Network Product Manager

The Network Product Manager is responsible for managing the development and launch of network products and services that meet the needs of Claranet's customers. They will drive the product strategy and roadmap, supporting cross-sell and growth across our portfolio, while working closely across Technology Practices, Customer Success & Growth, and Customer Experience and Managed Services. They are responsible for driving repeatability and scalability across existing and new products and services. The Network Product Manager will collaborate with Architecture and Technology Practices to develop next-generation secure, intelligent managed network services leveraging technologies like SD-WAN, SD-Branch and SASE products and services alongside existing MPLS and Managed LAN.

Claranet's strategy is to build long-term, trusted relationships with its customers by delivering market-leading, integrated managed services. We are seeking a leader to build and own the existing and future market-leading multi-solutions portfolio that Claranet offers to customers, enabling cross-sell and upsell.

The Connectivity Product Manager is part of a team representing a portfolio with over £110m+ per annum in revenue. The key objectives will be to:

• Contribute to the target of 70% of services being scalable, repeatable, and operationally supportable.
• Ensure products are developed according to specifications and timelines and with commercial acumen in mind.
• Maintain an up-to-date product/service catalogue.

Essential Roles & Responsibilities:

• Full product lifecycle management including ideation, new development, in and end of life management within our Infrastructure portfolio.
• Create strategic product visions and roadmaps driven by experience, research and engagement with our customers.
• Lead product design and development working with internal and external project teams to deliver functional and repeatable new products.
• Build, grow and utilise relationships with internal teams, partners and suppliers to support product lifecycle management.
• Support sales communities in winning new and retaining existing business through product training, customer meetings and general opportunity contribution.
• Continual competitive analysis through the monitoring of product performance metrics coupled with industry innovations, trends and competition research.
• Create and maintain product documentation such as service level agreements, pricing tools, service descriptions and sales enablement content.

Behavioural Competencies - Organisational & Behavioural Fit:

• Ability to communicate and influence internally and externally across all levels of an organisation, creating alignment between often conflicting stakeholder needs to deliver the solution for the customer.
• Strong written and oral communication skills including presentation skills with demonstrable attention to detail.
• High levels of initiative, drive and self-motivated with the ability to operate in a fast paced and fluid environment.

Critical Competencies - Technical Fit:

• Strong technical, commercial, and market understanding of managed network services, including SD-WAN, SASE, MPLS, managed LAN, and security capabilities.
• Understanding of SD-WAN and SASE architectures, including Zero Trust, secure internet access, cloud security, and policy-based access control.
• Experience with managing technologies and vendors such as Fortinet, Cisco, and Cisco Meraki.
• Experience applying product governance and service readiness practices to ensure products are scalable, repeatable, secure, operationally supportable, and commercially viable.
• Service-oriented mindset that focuses on how people, process and technology operate together to create value-add services for our customers.