Specialist AI Agile Product Owner Lead

Vodafone Group Plc; Madrid; On-site; EUR 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Bonus on top of the gross salary.

Meal voucher (Ticket Restaurant)

Flexible working hours Mon-Thu; Friday

Intensive Summer Schedule July/August

Up to 20 days remote per year

Private Health and Life Insurance

25 vacation days + holidays

Optional Pension Plan

Online learning platform

Job summary

Vodafone Group Plc is seeking an Automation Agile Product Owner to own the AI-enabled automation roadmap for SDN-based solutions across Transport networks.

You will translate business needs into epics and user stories, manage the backlog, align stakeholders, and drive value realization with GenAI capabilities.

This role offers a hybrid work model with flexible hours, extensive learning resources, and generous benefits.

Qualifications

• Experience in software development, design, and Agile frameworks (2–3 years).
• Knowledge of SDN technologies, including REST/RESTCONF/NETCONF APIs and YANG data models.
• Strong AI/GenAI automation knowledge and/or relevant certifications.
• Strong understanding of Agile methodologies (Scrum) and product ownership practices.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management across technical and non-technical teams.
• Experience in backlog management, requirement engineering, and product lifecycle delivery.

Responsibilities

• Define and own the product vision, roadmap, epics, and release scope for AI/GenAI SDN automation solutions.
• Manage and prioritise the product backlog, ensuring alignment with business priorities, dependencies, and delivery capacity.
• Translate business, operational, and user needs into clear user stories, features, and backlog items.
• Lead stakeholder engagement across product, engineering, and leadership teams to ensure alignment and shared understanding.
• Drive use case definition and value realisation for AI-enabled automation (e.g. assurance, optimisation, anomaly detection).

Skills

Agile & Product Ownership

SDN & Transport networks

GenAI in Automation

Stakeholder management

Backlog management

Software development background

SDN APIs & YANG

Job description

About this Role

Within the Telco domain, network programmability and automation are critical enablers of efficiency, resilience, and scalability. Vodafone is developing global SDN-based automation solutions for Transport and Transmission networks, increasingly enhanced with AI / GenAI capabilities to improve decision-making, reduce manual effort, and accelerate innovation.

The Automation Agile Product Owner is responsible for owning and driving the AI-enabled automation roadmap. Acting as a key cross-functional interface, the role bridges business, engineering, and data teams to maximise the value delivered by Agile development teams. The role ensures alignment between product vision, stakeholder needs, and execution, with a focus on delivering scalable AI-driven SDN automation solutions

What you’ll do

Key accountabilities and decision ownership:

• Define and own the product vision, roadmap, epics, and release scope for AI/GenAI SDN automation solutions.
• Manage and prioritise the product backlog, ensuring alignment with business priorities, dependencies, and delivery capacity.
• Translate business, operational, and user needs into clear user stories, features, and backlog items.
• Lead stakeholder engagement across product, engineering, and leadership teams to ensure alignment and shared understanding.
• Drive use case definition and value realisation for AI-enabled automation (e.g. assurance, optimisation, anomaly detection

Who you are

Core competencies, knowledge and experience:

• Strong understanding of Agile methodologies (Scrum) and product ownership practices.
• Solid knowledge of SDN and transport network technologies in a multi-vendor environment.
• Strong AI / Gen AI experience in Automation (LLMs, prompt engineering, and real‑world applications) and /or relevant certifications
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills across technical and non-technical teams.
• Experience in backlog management, requirement engineering, and product lifecycle delivery.

Must have technical / professional qualifications:

• Experience in software development, design, and Agile frameworks (2–3 years).
• Knowledge of SDN technologies, including REST/RESTCONF/NETCONF APIs and YANG data models.
• Relevant experience and knowledge in AI/ GenAI automation, ML models

Benefits

• Hybrid work model
• Bonus on top of the gross salary.
• Meal voucher (Ticket Restaurant),
• Flexible working hours from Monday to Thursday, and an intensive schedule on Fridays.
• Intensive Summer Schedule during July and August.
• Up to 20 days per year of 100% remote work from other locations.
• Private Health and Life Insurance for employees.
• 25 vacation days, plus December 24th and 31st off.
• Optional Pension Plan.
• Access to an online learning platform for continuous training.

VOIS Equal Opportunity Employer Commitment

Vodafone recognises and celebrates the value of diversity in building a workforce that reflects the customers and communities it serves. No form of discrimination is tolerated. This includes, but is not limited to, discrimination based on race, colour, age, veteran status, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, pregnancy, maternity or parental status, ethnicity, disability, religion or belief, political affiliation, trade union membership, nationality, citizenship, indigenous status, medical condition, HIV status, neurodiversity, social origin, cultural background, marital or civil partnership status, or socio-economic background.

Join Us

At Vodafone, we’re working hard to build a better future. A more connected, inclusive and sustainable world. As a dynamic global community, it's our human spirit, together with technology, that empowers us to achieve this. We challenge and innovate in order to connect people, businesses, and communities across the world. Delighting our customers and earning their loyalty drive us, and we experiment, learn fast and get it done, together.