Product Manager, Sophos
SecOps
CA$110-184k
+ Bonus eligibility
Cybersecurity-as-a-Service
Open for applications
Cybersecurity-as-a-Service
1001+ employees
Open for applications
CA$110-184k
+ Bonus eligibility
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
- A good knowledge of cybersecurity products and the market, including the competitive landscape
- Understanding of working in collaboration with a diverse range of business functions and customers to drive change and achieve delivery
- Experience of working with agile development teams and requirement definition/story breakdown for these teams
- Involvement working with UX/UI teams designing a compelling customer experience in software
- Track record of preparing and presenting a technical roadmap, prioritising product backlog, and working on product strategy
- The ability to weigh critical, well-informed trade-offs and have the data points to defend those decisions
- Strong collaboration skills to interface successfully with a broad variety of stakeholders across multiple time zones and functional domains
- Ideal candidates will be highly technical and have a proven background in building market leading products and services
- You must possess a good blend of technical acumen with the ability to work closely with Engineering, with a big-picture vision that you can communicate to customers, partners, and industry analysts
What the job involves
- You’ll be a highly visible member of the team, working closely with the dev team, other stakeholders, and owning roadmap items
- You will work with the latest in technology stacks and participate in product strategy, planning sessions, product design, and requirements gathering
- You’re ready and willing to step up, make hard decisions about prioritization, and tradeoffs
- You will partner with brilliant engineering teams and architects across the globe to build innovative solutions for real-world problems
- Collaborate with other Product Managers and teams within Sophos, identifying synergies, flagging dependencies/risks, aimed at delivering cross product and cross business unit deliverables while ensuring that the best company-level decisions are taken
- Maintain knowledge of competitors’ product offerings and assist in identifying market opportunities and gaps in the Sophos offerings to ensure that Sophos products remain competitive and differentiated in the marketplace
- Take the lead in developing requirements and user stories for assigned products with the development teams, working in an agile process
- Develop and foster relationships directly with internal key influencers/leaders (e.g. key engineering leaders and sales engineering staff) to inform and execute product priorities
- Manage expectations with senior product leadership providing status, action plans and recommendations related to the managed product lines
- Work with the Engineering team(s) to ensure that all projects that form part of the strategic product plans are tracking to plan and any issues are addressed promptly or escalated to senior management for resolution
- Act as a point of contact for the Product Management team during the product delivery lifecycle providing leadership and decisions to ensure all activities meet plan
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
Company
Funding (1 round)
Jul 2020
$2.7m
SEED
Total funding: $2.7m
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 HQ
Abingdon, UK
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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