Global Product Manager

Role Title: Global Product Manager
Location: London Paddington / Newbury
 

Role Purpose...
As a Product Manager, you will be responsible for developing, refining and executing security propositions, to support the growth of the global portfolio and the enablement of our sales channels in order to achieve the Vodafone Security strategic goals. You will have a deep knowledge of cybersecurity products, trends and in particular customer buying behaviour.As a member of the team, you will have particular ownership for a product or service area, as part of the wider security portfolio that will deliver comprehensive managed and professional security services to help businesses to assess, detect, respond and recover from a cyberattack including:
- Cyber assessment services that will start the customer journey- to include employee awareness, cyber resilience and vulnerability diagnostics
- Managed security services include monitoring, incident management and response that will be easy to use, deploy and grow with a business - removing complexity at every stage
- Professional services focused on risk assessment, testing and testing employee awareness of phishing attacks
- Joint investment in an innovation lab focused on security solutions and intelligence for workplace, cloud, loT and SD-WAN environments
- A simple and seamless experience including onboarding, delivery and service management, streamlining the time it takes to deploy and protect a business
- A particular focus of the role is to engage with the local markets and enable portfolio integration and planning, including the financial planning and prioritisation. As a product owner, you will drive the simplification and integration of propositions and products into local markets to reduce time to market
- Experience of lnformation/Cyber Security market with general understanding of customer solutions
- Good commercial understanding with ability to judge value of investments and commercial returns for Vodafone and our customers
- Ability to communicate complex information and concepts in simple, compelling ways
- Demonstrable ability to lead, co-ordinate and influence teams in a matrix organisation - direct, virtual and supplier -in delivering required tasks
- Comfortable in presenting to a wide range of audiences, from C-level, Sales Teams through to analyst communities and technically aware teams
- Experience of working in roles requiring clear thinking under tight timelines
- Experience of working in matrix organisations, delivering proven results

With us you will...
- Product Strategy: Define a differentiated and disruptive Product strategy, Lead strategic planning with a Market and Segment perspective. Own budget and resourcing planning
- Business Plan and Model: Design and align the operating model, principles and execution of the plan with target markets/segments. Identify and implement ways to accelerate performance
- Customer Success - Revenue: Drive GTM alignment, customer feedback, customer case studies and drive revenue growth
- Internal & External communications: Thought Leader internally and externally for security and your portfolio/product area. Ensures that the stakeholder map and communications plan is current and executed against

It would be nice if you have...
- Experience in a similar role within the Telco or IT industry desirable
- Understanding of security product & portfolio ownership role, and security expertise
- Excellent communicator - clear precise written and verbal communication style. Facilitation skills a pluS
- Experience working in a customer-facing environment, in an influential position. Build strong relationships with peers and stakeholders
- External Thought Leader
- Demonstrate ability to work without close supervision. Acts as an accessible reference point for knowledge and expertise
- A problem solver, ability to identify root causes and make decisions and implement
- Security certification - CISSP, CISM
- Demonstrable experience of successful complex projects and programmes to meet business expectations and deliver results
- Exceptional organizational and communication skills, along with the personal tenacity and the ability to drive through to conclusion in a dynamic and challenging environment
- Strong organizational skills and time management
- Strong cross-functional working capabilities
- Excellent reporting and analytical skills
 

What's in it for you... 
-28 days holiday (with the option to buy or sell 5 days) plus public holidays
-Hybrid working
-Pension matching scheme of up to 10%
-5 paid days leave for charity projects
-MyChoices portal - cycle to work scheme, 100’s of retail discounts, shares and salary sacrifice schemes
-Vodafone family and friends discount
-Interest free commuter loan
-Global parental leave policy for all new parents which includes 39 paid weeks of maternity leave and 16 weeks fully paid leave and upon returning to work, new parents can work part-time hours for 6 months whilst being paid their full-time salary
-Access to Vodafone University and LinkedIn Learning

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