Role Purpose\/Business Unit:<\/p>\n
\tVodacom has embarked on an exciting journey building a system of advantage using connectivity, technology and lifestyle applications for its customers. Forming the centre of this exciting strategy will be the Vodacom lifestyle App \u2013 Vodapay.
\n\tThis application will allow consumers to manage multiple lifestyle Apps within one specific application consisting of an eco-system of 3rd party partners, vendors and other applications. The Vodapay App consist of varied capability \u2013 one of which being a promotional engine \/ in-app campaign management platform.
\n\tThe successful incumbent will be responsible for leading a squad of commercial, analytical and technical resources to build out the capability and use the promotional engine to construct and execute on different contextual campaigns. The incumbent will be responsible for adoption and utilization of the application within the Vodacom customer base and ensure repeat usage of the application by its customers.
\n\tFurthermore, the successful incumbent will be responsible to set strategic direction for the team with the longer term goal in mind of creating a new revenue stream for Vodacom Financial services through offering always-on-marketing as a service for partners within the super App ecosystem.<\/p>\n
Your responsibilities will include:<\/p>\n
\tBuild and design the optimal team structure required to execute on the Vodapay personalization mandate in the medium and short term.
\n\tPlan \/ motivate and manage Opex and Capex budget required to support the team and capability.
\n\tSet over-all targets and strategic direction of the team aligned to the over-all mandate given by the Managing Executive.
\n\tIn the immediate short term (working with the technical resources) ensure an operational mature commercial and analytics team is ready for the Super App launch date.
\n\tPlan, Build and Execute on different campaigns and Vodapay customer lifecyle communications to drive App adoption and continued utilization.
\n\tUse advanced analytics and segmentation to drive personalized offers, rewards and communication to Vodacom customers within the Vodapay Application.
\n\tTake full accountability of operational and reward innovations to ensure a stable campaign platform and cost budget of rewards are met.
\n\tEngage with Senior executives to set reward cost budgets and other requirements backed by detailed and succinct business cases.
\n\tEnsure the squad provides best-in-class campaign execution through A\/B testing and other campaign standards.
\n\tReport back to senior executives on progress and performance of the squad with future outlook of commercial plans.
\n\tThe Product Owner is a member of the team and represents the customer
\n\tOwn, drive, and focus the team on delivery of business value and content
\n\tDevelop and define user stories and acceptance criteria from the feature and capability roadmap defined by Tribe Leads
\n\tRank and prioritize user stories and add them to the team backlog for sprint development, conveying a clear vision of what is required to be built
\n\tAccept all deliverables against defined user stories and acceptance criteria
\n\tEngage stakeholders for communications and decision making
\n\tParticipate in retrospectives to identify improvement opportunities
\n\tActs as single point of business contact for the DevOps team
\n\tManage the financial plan for the delivery team, providing forecasts<\/p>\n
The ideal candidate for this role will have:<\/p>\n
\tA relevant 3-year Degree or National Diploma in essential and
\n\tA minimum of 8 years\u2019 relevant experience essential in a commercial or executive role inclusive of experience in an operations role.
\n\tMBA \/ Similar postgraduate degree or qualification will be advantageous.<\/p>\n
Core competencies, knowledge and experience:<\/p>\n
\tNatural \u201cservant\u201d leader with excellent written and verbal communications skills to drive alignment with the product vision
\n\tStrong business acumen with in-depth understanding of the contribution of the domain to the wider digital and traditional business strategy.
\n\tExcellent collaboration and stakeholder management skills across the business and technical domain.
\n\tUnderstanding of both the current Telecommunications and digital services market and emerging business trends.
\n\tStrong drive on target achievement and large project implementations.
\n\tSeasoned and mature individual with proven track record on stakeholder engagement and operating in complex matrix structures.
\n\tDeep knowledge of telecommunications and revenue dilution management.
\n\tDeep knowledge and operational experience of automated campaign management platforms.
\n\tExperience in leading teams and\/or squads within an Agile ways-of-working.<\/p>\n
We make an impact by offering:<\/p>\n
\tEnticing incentive programs and competitive benefit packages
\n\tRetirement funds, risk benefits, and medical aid benefits
\n\tCell phone and data benefits, advantages fibre connection discounts, and exclusive staff discounts offered in collaboration with partner companies<\/p>\n
Closing date for Applications:\u00a012 May 2026.\u00a0<\/p>\n
go to method of application \u00bb<\/p>\n
Apply via company website ( http:\/\/www.vodafone.com ) or<\/p>\n
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