Product Lead

Location: Independent - South of England Salary: Excellent basic salary plus bonus and Vodafone benefits Working hours: 37.5 Mon-Fri Who We Are   We're a global technology communications company that empowers people and businesses to stay connected and thrive in a digital world. With a focus on innovation, sustainability and earning customer loyalty, we leverage cutting-edge technology to offer products and services that enhance communication and improve lives.    At Vodafone UK, diversity isn't just a buzzword, it is core to who we are as a company.  We're proud to be certified as a Great Place to Work and are committed to driving inclusion for all; creating a workplace that is fully representative of the communities and customers we serve.   Join our Security team and experience bringing intelligent technology and advanced threat expertise to organisations that form the UK's Critical National Infrastructure, this specialist team helps to simplify their day-to-day cyber security operations, enabling their own people to focus on their bigger strategic priorities.  What you'll do This role establishes and owns the plan to deliver and develop VBSE product roadmap in line with the VBSE vision and strategic plan.  

• Accountability for alignment of product and portfolio development within VBSE, and Vodafone Business product 
• Own new product development within VBSE following the full Product Lifecyle across both Secure and Enhanced Portfolios
• Critical analysis of market conditions, identifying gaps and formulating capability gap mitigations across both Secure and Enhanced Portfolios
• Manage 3rd party suppliers/vendors and bear responsible for defining commercial logic underpinning new product developments across both Secure and Enhanced Portfolios
• Continually improve tasks simplifying the way we operate across both Secure and Enhanced Portfolios
• Report on product performance across both Secure and Enhanced Portfolios
• Collaborate closely with sales and delivery teams to define, document, and oversee internal processes that support launched services inclusive of bid support
  Who you are  
• An experience of client-side Secure Public sector/ CNI workings 
• Experience of working in the secure sector
• Good understanding of the public sector and CNI communities and how the development of security minded products can enhance the portfolio of opportunities
• Broad based understanding of Cyber Security, Networking (Incl SDN), Mobile, Cloud and IoT in both secure and non-secure environments
• Strong communication/negotiation skills to guide, influence and convince others (including customers/third parties). 
• An appetite for change to drive business forward through efficient and effective thinking
• Strong project management experience along with Prince2 Practitioner certification
• Ability to matrix manage in a multi-faceted organisation incl Legal, Product, Project and Engineering
• Good understanding of service management and knowledge of ITIL framework
  What we offer   We believe that taking care of our employees is the key to their success. That is why we offer an excellent remuneration and bonus package with up to 28 days holiday entitlement, in addition to bank holidays and paid leave for charity projects. We offer an extensive benefits package that can be tailored to suit you and your family, including employee discounts, retail vouchers, pension plan and share schemes. We take pride in our commitment to supporting you at every stage of your career by providing top of the range learning and development tools and market leading parental leave policies.  Together we can    Vodafone UK are regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and all offers of employment for this role are subject to background checks, including criminal (DBS) and financial checks to meet the regulators standards. If you require any reasonable adjustments or have an accessibility request as part of your recruitment journey, for example, extended time or breaks in between online assessments, a sign language interpreter, or assistive technology, please refer to the Accessibility section of our Careers website (https://careers.vodafone.com/uk/applying-to-vodafone/) for guidance. #LI-Hybrid #VodafoneUK


• An experience of client-side Secure Public sector/ CNI workings
• Experience of working in the secure sector
• Good understanding of the public sector and CNI communities and how the development of security minded products can enhance the portfolio of opportunities
• Broad based understanding of Cyber Security, Networking (Incl SDN), Mobile, Cloud and IoT in both secure and non-secure environments
• Strong communication/negotiation skills to guide, influence and convince others (including customers/third parties).
• An appetite for change to drive business forward through efficient and effective thinking
• Strong project management experience along with Prince2 Practitioner certification
• Ability to matrix manage in a multi-faceted organisation incl Legal, Product, Project and Engineering
• Good understanding of service management and knowledge of ITIL framework
  
  We're a global technology communications company that empowers people and businesses to stay connected and thrive in a digital world. With a focus on innovation, sustainability and earning customer loyalty, we leverage cutting-edge technology to offer products and services that enhance communication and improve lives.
At Vodafone UK, diversity isn't just a buzzword, it is core to who we are as a company. We're proud to be certified as a Great Place to Work and are committed to driving inclusion for all; creating a workplace that is fully representative of the communities and customers we serve.

We believe that taking care of our employees is the key to their success. That is why we offer an excellent remuneration and bonus package with up to 28 days holiday entitlement, in addition to bank holidays and paid leave for charity projects. We offer an extensive benefits package that can be tailored to suit you and your family, including employee discounts, retail vouchers, pension plan and share schemes. We take pride in our commitment to supporting you at every stage of your career by providing top of the range learning and development tools and market leading parental leave policies. Together we can Vodafone UK are regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and all offers of employment for this role are subject to background checks, including criminal (DBS) and financial checks to meet the regulators standards. If you require any reasonable adjustments or have an accessibility request as part of your recruitment journey, for example, extended time or breaks in between online assessments, a sign language interpreter, or assistive technology, please refer to the Accessibility section of our Careers website (https://careers.vodafone.com/uk/applying-to-vodafone/) for guidance. #LI-Hybrid #VodafoneUK