best practices; alignment of delivery outcomes with business and technology strategy; hands-on experience with Agile/Scrum and hybrid delivery models; sound understanding of SDLC, system integrations, APIs, cloud and modern tech stacks; ability to lead cross-functional, multicultural teams; strong skills in scope management, scheduling, budgeting, and dependency management; clear, concise communication with both technical and non-technical audiences; decisive, solution-oriented mindset in fast-paced environments; comfort managing changing priorities and evolving delivery requirements; effective multitasking across multiple initiatives. Certifications such as PMP, PRINCE2, or Certified Scrum are an added advantage.