Senior Technical Project Manager

About Us

Sophos is a worldwide leader and innovator of advanced cybersecurity solutions, including Managed Detection and Response (MDR) and incident response services and a broad portfolio of endpoint, network, email, and cloud security technologies that help organizations defeat cyberattacks.

As one of the largest pure-play cybersecurity providers, Sophos defends more than 500,000 organizations and more than 100 million users globally from active adversaries, ransomware, phishing, malware, and more.

Sophos provides cybersecurity-as-a-service to organizations needing fully managed, turnkey security solutions.

Role Summary

This role entails leading and directing a cross-functional engineering product team, collaborating closely with Product Managers, SW / HW Engineering Managers, QA Managers, Operations, Documentation, Translation, and Support departments to ensure the successful delivery of critical engineering projects.

Responsibilities include organizing agile project teams to achieve outstanding results with a high level of predictability and quality.

What You Will Do

• Responsibility for multiple NSG engineering product releases from conception to release and sustaining.
• Create and manage Product Delivery Plans (PDP) for all NSG engineering projects.
• Conduct regular Product Ops meetings to coordinate actions and deliverables, and to eliminate issues and risks prior to first customer ship.
• Meet regularly with program team members informally to check progress against agreed actions.
• Clearly communicate program status to upper management.
• Continuously strive for process improvements for agile project management, reporting and tracking.
• Influence and persuade others to take a specific course of action when there is no direct line of reporting.
• Employ standard methods and techniques for planning, monitoring, and reporting against plan.
• Negotiate long-term program requirements that affect other stakeholders.
• Resolve conflicts escalated by other team members.
• Understand agile software development processes and how to map that into wider business processes.
• Understand and demonstrate experience in using appropriate tools for agile project management tools such as Jira, Confluence, and all Office Tools.
• Ability to understand technical product details to identify issues and enable effective release management.

What You Will Bring

• 7+ years of program / project management experience in SaaS / Agile environment.
• Proven experience in working with business and technology teams.
• Demonstrated ability in communicating and presenting to C level executives.
• Experience with project management methodologies or SDLC.
• Experience managing large scale, cross-functional initiatives using a variety of delivery methodologies.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Effective communication skills with all levels of management.
• Strong leadership capabilities and strong interpersonal skills required.
• Experience establishing work relationships across multi-disciplinary teams in different time zones.
• Bachelor's degree in a technical field required.
• PMP or PMI certification.
• Ability to travel 5% of the time.

In Canada, the base salary for this role ranges from $109,000 to $181,000. In addition to base salary, we offer additional compensation including bonus eligibility and a comprehensive benefits package.

Ready to Join Us?

At Sophos, we believe in the power of diverse perspectives to fuel innovation. Your unique experiences and skills might be exactly what we need to enhance our team.

Don't let a checklist hold you back we encourage you to apply.

What's Great About Sophos?

• Sophos operates a remote-first working model, making remote work the primary option for most employees.
• Our people we innovate and create, all of which are accompanied by a great sense of fun and team spirit.
• Employee-led diversity and inclusion networks that build community.
• Annual charity and fundraising initiatives and volunteer days for employees to support local communities.
• Global employee sustainability initiatives to reduce our environmental footprint.
• Global wellbeing days for employees to relax and recharge.

Our Commitment To You

We’re proud of the diverse and inclusive environment we have at Sophos, and we’re committed to ensuring equality of opportunity.

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