Job Description
We’re creating something special. We are joining forces to create the biggest mobile network provider in the UK. Through our collective strengths and talents, we will transform customers’ experience and create a best-in-class network for coverage, connectivity, and reliability, delivering greater value and more choice for the nation than ever before.
There are very few moments in our careers where we can feel the ground shifting beneath us, where we can sense that something bigger than we’ve known before is taking shape. We’re not just building a company. We’re going to build a culture, a legacy and a future to be proud of. This will require remarkable leadership and together we can set the standard in the industry and beyond for both customer and employee experience, in what it is a career-defining opportunity.
The Senior Manager Network Business Engagement & Demand covers both the primary interface between VodafoneThree’s Network Strategy & Transformation function and external business units and the management of demand into the Network function. This role ensures that network capabilities, roadmaps, and transformation plans are clearly communicated, understood, and aligned with commercial, regulatory, and strategic priorities across the organization and steers business unit demand into the Network function.
What you’ll do
* Represent the entire Networks function in engagements with all business teams (CBU, VBU, WBU, Legal, Regulatory) VF Group (VSA) and IT teams
* Providing consultancy and support for network-related initiatives with the business units, helping the business to shape demand in a form which is clearly scoped and aligned with existing and planned initiatives. Any conflicts in demand shall be identified and resolved.
* Regularly brief the Network leadership team on all key bids (EDRA/Lighthouse) and key project demand. Manage and resolve escalations from the business or network that are related to the interlock and demand functions
* Organise and lead regular interlocks with business units to share updates on the network roadmap, evolution plans, and investment priorities
* Disseminate network capability roadmaps to external teams, ensuring compliance with confidentiality boundaries (e.g. glass walls for WBU).
* Track and maintain business unit roadmaps that generate significant network demand, ensuring visibility and alignment with network planning.
* Ensure all business initiatives and demands follow the formal network demand intake and assessment process.
* Attend and report on relevant business meetings, identifying network implications and debriefing senior network leadership through established governance forums.
* Jointly maintain a high-level view of major network and IT initiatives over an 18-month horizon, supporting strategic planning and resource alignment.
* Lead and coordinate impact assessments, drawing on specialist input from NS&T and other network domains.
* Technically own the live Network Demand process, ensuring all demand is tracked and managed through appropriate tooling until the demand is completed and transferred
* Validate incoming demand for priority, budget alignment, business outcomes, and architectural feasibility in collaboration with strategy teams.
Qualifications
Who you are
* Proven track record working in telecoms business engagement, network strategy or transformation roles.
* Exceptional stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence across commercial, legal, regulatory and technical domains.
* Deep understanding of network capability planning and demand forecasting processes.
* Excellent track record in managing cross-functional forums and translating business needs into technical requirements.
* Familiarity with governance frameworks and demand intake processes.
Worried that you don’t meet all the desired criteria exactly?
We know that everyone is unique, with multiple aspects to their identity and different experiences behind them. We are passionate about Inclusion for All and creating a workplace where everyone can thrive, whatever their personal or professional background. If you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align exactly with every part of the job description, we encourage you to apply as you may be the right candidate for this role or another role, and our recruitment team can help you see how your skills fit in.
Additional Information
What we offer
We care about our people’s success by offering great pay, bonuses, up to 28 days off plus bank holidays, and paid time for charity work. You can personalise our benefits for you and your family, like discounts, vouchers, a pension plan and loads more. We help with your career through our amazing learning tools and top-notch parental leave policies.
Posting End Date: 5th June 2026
Need to know
We are regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and all offers of employment for this role are subject to background checks, including criminal (DBS) and financial checks to meet the regulators standards.
We believe everyone should have the opportunity to interview for a role that matches their skills. In collaboration with our Talent, Diversity & Inclusion teams and our employee-led DEI Networks, we identified a range of reasonable adjustments to help you feel comfortable and perform at your best self during the interview process. If you require any reasonable adjustments or have an accessibility request as part of your recruitment journey, for example, extended time or breaks in between online assessments, a sign language interpreter, or assistive technology, please contact your recruiter directly or email jobs@three.co.uk for guidance.
We use AI in different parts of our business to boost innovation, improve efficiency, and create new opportunities. We know many candidates use AI to fine-tune their CVs or prepare for interviews, but what we really care about is your unique experiences and achievements.
During the interview, we want you to rely on your own knowledge and skills to show us who you really are—your personality, creativity, and abilities. Above all, we’re looking for authenticity and can’t wait to get to know the real you.
#VodafoneThree
Need to know
We are regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and all offers of employment for this role are subject to background checks, including criminal (DBS) and financial checks to meet the regulators standards.
We believe everyone should have the opportunity to interview for a role that matches their skills. In collaboration with our Talent, Diversity & Inclusion teams and our employee-led DEI Networks, we identified a range of reasonable adjustments to help you feel comfortable and perform at your best self during the interview process. If you require any reasonable adjustments or have an accessibility request as part of your recruitment journey, for example, extended time or breaks in between online assessments, a sign language interpreter, or assistive technology, please contact your recruiter directly or email jobs@three.co.uk for guidance.
We use AI in different parts of our business to boost innovation, improve efficiency, and create new opportunities. We know many candidates use AI to fine-tune their CVs or prepare for interviews, but what we really care about is your unique experiences and achievements.
During the interview, we want you to rely on your own knowledge and skills to show us who you really are—your personality, creativity, and abilities. Above all, we’re looking for authenticity and can’t wait to get to know the real you.
#VodafoneThree