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• Working Hours: Full time 37.5 hours per week - Monday to Friday Working in close partnership with commercial, sales, and operational teams, the role is pivotal in launching new products, optimising the performance of in-life products and driving commercial success. This role demands a deep understanding of customer needs, market dynamics, and the competitive landscape, combined with a relentless focus on execution turning insight into action and product strategy into results. A key part of the role is to evangelise the portfolio across the business, articulating the value to customers, and feeding insight back into the roadmap. Ultimately, the Senior manager for cloud, security, SaaS & managed services portfolio is accountable for delivering a market-leading portfolio that stands out in a crowded market, serving all our segments and accelerates profitable growth. Key accountabilities include: Roadmap - Define and deliver the product roadmap across cloud, security, SaaS & managed services portfolio, managing associated capex and opex to ensure efficient and effective investment. Lifecycle - Lead end-to-end product lifecycle management, from new feature development and continuous improvement to the launch and retirement of products and services, including their operating models. Leadership - Leadership of a virtual team of commercial and operational functions, making sure they are lined up to support the portfolio strategy and inter-locked with Sales. Commercial - Own the financial performance of the portfolio, including revenue, margin, and customer adoption, and take proactive steps to optimise commercial outcomes. Market Dynamics - Continuously monitor market dynamics and customer feedback, using insights to evolve the portfolio and maintain a competitive edge. Significant experience as a product manager and product team leadership Excellent knowledge across products including Security, SaaS, Managed Services, Private and Public Cloud Strong understanding of Data Centres and optimisation. Understands customer requirements, purchasing criteria and buying behaviours; considers variations across different segments and industries for their portfolio. Setting vision, product strategy & commercial strategy for total product portfolio aligned to external market and competitive context, customer requirements and current and future internal capabilities. Able to connect the dots beyond role and function to do what's right for employees and customers. Managing end-to-end product lifecycle from innovation to retirement and rationalisation. Driving investment and divestment cases. Owning and growing portfolio P&L Understands importance of an effective cross-functional operating model and works across functions to define and deliver our customers & product North Star