GM - Product Head - Smart Central

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• Role Title

Product Head- Smart Central

Sub Function/ Vertical/ Department
NPD, Customer Life Cycle Management//Enterprise Business & Digital Transformation

Band
M3

Reports to Role (Position No)
Location
Corporate Office – Mumbai

• Job Purpose

• Operational excellence – Own & Lead in delivering Operational excellence of Smart central platform & deliver customer experience hence ensuring consistent revenue target achievements.

• Driver thought leadership – Demonstrate skills on execution and capability to win more in the market place, be ahead of the curve, 360 degree view of the IoT ecosystem, Leading & steering cross-functional discussions to achieve common agreed goal & mission.
• Product innovation & Portfolio development – Ensure deliveries & GTM strategies for NPD in line with IoT LoB roadmap, Constantly do Map Gap analysis, evaluate Golbal Telco practices & Indian Telco/SI competition insights for PLCM.

• Service Excellence & CXX - Listen to the voice of customer and provide actionable insight, Strategize & deliver Digital journeys across the SELL BUILD RUN lifecycle & hence improve the experience of customers during the entire journey from purchase to exit, use to cutting edge AI/ML tools to enhance CXX (internal & external)

• Key Accountabilities / Key Result Areas (Max 5)

Strategic

• Define and execute the customer service wrap, SLAs, design and strategy for enterprise IoT line of Business.

Operational
Business Process Management (Process KPIs)
: Design, measure and drive process CTQs and success measurement criterion

Service Operations (Input KPIs, Output KPIs-both Qualitative And Quantitative)

• Define and measure assets and resources invested in OR used to generate business results (e.g. spent on research and development, resources allocated for training and development of people, quality of material/product, various operational KPIs such as SLAs, CPS, Productivity, Rewards and Recognition, Customer Loyalty programs etc.)
• Development of business case, budgeting and monitoring of spends at actuals against budgets allocated
• Design and measure financial and non-financial results of business and service operations e.g. revenues, no. of new customers acquired across various product categories

CXX And Governance Of Operations (Leading KPIs)

• Design, develop and adherence of the governance mechanisms for operations through process audits, inspections, mystery audits, physical partner site visits, reviews and tracking of actionable
• Design and develop customer research and insights through TNPS and NPS programs thereby measure predictors of success/failure
• Ensure continual improvement through actionable tracking, quality projects and process re-engineering

Project/Program Management

• Design, develop and adherence of the project plan around various milestones and tasks
• Engage with cross functions and stake holders for enabling requirements, conducting clarification workshops, documenting changes and seek necessary approvals for closures
• Continuous review and governance for ensuring timely completion

Developmental

• Develop team through continuous assessments, identification of training needs with the help of tools and enabling relevant certification through internal learning and development modules thereby building capabilities
• Core Competencies, Knowledge, Experience, Technical / Professional Qualifications (Max 5)
• 12+ years of experience in leading a customer service team/s with exposure to managing various facets of service delivery. Should possess strong domain expertise with skills related to business process management, project management, stakeholder management and customer experience management.
• Experience in managing Digital transformation projects for a reputed organization
• Proven track record around strong planning, design and execution of service excellence and operations

Technical / Professional Qualifications
MBA, Project Management, Business Process Management.

Desired Competencies/ Skills

• Powerful influencing/ negotiation skills, effective relationship management skills and proven ability to function within a matrix organization
• Experience in handling Product Management role in a B2B environment
• Experience in handling Business Processes design & delivery

Educational Qualifications

• University Degree in Business/ MBA along with technical qualifications, or equivalent qualification
• Key Performance Indicators (Max 5)
• Drive Customer First agenda - NPS and TNPS Scores
• Leverage scale benefits and operating efficiencies – Reduce Cost to serve by building efficiencies in operations through FTR.
• Drive core business by winning in our market place - Best in class matrices for leading our value proposition aided by adoption of our digital agenda.
• Deliver big bets for driving future growth- Launch of New Services and Products
• CXX & Customer engagement
• Job purpose of Direct Reports & Dotted Reports

Direct Reports
Currently None

Vodafone Idea Limited
(formerly Idea Cellular Limited)

An Aditya Birla Group & Vodafone partnership