Senior IT Delivery Owner - Agile

Skip to main contentCareersDashboardProfileEnglishJoin Talent NetworkSign InSingle PositionIf we can connect, we can create a better future. Join us.View All JobsSenior IT Delivery Owner - AgileDublin 2, Ireland This role is no longer accepting applicationsRequisition ID286560Date posted07/10/2026Join Us At Vodafone, we’re not just shaping the future of connectivity for our customers – we’re shaping the future for everyone who joins our team. When you work with us, you’re part of a global mission to connect people, solve complex challenges, and create a sustainable and more inclusive world. If you want to grow your career whilst finding the perfect balance between work and life, Vodafone offers the opportunities to help you belong and make a real impact.Role Purpose The Senior IT Delivery Owner is accountable for the end-to-end delivery of technology outcomes within a Fixed Value Stream, translating business priorities into delivered value through effective planning, execution, governance, release readiness, and benefits realisation.This role leads delivery across cross-functional teams and delivery partners, ensuring work is aligned to agreed business priorities, measurable KPIs, and customer outcomes. The primary focus of the role is delivery against business outcomes and KPIs. Agile, Lean, and value stream practices are important enablers of flow, transparency, and responsiveness of delivery.The role also holds direct people management responsibility, building capability, setting clear expectations, and creating a culture of accountability, ownership, and continuous improvement.Essence of Role – Key Accountabilities Own the end-to-end delivery of initiatives and changes within the Fixed Value Stream, from demand shaping through planning, execution, release, and value realisation.Partner closely with business stakeholders to understand strategic priorities, customer needs, and commercial goals, and translate them into clear delivery plans and actionable commitments.Be accountable for delivery against agreed business outcomes and KPIs, including measures such as time to market, predictability, quality, adoption, operational readiness, and realised business value.Lead prioritisation and sequencing of delivery in line with business value, delivery capacity, dependencies, risk, and readiness.Establish and maintain strong delivery governance, including status reporting, risk and issue management, dependency tracking, escalation management, decision support, and transparent communication to stakeholders.Ensure effective coordination across product, business, architecture, engineering, testing, operations, vendors, and support teams to enable joined-up delivery. Own release and implementation readiness, ensuring that solutions are deployed in a controlled way, transitioned effectively into production, and supported through hypercare and issue resolution.Drive focus on value realisation, ensuring that delivery does not stop at release, but continues through measurement of business impact, lessons learned, and continuous improvement.Lead the resolution of blockers and delivery risks, acting as the escalation point where decisions, support, or cross-functional alignment are required.Maintain a clear view of capacity, roadmap, dependencies, and delivery health, using data and insight to improve flow and delivery performance over time.Use Agile, Lean, and value stream practices pragmatically to improve speed, quality, and transparency—ensuring that ways of working support delivery rather than becoming the objective themselves. Build strong and credible relationships with business leaders and stakeholders, acting as a trusted delivery partner who brings clarity, challenge, and execution focus.Lead, manage, and develop direct reports, including objective setting, performance management, coaching, development planning, succession thinking, and capability growth.Create a high-performance environment where teams are clear on priorities,...