Product Manager

Overview

Own the strategy, discovery, and delivery of Sophos Firewall and multi-firewall management in Sophos Central, driving the full product lifecycle from research through launch, adoption, and scaling.

What you'll do

• Own the end-to-end product lifecycle for capabilities within Sophos Firewall and Multi-Firewall Management in Sophos Central, including centralized management of firewall policies, templates, configuration, and firmware across large and distributed deployments, from discovery and research through definition, delivery, launch, and iteration.
• Define and maintain a clear product roadmap grounded in evolving security needs, competitive dynamics, and business objectives.
• Develop expertise in next-generation firewall and network security use cases, with particular focus on central management at scale (including MSP and multi-tenant scenarios), SD-WAN, VPN, and integration with Sophos Central, XDR/MDR, and ZTNA.
• Conduct customer discovery through interviews, data analysis, and close collaboration with global and regional sales teams, partners, and MSPs to uncover high-value network security and management problems worth solving.
• Translate complex security and networking requirements into clear product requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria that enable engineering teams to deliver with confidence.
• Partner with engineering to guide development, remove blockers, and ensure quality outcomes.
• Stay current on the competitive landscape (e.g., Fortinet, Palo Alto Networks, Check Point, Cisco, WatchGuard) to inform positioning and roadmap decisions.
• Drive go-to-market planning in collaboration with sales, marketing, and customer success, including enablement on use cases and differentiators.
• Define and track key product metrics, such as Sophos Central firewall onboarding and adoption, managed-firewall attach rate, and operational efficiency, and communicate results to stakeholders.
• Present product strategy, progress, and results to the product leadership team and Senior Management Team.
• Report to the VP of Product Management.

What you'll need

• At least 5+ years of strong experience in product management having domain knowledge of cybersecurity, network security, or a related B2B SaaS environment.
• Strong understanding of the network security market, including next-generation firewall capabilities such as IPS, application control, web and TLS inspection, VPN, SD-WAN, and zero-trust network access.
• Familiarity with centralized firewall management platforms and how enterprises and MSPs manage policy, configuration, and visibility across many firewalls and sites from the cloud.
• Understanding of cloud-managed security operations, including multi-tenancy, role-based access, templates and group-based policy, API and automation, and how they reduce operational overhead and configuration drift.
• Proven track record of taking products from early discovery through launch and scaling in a technical domain.
• Ability to translate complex security and networking concepts into clear product strategy and actionable requirements.
• Comfort with data, using quantitative and qualitative insights to drive prioritization and measure success.
• Excellent cross-functional communication skills, with the ability to influence without authority across engineering, sales, design, and leadership.
• Experience collaborating with global or distributed teams and engaging with enterprise customers, partners, and prospects.

Nice to have

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience; technical degree, or security/networking certifications (CISSP, CCNP, etc.).

Details

• Remote role; candidates must reside in and be authorized to work in the location specified in the job posting.