Product Modelling Governance Lead

About us

Join us at Orange Business!We are a network and digital integrator that understands the entire value chain of the digital world, freeing our customers to focus on the strategic initiatives that shape their business.Every day, you will collaborate with a team dedicated to providing consistent, sustainable global solutions, no matter where our customers operate. With over 30,000 employees across Asia, the Americas, Africa, and Europe, we offer a dynamic environment to develop and perfect your skills in a field filled with exciting challenges and opportunities.

About the role

The Product Office is responsible for setting up, maintaining, implementing, standardising and upholding product modelling guidelines and guardrails for all B2B products and services within Orange’s enterprise product catalogue and related systems. This role ensure that all products are defined and modelled correctly and as per established guidelines and guardrails.

The ‘Product Modelling Governance Lead’ works with multiple stakeholders across preoduct marketing to ensure new products and significant product changes are defined and modelled in accordance with the agreed guardrails. This maximises product quality, consistency, and modularity.

Compliance with product definition & modelling guardrails :-   

•    Maintain and enhance product modelling guidelines and guardrails and apply them consistently across all Orange Business Lines (BLs). •    Act as a lynchpin between product & marketing, customer journey and IT and help define product & financial hierarchies, attributes, rules, dependencies and pricing logic.•    Drive requirement clarification and alignment sessions across entities such as digital journey, managed services, order management and service assurance.

Engagement and support for stakeholders in product modelling process:-

•    Engage with product teams at the inception of the product and ensure smooth passage of the product through the product lifecycle management process.•    Provide a walkthrough of the process and product definition and product modelling collateral and templates to the product teams.•    Work closely with product managers, pricing managers, business & technical modellers, customer journey specialists and other relevant members to ensure alignment between product model and commercial offerings, business requirements & technical capability•    Support contributing epic owner and relevant roles to finalise MVP and MMP scope and related feature elaboration & completion.

Experience:    3 – 5 years in telecom product management in roles such as product manager, product modeller, product owner, epic owner and catalogue manager.

Industry knowledge:   

Strong understanding of telecom B2B products such as connectivity, cloud, IoT.Experienced in TM Forum framework, particularly SID. Hands-on knowledge and familiarity with SAFe and/or Agile delivery environments.Awareness of sales order process such as lead to cash. 

key skills & competencies•    Ability to translate complex product concepts into actionable items.•    Excellent communication and stakeholder management.•    Attention to detail to ensure product integrity and consistency.•    Exceptional co-ordination skills to bring relevant parties to the table.•    Knowledge of product lifecycle management process and governance.•    Capable of generating consensus amid competing priorities.•    Tools: Office 365, Visio, Jira, Confluence, SharePoint, catalogue/CPQ platforms. 

About you

Qualifications & experience:Education:  Bachelor’s degree in telecommunications, information technology, engineering, business or related field. Experience:    3 – 5 years in telecom product management in roles such as product manager, product modeller, product owner, epic owner and catalogue manager. Industry knowledge:    Strong understanding of telecom B2B products such as connectivity, cloud, IoT.Experienced in TM Forum framework, particularly SID. Hands-on knowledge and familiarity with SAFe and/or Agile delivery environments.Awareness of sales order process such as lead to cash.  key skills & competencies•    Ability to translate complex product concepts into actionable items.•    Excellent communication and stakeholder management.•    Attention to detail to ensure product integrity and consistency.•    Exceptional co-ordination skills to bring relevant parties to the table.•    Knowledge of product lifecycle management process and governance.•    Capable of generating consensus amid competing priorities.•    Tools: Office 365, Visio, Jira, Confluence, SharePoint, catalogue/CPQ platforms.                           

What we offer

• Global Opportunities: Work in multi-national teams with opportunity to collaborate with colleagues and customers from all over the world.• Flexible Work Environment: Flexible working hours and possibility to combine work from office and home (hybrid ways of working).• Professional Development: training programs and upskilling/re-skilling opportunities.• Career Growth: Internal growth and mobility opportunities within Orange.• Caring and Daring Culture: Health and well-being programs and benefits, diversity & inclusion initiatives, CSR and employee connect events.• Reward Programs: Employee Referral Program, Change Maker Awards.

Only your skills matter

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