VodafoneThree - Senior Programme Manager

Location: Independent (Homebased Working) with regional travel to customer sites.
Salary: Excellent basic salary plus bonus and Vodafone benefits
Working Hours: Full time 37.5 hours per week – Mon to Fri

Our homebased working means you’ll work from home almost all the time and come together on certain occasions during the year to be creative, collaborative and simply connect. Our “Office in a Box” home working kit will provide you with everything you need, no matter where you are.

We’re here to build a network the UK can count on – one that connects people, places and potential. Because no matter where you live, what your background is, or how you get online – we think everyone deserves the same chance to stay connected, and with Vodafone Three, that future’s being built – today. We’re creating more than the UK’s best network.

We’re helping close the digital divide, empower communities and drive meaningful progress. We believe that everyone should feel they belong. Whoever you are and whatever your story, there’s space for you here. We’re building a workplace where different perspectives are welcomed, voices are heard, and everyone feels safe to show up as themselves. You’ll join a team that genuinely cares – about each other, about our customers, and about the future we’re building.

From day one, you’ll be welcomed, valued and encouraged to bring your whole self to work.

Join us and you’ll be at the heart of change. That means building responsibly, investing sustainably and creating opportunities that last. We’re not just expanding connectivity; we’re reimagining what a connected nation looks like. With £11bn invested in 5G and digital infrastructure, your work will directly power businesses, services, and communities across the country. You’ll work on real challenges, with real impact, across every corner of the country.

Wherever you join us, whatever your role, you’ll be helping to build a future that works better for everyone. We move at pace, because what we’re building matters – and we’re learning as we go. We’re proud of the progress we’ve made, but we’re just getting started. Join our Vodafone Business Technology Solutions team, where we support businesses of all sizes with world-class technology solutions.

We design and develop our Fixed Line solutions, drive efficiency through automation and AI, and implement it all directly with our customers.

As a Senior Leader, you will be accountable for our most Complex transition and transformation ICT (Information Communication Technology) change programmes from pre-sales to in-life services, planning and delivering successful outcomes for Vodafone and our customers. The Senior Programme Manager will lead autonomously, setting the direction and roadmap, providing thought leadership and strategies to influence and realise the programme benefits and outcomes, driving best‑in‑class practice and developing our people across the group.

The Senior Programme Manager is also responsible, with best practice support and direction from the Profession function, for the direct line management and leadership of project resources who are at varying levels in their careers.

• Establishes strong relationships across Vodafone, customers and vendors at all levels. Uses data and analysis to present and provide insight and influence decision-making at a senior stakeholder level.
• Leads large matrix teams across Vodafone, customers and vendors, fostering a collaborative/inclusive working culture.
• Direct line management of up to 8 project colleagues

• Works with the bid team to define delivery strategies to shape and influence the response on large complex bids.
• Leads the programme response on Pre‑Qualification Questionnaires (PQQs) and Request for Proposals (RFPs)
• Provides a consultative approach during the bid, presenting to clients around our Service, Product offerings and delivery strategies.

• Plans, creates and directs the team to deliver the programme roadmap and strategy from inception to in‑life operations to realise the programme…