What you will 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. This includes 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 — understanding how businesses deploy these capabilities to secure branch and campus networks, reduce attack surfaces, and simplify operations.
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, using data to inform decisions 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 will bring
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 — 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 — you use 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
Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience; technical degree, or security/networking certifications (CISSP, CCNP, etc.) are a plus
Skills Required
- At least 5 years of product management experience
- Domain knowledge of cybersecurity, network security, or a related B2B SaaS environment
- Strong understanding of next-generation firewall capabilities, including IPS, application control, web and TLS inspection, VPN, SD-WAN, and ZTNA
- Familiarity with centralized firewall management platforms for enterprises and MSPs
- Understanding of cloud-managed security operations, including multi-tenancy, role-based access, templates, group-based policy, APIs, and automation
- Track record of taking technical products from discovery through launch and scaling
- Ability to translate complex security and networking concepts into product strategy and actionable requirements
- Ability to use quantitative and qualitative insights for prioritization and measurement
- Excellent cross-functional communication and influencing skills
- Experience collaborating with global or distributed teams and engaging enterprise customers, partners, and prospects
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
- Technical degree or security/networking certifications such as CISSP or CCNP
Sophos Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Sophos and has not been reviewed or approved by Sophos.
-
Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time away is positioned as broad, with company-wide wellness days plus dedicated learning days and paid volunteer time.
-
Parental & Family Support — Family-related leave appears more comprehensive than baseline offerings, including paid parental leave, caregiver leave, and extended bereavement leave.
-
Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Wellbeing support is emphasized through always-available assistance resources and a Calm subscription, suggesting a lifestyle-oriented benefits approach.
Sophos Insights
What We Do
Cybersecurity Evolved. As a worldwide leader in next-generation cybersecurity, Sophos protects nearly 400,000 organizations of all sizes in more than 150 countries from today’s most advanced cyberthreats. Powered by SophosLabs – a global threat intelligence and data science team – Sophos’ cloud-native and AI-enhanced solutions secure endpoints (laptops, servers and mobile devices) and networks against evolving cybercriminal tactics and techniques, including automated and active-adversary breaches, ransomware, malware, exploits, data exfiltration, phishing, and more.
