Director of Network Portfolio

The Director of Network Portfolio will work closely with key internal & external stakeholders to shape and develop our portfolio with the relevant offerings and products. They will be required to monitor and analyze customer and market trends to ensure the Computacenter Managed Services portfolio remains competitive and relevant. They will be responsible for identifying and managing risks, ensuring compliance with industry regulations, managing budgets and financial performance. The role will influence and contribute to the divisional strategy, having authority for all aspects of business area and be fully accountable for actions and decisions of self and others.
Reporting to the Director of Portfolio and Design, the candidate will be required to play a key role in the management team, working alongside the other Managed Services Product Portfolio Directors.

Travel is required at least once a month to Europe mainly

What you'll be doing

• Accountable for Network Managed Service portfolio, driving growth in this key portfolio area
• Create future vision and direction for Group Managed Services Network portfolio
• Build productive and collaborative relationships with key Stakeholders specifically Sales and other Portfolio teams in the group
• Increase the profile of the Portfolio with Analysts and the market by engaging in studies, awards, and ensure there is a clear thought leadership and engagement strategy, (required to
  commission and produce credible con-tent) and must have an active profile and presence on LinkedIn
• Lead team of Product Managers and direct Product Marketing Managers defining, developing and continuously evolving the Managed Service Propositions that make up the Computacenter portfolio
• Drive organizational change within Portfolio Innovation & Management
• Contribute to the wider Computacenter Managed Service business strategy and prioritize projects and objectives accordingly to meet divisional objectives
• Influence across Group Technology Sourcing & Group Professional Services to achieve a common Computa-center goal and vision for Network portfolio
• Take accountability for the delivery of business focused projects/deliverables to defined targets
• Establishes productive relationships and networks at executive level to build and maintain customer relation-ships
• Accountable for overall budget/ P&L ensuring that spend is in line with budget defined
• Accountable for ensuring adoption of CC best practice and service offerings to ensure consistency of service
• Creates advocates of our customers

What you have

• Legally eligible to work in the United States
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Information Technology or related field, or equivalent experience
• Growth for Group Managed Services - Increasing the Managed Service Contract Base and Contribution
• Utilization of standard service offerings in pipeline and contracts
• Customer and analyst feedback on relevance of Managed Service portfolio, service offerings and service products
• Return on portfolio development investment
• Previous Leadership experience.
• Experience of managing across cultures.
• Ability to build effective and constructive relationships up to and including Senior Management level within any organization.
• Fully qualified in relevant professional qualification and potentially post graduate qualifications.
• Proven track record and experience of working in a challenging commercial environment.
• Experience of managing P&L/budgets.
• Methodology experience e.g. Prince2 TOGAF, ITIL
• Experience of divisional area’s lifecycles, methodologies, tools and techniques.
• Dealing with and influencing multi-tier management.
• Experience of working at a strategic level to develop divisional strategy and enable the business to perform effectively.
• Leadership of virtual teams across the globe
• Ability to manage stakeholders in a highly political environment.
• Understanding and appreciation of competitors and their strategy.
• International travel mobility