HOD: IT Strategy, Architecture & Innovation at Vodacom August 2026 - 2026-08-05

Vodacom August 2026

Dar es Salaam 05/08/26 -04/09/26

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SUMMARY

OVERVIEW

- At Vodafone, we`re shaping the future of connectivity for our customers and shaping the future for everyone who joins our team.

- We`re part of a global mission to connect people, solve complex challenges, and create a sustainable and more inclusive world.

- Vodafone offers opportunities to grow your career while finding the perfect balance between work and life.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

- Define and evolve the enterprise technology strategy, ensuring strong alignment to business objectives, digital transformation goals, and long-range planning.

- Translate technology innovation into clear business outcomes, including efficiency gains, revenue opportunities, resilience, and customer experience improvement.

- Ensure innovation initiatives align with enterprise architecture, security, regulatory, and ethical standards, embedding "secure and ethics by design" principles.

- Own the innovation and technology strategy roadmap, prioritizing initiatives, managing investment trade offs, and reducing duplication across the technology landscape.

- Define and execute the enterprise AI strategy and roadmap, prioritizing high-value use cases that align with business objectives, customer experience, digital transformation, and approved investment plans.

- Establish robust AI governance, ensuring all AI solutions comply with enterprise architecture, data privacy, cybersecurity, regulatory, ethical, and responsible-AI requirements.

- Lead end-to-end AI delivery and value realization, overseeing pilots through to scaled deployment, tracking benefits such as efficiency, revenue, customer experience, and risk reduction, and continuously optimizing the portfolio.

- Responsible for Long Range Planning; tracking budget and signature programs to be adopted.

- Responsible for effective CAPEX and OPEX spend within the IT and Billing portfolio.

- Develop internal innovation capabilities, skills, tools, and ways of working that foster a culture of experimentation, learning, and continuous improvement.

- Encourage and nurture people growth through upskilling and reskilling opportunities

- Performance Management

REQUIREMENTS

- Must have technical/professional qualifications: Bachelor`s degree in Accounting or Engineering degree or with relevant background.

- Minimum of 3 years` experience in similar environment

- Experience specific to GSM & Mobile Money products and services, how they are implemented and how they affect other network elements.

- Strong analytical skills and business acumen.

- Build and maintain relationship with key stakeholders in the value chain.

- Telecommunications experience would be advantageous.

- Project knowledge and experience would be advantageous.

BENEFITS

- Vodafone offers the opportunities to grow your career while finding the perfect balance between work and life.

- We`re passionate about empowering people and creating a workplace where everyone can thrive, whatever their personal or professional background.

DEADLINE

- Not specified

JOB TYPE

- Full-time

HOW TO APPLY

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