This vacancy is based in our Telenet head office in Michelen, Belgium

About Telenet

At Telenet, we like to have a good reason for what we do. A why. An end-game. And we find that end-game in our company purpose. It sums up why we do what we do – as individuals and as a company. Staying ahead. It’s what we as a group strive to make happen every day. Leading the way for our customers, our partners and society as a whole.

Therefore the Applications Area deliver stable, flexible and sustainable applications and services, one step ahead, by connecting empowered people and technology so that our customers get a personalized experience. The Applications Area simplify people’s life and business.

About the job

We are looking for a results driven Applications Area leader to inspire, coach, and steer a team of highly skilled professionals (+/-200 FTE), both internally and with strategic partners.

The Applications Area Leader is responsible for the delivery of a major transformation program, the creation of value by the delivery of stable, flexible and sustainable services & applications in the area of BSS, OSS, (delivery value stream & network) tooling, as well as corporate applications (like ERP system (Finance, Supply Chain & HR)).

The delivery value stream (with release delivery & deployment processes) is owned by the Applications Area.

Key responsibilities

• You lead a multi-disciplinary team, including development and build & test disciplines, where you ensure the right skills for the future will be available not only for the delivery in your own area but as well within the business for the mentioned competencies in case the autonomy for changes is transferred to business squads.
• You work in an agile operating model, where in your area there are several tribes, chapters and CoE’s.
• An important part of your role will be to align with the tribes outside your area on priorities.
• You act as a coach and support the tribe leads, chapters and CoE leads to develop the teams’ competencies, to foster talent, attract competent talent, support the growth of people and a structured WoW (way of working) to ensure the delivery of stable, innovative & future proof applications enabling the delivery of customer value.
• You create a win-win strategy with external partners.
• You drive the Agile WoW with the partners in your chapter competencies (analyze, develop, build, test, deploy).
• You work together with all the business, technology & operation teams to identify, define and align roadmaps & priorities.
• You create a vision and roadmap together with the Enterprise Architecture team to drive towards the Agile promise.
• You identify new trends and innovations in your expertise domain and create opportunities to tap into them.
• You are accountable for financials (OPEX + 10 mio, Capex +50 mio Darwin, 30 mio other) & 3 year plans in line with the business strategy by ensuring the right platforms and applications are selected, designed and built to support the business, by simplifying, improving & fostering common platforms and minimizing technical debt.
• You continuously transform the way technology is used to support our financial objectives (through revenue generation, cost efficiencies and experience) and ensure efficiency and consistency in technological choices and implementation at Telenet.