Security & Networks Portfolio Director OCTO Newbury

About the role
The Security & Networks Portfolio Director is responsible for defining and evolving Node4's Security & Networks portfolio, ensuring it is outcome led, commercially successful, and aligned to customer and market needs.

The role owns the strategic intent of the Security & Networks portfolio - the what and why - including portfolio vision, roadmap, investment priorities, and lifecycle decisions, working in partnership with aligned Practice leadership, who own delivery, operational viability, and in life performance.

The Security & Networks Portfolio Director ensures offerings are coherent, scalable, and positioned around customer journeys rather than individual products, working closely with Practices, Product & Portfolio Operations, GTM, Commercial and Architecture teams.

Portfolio Scope & Ownership

This role is accountable for the definition, direction and governance of the following Security & Networks elements of the Node4 portfolio including (but not limited to) services such as SOC, Threat Detection, MXDR, Vulnerability Assessment, Penetration Testing, Incident Response, SD WAN, SASE, Connectivity and Network Support Services. These represent examples of the core areas within scope; the Portfolio Director may also oversee adjacent or evolving services as the domain develops.

Key Responsibilities

• Portfolio Strategy & Direction
  • Define the portfolio vision, positioning and roadmap
  • Translate customer needs and market trends into clear priorities
  • Ensure alignment with Node4's wider strategy
  • Make decisions on where to invest, evolve or retire offerings
• Customer Journeys & Offering Design
  • Define end to end customer journeys and how offerings combine
  • Ensure offerings are clearly structured, positioned and easy to understand
  • Define entry points (e.g. assessments, pilots, packaged offers)
  • Work with Product & Portfolio Operations on detailed productisation and SKU design
• Commercial Performance & Growth
  • Drive sustainable revenue growth across the Security & Networks portfolio
  • Shape pricing, packaging and commercial models in partnership with Practice and GTM teams
  • Improve portfolio level margin and economic sustainability
  • Support key opportunities and ensure offerings are usable in real customers deals
  • Drive simplification and focus across the portfolio
• Innovation, AI & Portfolio Evolution
  • Identify and embed AI capabilities across the portfolio
  • Support development of new services and MVPs
  • Align with strategic partners (e.g. Microsoft) on direction and opportunities
  • Guide evolution of offerings in line with market change
• Adoption, Value & Lifecycle
  • Define how services are adopted, expanded and retained
  • Make portfolio lifecycle decisions based on performance and adoption
  • Work with Practice and Services teams to ensure value is delivered in life
  • Improve customer lifetime value through portfolio design
• Architecture & Standards
  • Define high level architectural direction and standards for the domain
  • Lead and guide architects (aligned or assigned) to ensure designs support portfolio objectives
  • Ensure offerings align to agreed reference architectures and avoid one off solutions
  • Use architectural input to inform portfolio decisions
  • Avoid one off or non scalable designs through strong portfolio governance
• Collaboration & Alignment
  • Work with other Portfolio Directors to create joined up solutions
  • Contribute to cross domain customer journeys
  • Provide clear input into Sales Enablement and GTM teams
  • Align with architecture and delivery teams to ensure offerings are viable and scalable

Leadership Responsibilities

• Act as the strategic owner of the Security & Networks portfolio
• Provide direction to Product Managers, Architects and R&D teams
• Work in close partnership with aligned Practice Leaders
• Represent the portfolio in leadership and governance forums
• Ensure the portfolio operates as a coherent, outcome led system, not a collection of services
• Lead and direct architectural capability within the Security & Networks, including Domain Architects or shared architecture resources

What will you bring?

• Proven experience defining and leading the strategy for complex Security and/or Network services portfolios in a managed services, technology or cloud environment.
• Strong commercial acumen, with the ability to balance customer outcomes, revenue growth, profitability and long term portfolio investment.
• Deep understanding of enterprise Security and Network technologies, market trends and customer challenges, with the ability to translate these into compelling service offerings.
• Experience developing portfolio roadmaps, prioritising investment and making evidence based lifecycle decisions across a broad range of services.
• Ability to shape customer centric propositions and end to end service journeys that solve real business problems rather than focusing on individual technologies.
• Strong strategic thinking with the ability to identify emerging market opportunities, including the impact of AI, automation and evolving security threats.
• Experience working closely with technical, commercial, architecture and go to market teams to bring new services from concept through to launch and adoption.
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the credibility to engage senior leaders, partners and customers.
• Ability to simplify complex technical concepts into clear commercial value propositions and strategic direction.
• Experience leading cross functional teams and providing strategic direction to Product Managers, Architects and specialist technical teams.
• Data driven decision making, using market insight, customer feedback and commercial performance to continuously evolve the portfolio.
• A collaborative leadership style with a passion for innovation, continuous improvement and delivering measurable customer outcomes.

What can we offer you?

• Hybrid Working
• Private Medical Insurance or Company Paid Health Cash Plan
• Employee Assistance Program
• 25 days holidays plus your birthday off
• Option to purchase additional holiday (up to 5 days)
• Company Pension Scheme
• Life Assurance x 4
• A diverse workforce
• Employee investment with Node4 training Academy
• Family savings and shopping discounts through the Node4 benefits portal.
• Discounted Gym Membership
• Modern facilities with open and welcoming breakout areas
• Company Social events
• Never ending supply of hot and cold drinks, biscuits, sweets, and fruit