Product Owner – Device Financing at Vodafone Global Enterprise

Role Purpose/Business Unit:

• The incumbent of this role will have a responsibility of managing and owning key products end-to-end including but not limited to Product enhancements, insights driven commercial deal structuring & pricing activities and overall accountability for driving and meeting the Product P&L ambition including Revenue, costs, loan performance etc. The role encompasses frequent engagement with teams across the consumer unit.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Formulate and own the Device Financing Product & Commercial Strategy for VSA . This is not limited to the current EasytoOwn portfolio but will extend to various future product verticals.
• Drive the performance of the product through differentiated segment-specific proposition design and tweak/enhance the product to meet customer needs ensuring smooth customer journeys – and continuously evolve the product to be efficient and relevant.
• The incumbent is responsible for working with the various channel owners to develop opportunities to drive Sales through various channels (branded & unbranded).
• Facilitate and initiate tactical programmes within the various sales channels. These programmes will include working with channel owners to co-create sales strategies supported by appropriate incentive models and supported by advanced data analytics capabilities. 
• Working with the pricing and governance team to ensure customer pricing is competitive / accurate, and risk is within acceptable levels.
• Stakeholder management – coordination with external partners (platform providers, OEM’s, channel partners) to deliver value for Vodacom, customers and partners
• Manage reporting and monitor & track critical KPI’s (like device locking/unlocking flows, Non-Performing Loans (NPL), Bad Debt) against the set targets and proactively manage through initiatives. 
• Work with the CVM and segment marketing teams to design and optimize customer lifecycle journeys to capture opportunities across customer retention of cross sell.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory and risk frameworks including credit vetting and fraud controls.

The ideal candidate for this role will have:

• Matric / Grade 12 or SAQA accredited Equivalent – essential
• Completed a relevant technical or business 3 year Degree/Diploma or SAQA accredited Equivalent* – essential
• Minimum 3 years Commercial Management experience; inclusive of management in the ICT or Financial Services Industry
• 2 year Leadership/Management/Supervisory experience (optional)
• MS Office (Microsoft Outlook, MS Word, Excel, Power Point, Excel)
• Experience in telecoms or fintech product development.
• Familiarity with enterprise analytics tools (e.g., Qliksense, Callidus).
• Strong understanding of customer segmentation and behavioural analytics.
• Understand of Product Lifecycle & Commercial Management
• Understanding of and Pricing Methodologies
• Good business/commercial acumen
• Accurate data analysis with attention to detail (essential)
• Be able to communicate across all levels within the organisations.
• Good influencing, persuasion and negotiation skills
• Well-developed Oral, written and presentation skills
• Be well organised, structured and be able to drive and oversee multi-discipline projects/products across the organisations.
• Have good experience in commercial matters, budgeting and managing against budgets.
• Understanding of billing and on the appropriate systems (iCAP, Siebel, etc)
• Able to work and reprioritise within a changing environment and cope with ambiguity. 
• Good leadership skills

We make an impact by offering:

• Enticing incentive programs and competitive benefit packages
• Retirement funds, risk benefits, and medical aid benefits
• Cell phone and data benefits, advantages fibre connection discounts, and exclusive staff discounts offered in collaboration with partner companies

Closing date for Applications: 28 October 2025.