Principal Technical Program Manager, Sophos
CA$129-215k
+ Bonus
Some travel required, up to 5%
Cybersecurity-as-a-Service
Open for applications
Cybersecurity-as-a-Service
1001+ employees
Open for applications
CA$129-215k
+ Bonus
Some travel required, up to 5%
1001+ employees
Company mission
To develop powerful and intuitive products and services that provide the world's most effective cybersecurity for organizations of any size.
Role
Who you are
- The ideal candidate is expected to possess a deep understanding and extensive experience in integrating traditional project management principles and practices with an Agile development approach to strike the right balance between agility and predictability
- 7+ years of program/project management experience in SaaS/Agile environment
- Proven experience in working with business and technology teams including but not limited to: Product Managers, SW/HW Engineering Managers, QA Managers, Operations, Documentation, Translation, and Support departments to ensure the successful delivery of critical engineering projects
- Demonstrated ability in communicating and presenting to C level executives
- Experience with project management methodologies or SDLC (systems development life cycle)
- Experience managing large scale, cross-functional initiatives using a variety of delivery methodologies (i.e. agile, lean, scrum, etc.)
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Effective communication skills with all levels of management
- Strong leadership capabilities and strong interpersonal skills required
- Experience establishing work relationships across multi-disciplinary teams in different time zones
- Bachelor's degree in a technical field such as computer science, computer engineering or related field required
- PMP or PMI certification
- Ability to travel 5% of the time
What the job involves
- This role entails leading and directing a cross-functional engineering product team, collaborating closely with Product Managers, SW/HW Engineering Managers, QA Managers, Operations, Documentation, Translation, and Support departments to ensure the successful delivery of critical engineering projects
- Responsibilities include organizing agile project teams to achieve outstanding results with a high level of predictability and quality, thereby delivering significant business value to customers
- Responsibility for multiple NSG engineering product releases from conception to release and sustaining. Aligning and influencing all relevant departments to achieve this
- Create and manage Product Delivery Plans (PDP) for all NSG engineering projects
- Conduct regular Product Ops meetings to coordinate actions and deliverables, and to eliminate issues and risks prior to first customer ship
- Meet regularly with program team members informally to check progress against agreed actions
- Clearly communicating program status to upper management and ensure that data is presented in a consistent and easy to understand manner leading to actionable conclusions
- Continuously strive for process improvements for agile project management, reporting and tracking
- Influence and persuade others to take a specific course of action when there is no direct line of reporting, including other Managers and up to Director level
- Employ standard methods and techniques for planning, monitoring, and reporting against plan
- Negotiate long-term program requirements that affect other stakeholders
- Resolve conflicts escalated by other team members by investigating facts and providing solutions
- Understand agile software development processes and how to map that into wider business processes
- Understand and demonstrate experience in using appropriate tools for agile project management tools such as Jira, Confluence, and all Office Tools
- Ability to understand technical product details to identify issues and enable effective release management
Our take
Due to the fast-evolving nature of cybercrime, companies can struggle to keep their security up-to-date and resilient. Sophos provides managed cybersecurity services to identify and resolve cyberthreats within all sizes of organisations, combining cutting edge cybersecurity tech with expert support teams.
Leveraging AI and machine learning, Sophos' system automates the detection and blocking of over 99% of threats, meaning its analysts only have to hunt down and stop the most sophisticated attackers. As well as its Managed Detection and Response (MDR) product - which, serving over 15,000 customers, is the most-used on the market - the company also delivers Incident Response Services for those experiencing an active threat.
Sophos is not a new player in the cybersecurity space, but has demonstrated its dedication to innovation with continued product launches, updates, and acquisitions such as that of BAE spinout SOC.OS that have kept its tech at the front of the market. Alongside many of its peers, the effects of the economic climate have caused Sophos to cut staff as it focusses on achieving “the optimal balance of growth and profitability", but this recent hiccup does not take away from its position as a market leader continuously leading adaption in the space.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
36% female employees
-6% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (1 round)
Jul 2020
$2.6m
SEED
Total funding: $2.6m
Company benefits
- Remote-first working model & hybrid options
- We encourage teams to get together in person periodically to help facilitate teamwork
- Flexible start and end times for many roles
- Leadership development program
- Access to LinkedIn Learning
- Global internal coaching program (Coach Match)
- Periodic Sophos wellness days off for all Sophos to help employees relax and recharge
- Global wellbeing program, which offers a range of wellbeing resources, including Sophos Wellbeing Webinars, Stress Management Toolkits, and Developing Resilience Courses
- Free Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for confidential advice and counseling on a wide range of work and personal issues
- Free annual subscription to the Calm app
- Paid parental leave, caregiver leave & bereavement/compassion leave available
- We host some unforgettable social experiences for our global teams including our music festival SOPH-Fest, go-karting, Sophmudder, and incredible holiday parties!
- Our annual global fitness challenge, SOPH-Fit, sees thousands of employees taking part in our virtual global race around the world
- Each quarter, we celebrate our exceptional global team by running the Sophos Values Awards, which recognizes and rewards employees who embody the Sophos values and who we are as a company
- Health care benefits available worldwide
Company values
- Simplicity: We strive to embrace design, automation, and re-engineering across our products and business operations. We aim to create instinctive next-gen products that provide IT professionals with exactly what they need to do their jobs efficiently and effectively.
- Empowerment: We support and enable people to do great work. We trust people to take ownership, to take smart risks, and to deliver results. We encourage people to take action, to seek knowledge, and to question actions inconsistent with our mission, values, or principles.
- Passion: We care intensely about our success and our impact. We maintain high standards and continuously strive to improve. We inspire others.
- Innovation: We stay at the forefront and advance the boundaries of what is possible. If we fail, we do it quickly, learn, share the lessons learned, and move forward. We always seek better approaches to what we do.
- Authenticity: We are genuine, transparent, and honest. We admit our mistakes and strive to remain self-aware. We say what we think, even if it might be difficult.
Company HQ
Abingdon, UK
Articles
Leadership
Kris Hagerman
(CEO, not founder)Former CEO of Corel Corporation, who previously served as Group President of Data Center Management at Symantec. Was also Executive VP and GM of Storage and Server Management at Veritas Software, as well as CEO and Founder of both Bigbook and Affinia.
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