Executive Head: Mobile Products
Vodacom
Summary
Location: Midrand, ZA. When it comes to putting people first, we're number 1. The number 1 Top Employer in South Africa. Certified by the Top Employer Institute 2026. Role Purpose/Business Unit: Leads Mobile Products & Solutions as a major national sub-function within the broade…
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Location: Midrand, ZA. When it comes to putting people first, we're number 1.
The number 1 Top Employer in South Africa.
Certified by the Top Employer Institute 2026.
Role Purpose/Business Unit:
Leads Mobile Products & Solutions as a major national sub-function within the broader Products & Solutions function. Shapes and owns the medium-term Mobile strategy and integrated portfolio plan, aligned to the overarching Products & Solutions strategy set by the Managing Executive. Holds consolidated accountability for the approved Mobile P&L, including revenue, margin, profitability, market share, customer experience and sustainable growth across Mobile Voice, Data, APN, devices and related propositions.
Leads the Mobile portfolio organisation through Portfolio Managers, Product Managers and Trade Marketing, and orchestrates delivery across Sales, Marketing, Finance, Commercial, Technology, Operations, Digital and CVM. Makes portfolio, pricing, lifecycle and investment decisions within approved governance and delegated authority.
Your responsibilities will include:
Strategy Formulation & Execution:
Maintain a deep understanding of customer, competitor, technology, regulatory and economic developments and convert these insights into strategic choices for the national Mobile portfolio.
Shape and own the two-plus-year Mobile strategy and consolidated roadmap within the overarching Products & Solutions strategy and approved functional mandate.
Translate the Mobile strategy into an integrated sub-functional plan, clear portfolio priorities, performance outcomes and resource requirements.
Determine strategic priorities and make material trade-offs across Mobile Voice, Data, APN, devices, propositions and Trade Marketing to optimise customer, commercial and investment outcomes.
Directly influence Products & Solutions strategy and policy by recommending material changes to the Managing Executive based on Mobile market performance, risks and opportunities.
Establish Mobile portfolio governance, decision rights and performance disciplines aligned to the functional product, pricing, risk and investment frameworks set by the Managing Executive.
Portfolio and Product Lifecycle Management
Own the consolidated Mobile roadmap and prioritise propositions and capabilities based on strategic fit, customer value, commercial return, delivery capacity and risk.
Approve product launches, material changes, migrations and retirements within delegated authority and escalate strategically material or cross-functional decisions to the Managing Executive.
Sponsor Mobile business cases, approve proposals within delegated financial thresholds and recommend material investments to the Managing Executive and relevant governance forums.
Allocate approved investment and delivery capacity across Mobile portfolios and resolve competing portfolio priorities within the approved plan.
Direct cross-functional readiness and hold portfolio owners accountable for the successful design, launch, in-life optimisation and retirement of products and propositions.
Hold Portfolio Managers accountable for portfolio roadmaps, business cases, lifecycle performance, customer outcomes and delivery against approved commercial commitments.
Stop, defer or redirect initiatives within delegated authority where performance, customer value, risk or strategic alignment is below expectation.
Lead consolidated performance and lifecycle reviews covering revenue, margin, market share, pricing
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