Security and SD-WAN Lead

Job Description

Locations: London, Reading, Peterborough

The SD-WAN and Security Lead is accountable for defining, owning, and executing the secure networking product strategy across the organisation’s fixed connectivity portfolio. This is a lead role within the fixed connectivity product team with a strong evangelisation and growth focus, responsible for driving adoption, commercial performance, and market relevance of secure connectivity services across mid-market, enterprise, and public-sector customers.

The role holder will set the strategic vision, secure alignment across the business, and lead delivery through multiple supporting functions, while building and developing a high-performing product management team.

Key responsibilities & accountabilities

• Define, own, and champion the secure connectivity vision, strategy, and multi-year roadmap
• Act as the senior evangelist for secure networking propositions across sales, customers, partners, and internal stakeholders
• Drive product adoption, penetration, and revenue growth through compelling value propositions and effective go-to-market execution
• Own the end-to-end product lifecycle, from concept and business case through launch, in-life optimisation, and retirement
• Lead rationalisation of legacy products, defining clear and commercially compelling migration paths to next-generation standardised services
• Provide senior product authority and decision-making across complex, multi-stakeholder environments
• Line manage, coach, and develop up to four Product Managers
• Support priority sales opportunities, customer briefings, and strategic bids as a subject-matter expert

Who we are

Our new B2B venture. By bringing Virgin Media O2 Business and Daisy together, we’re creating a focused, digital-first B2B business serving customers across small, medium, and large enterprises, as well as the public sector. Powered by our next generation fixed and mobile infrastructure the new entity will offer a broader portfolio of best-in-class solutions helping us win more business and better serve our customers.

The must haves

In order to be considered, you must have the following experience;

• Significant experience in product leadership roles within a UK telco, MSP, or managed network services provider
• Strong understanding of secure connectivity and networking services, including SD-WAN, SASE & SSE aligned services, managed firewalls, and secure access
• Proven ability to drive product adoption and growth through evangelisation and stakeholder influence
• Strong commercial acumen including pricing, margin management, and investment business case development
• Experience leading and developing product managers in matrixed organisations
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to articulate complex technical propositions clearly

The other stuff we are looking for

We'd also love you to bring;

• Experience operating in a sales-led, growth-oriented product environment, with direct involvement in pipeline acceleration, strategic bids, or executive-level customer engagements
• Prior accountability for portfolio transformation, including migration from legacy network or security services to next-generation, software-defined or cloud-delivered propositions
• Exposure to public sector or regulated industry connectivity and security requirements, including frameworks, accreditations, or compliance-driven buying behaviours
• Experience working with technology vendor ecosystems (e.g. security, networking, cloud providers), including joint road mapping, commercial negotiations, and co-marketing initiatives
• Familiarity with modern product operating models, such as agile or outcome-based product management, portfolio governance, or scaled delivery frameworks
• Understanding of network automation, orchestration, and platform-based service delivery models and how these can enable scalable, repeatable secure connectivity services
• Experience supporting or influencing go-to-market strategy, including sales enablement, value proposition development, launch planning, and in-life performance optimisation
• Comfortable representing the organisation externally at customer forums, industry events, or partner engagements as a credible subject-matter expert and product advocate

What's in it for you

Working at O2 Daisy, you'll get a rewards package that is designed to support both you and your loved ones, making sure that you’re covered no matter what life throws your way.

Next steps

If we feel like a place where you can belong, we'd love to learn more about you as a person and your experience to date.

When you apply, you'll be asked about any adjustments you might need to support the recruitment process. Let us know, and we'll be sure to discuss it with you.

Please note: Applications will be reviewed, and interviews conducted throughout the duration of this advert, therefore we may bring the closing date forward. We encourage all interested applicants to apply as soon as possible. If you’re offered a job with us, it will be conditional, based on the passing of background checks. All roles require a criminal record check and some roles need a financial probity check. Your recruiter can provide you with more information if needed.

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