Security and SD-WAN Lead - O2 Daisy

Job Description

Closing date: 11th February

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

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 roadmapping, 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

As you're already a valued member of the crew, you'll know lots about the amazing stuff we do to take care of our people. Your benefits will be based on your current employment entity.

Next steps

This opportunity is open to all employees. However, we will be prioritising any at risk employees who meet the minimum criteria which are outlined above.

Adverts will be running for a 2-week period, so please be aware that you may not hear from us until the advert has closed.

If you’ve got any burning questions or require reasonable adjustments to support you through the recruitment process, please drop the recruiter a note.