Strategy and Business Development

Vodafone Group Plc; Newbury; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading telecommunications company in the UK is seeking a CBC Strategy and Business Development leader to define global standards and grow service capabilities. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in finance and the telecommunications sector. Key responsibilities include driving product strategies, managing improvement roadmaps, and ensuring high-quality service delivery. This role offers hybrid working and a competitive benefits package.

Benefits

Annual leave of 28 days + bank holidays

Private medical and dental

Access to Vodafone University and LinkedIn Learning

Hybrid working

Charity days: 5 days/year

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in delivering improvements in uncertain environments.
• Proven track record of using data for decision-making.
• Experience in telecommunications industry.

Responsibilities

• Drive strategic and operational design of CBC products.
• Manage multiyear programs with various stakeholders.
• Build positive relationships with senior leaders across the company.

Skills

Leadership

Analysis/critical thinking

Communication

Drive for Change

Relationship building

Education

University degree

Job description

Join Us

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

Carrier & B2B Clearing (CBC) is a Service Line within Finance Service VOIS acting as a global centre of excellence for Carrier and B2B clearing solutions covering high value non-standard products and services in the telecommunication space. It delivers E2E financial clearing solutions and services for business models incl. revenue billing (3rd party and intercompany) & collections, invoice verification, netting & payment, accounting & reporting at highest automation level.

FCH services also include solution embedded automated controls for SOX / Margin Assurance purposes.

CBC Strategy and Business Development is a key role for delivering the strategic vision and North Star of CBC as well as exploring growth opportunities and new revenue streams. This includes growing existing CBC products and services but also stepping into new territory.

The role will drive the strategic and operational design of products in our portfolio defining global standards for Group wide B2B clearing solutions across all markets.

As a key member of the management team, he/she will play an influencer role with senior stakeholders incl. SLT level in Finance, Networks, IT an VF Business. He/she will drive a risk-based roadmap of continuous improvements with highest quality and automation levels, underpinned by efficient processes and robust controls. This includes managing multiyear programmes with a variety of stakeholders. In this context the roadmap is also based on strong product ownership with E2E accountability for Design, Build and Run elements. This role therefore also includes product ownership for one of the major products in the CBC portfolio.

The role ensures effective relationship management with the relevant business/ commercial stakeholders as well as Technology and represents CBC for formal governance and escalation of issues and queries.

As part of Finance VOIS Service a pivotal element of the role is to drive the transformation of VOIS moving into a risk taking entity and commercialising our products and services both for wholly owned subsidiaries and a growing base of external customers, e.g. Partner Markets and other Telcos.

As a team the CBC organisation with currently approximately 135 FTE is operating across multiple locations such as Albania, Germany, Hungary, India, Luxembourg and UK and therefore may require international reporting lines with other team members/ groups.

• Impact on the business: Ensure that all CBC products operate rigorous processes & controls, and deliver consistent, high-quality service for all internal and external customers
• Customers, supplier and third parties: Builds positive relationships with senior leaders across the company (Finance, VF Business, IT, Commercial) to understand issues, identify potential deficiencies and possible benefits and drive a risk-based improvement roadmap
• Transformation & Growth: grow CBC capability by onboarding new products and defining global standards. Drive transformation and North Star targets by seeking opportunities to simplify and transform the organisation and grow service revenue and margin
• Leadership and teamwork: Drive E2E accountability into a high performing team, encourage controlled risk taking mentality with being a role model of entrepreneurial thinking
  
  
  

Who You Are

• Leadership: Able to provide leadership, clarity and purpose to a diverse range of stakeholders, building trust and driving effective cooperation across an international, matrix organisation
• Analysis/critical thinking: Proven track record of using data to drive structured analysis and decision-making
• Communication: Able to influence and manage a diverse range of senior stakeholders
• Drive for Change: Extensive experience of delivering improvements in an environment of uncertainty, competing priorities and obstacles
• Relationship building: Capacity to partner and establish strong relationships across multiple cultures, functions and locations, internally and externally
• University degree
• Experience in Finance
• Experience in telecommunications industry
• Experience in leading virtual teams across multiple countries
• Excellent communication skills
  
  
  

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

What's in it for you...

• Annual leave: 28 days + bank holidays + the opportunity to buy/sell/carry over 5 days/year
• Charity days: 5 days/year
• Hybrid working
• Private pension: You can contribute up to 5% of your basic pay with 2:1 matching from Vodafone up to 10%
• Vodafone family and friends discount
• Private medical, private dental, free health assessments, share save scheme
• Global parental leave policy for all new parents which includes 39 paid weeks of maternity leave and 16 weeks fully paid leave and upon returning to work, new parents can work part-time hours for 6 months whilst being paid their full-time salary
• Access to Vodafone University and LinkedIn Learning
  
  
  

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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.