Role Purpose/Business Unit:
- A strategic role combining data product management and organisational culture change to embed a data-first mindset across Vodacom Group.
- This role is essential to defining and co-building enterprise-wide data products, coordinating the Data Product Delivery Squads, and driving data literacy, capability uplift and change management initiatives across Group and all operating companies.
- The role partners closely with the Head of Data to translate the Group Data Strategy into tangible Data Products and a thriving data culture.
Your responsibilities will include:
Define and Co‑Build Enterprise Data Products
- Define and co‑build enterprise‑wide data products (e.g. Customer, Network, Fraud, Supply Chain) in collaboration with functional data stewards and business champions.
- Develop and maintain data product roadmaps, backlogs and documentation to ensure clarity, discoverability and reuse.
- Partner with data engineering, data science and technology teams to ensure data products are scalable, high‑quality and accessible.
Embed Data Product Management Disciplines
- Champion data‑as‑a‑product thinking by establishing product management practices such as OKRs, prioritisation, iteration cycles and user feedback loops.
- Maintain the enterprise data product catalogue, ensuring consistent product definitions across markets and domains.
- Support governance‑aligned prioritisation of data products in partnership with functional data stewards.
Drive Data Culture, Literacy and Capability Uplift
- Design and deliver data literacy, capability uplift and change management initiatives across Group and operating companies.
- Identify data capability gaps and co‑design interventions (training, workshops, communications) to improve data fluency at all organisational levels.
- Champion data democratisation and promote effective, responsible use of data in decision‑making.
Coordinate Enterprise Communities and Knowledge Sharing
- Build, coordinate and facilitate the Data Products Delivery Squads and across Group and our 8 markets.
- Enable knowledge sharing, reuse of best practice and alignment across markets and domains through Data Product Community of Practise.
- Monitor external trends and emerging practices in data product management and data culture to inform internal approaches.
Track Adoption, Maturity and Value Realisation
- Track and report on Data product adoption, data maturity and value realisation metrics across Group and markets.
- Provide insights to the Head of Data on progress, risks and improvement opportunities related to data products and culture initiatives.
- Support continuous improvement of Group-wide data products and culture programmes based on performance insights.
The ideal candidate for this role will have:
- A Bachelor’s degree in Information System, Computer Science or a related field (essential).
- Minimum 5–7 years of experience in data product management, data strategy, data analytics or a related data role.
- Professional certification in Product Management and Product Delivery (e.g. AIPMM CPM, Safe Agile) or Data Management (e.g. DAMA CDMP) is advantageous.
Core competencies, knowledge, and experience:
- Define and co-build enterprise-wide data products (e.g. Customer 360, RAN Telemetry, Fraud Detection, Supply Chain) in collaboration with the Data Product delivery squads.
- Develop and maintain the data product catalogue, product roadmaps and associated documentation to ensure discoverability and reuse.
- Champion data product thinking by establishing product management disciplines including product backlogs, integration of data products into other data / operational systems and user feedback.
- Support the Head of Data in embedding the Group Data Strategy across the organisation, ensuring market-level adoption and alignment.
- Track and report on value realisation, data maturity, adoption metrics and success measures across data products and culture initiatives.
- Knowledge agile methodology and ways of working
Closing date for Applications: 16 April 2026.
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