About Us

Sophos is a global leader and innovator of advanced security solutions for defeating cyberattacks. The company acquired Secureworks in February 2025, bringing together two pioneers that have redefined the cybersecurity industry with their innovative, native AI-optimized services, technologies and products. Sophos is now the largest pure-play Managed Detection and Response (MDR) provider, supporting more than 28,000 organizations. In addition to MDR and other services, Sophos’ complete portfolio includes industry-leading endpoint, network, email, and cloud security that interoperate and adapt to defend through the Sophos Central platform. Secureworks provides the innovative, market-leading Taegis XDR/MDR, identity threat detection and response (ITDR), next-gen SIEM capabilities, managed risk, and a comprehensive set of advisory services. Sophos sells all these solutions through reseller partners, Managed Service Providers (MSPs) and Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs) worldwide, defending more than 600,000 organizations worldwide from phishing, ransomware, data theft, other every day and state-sponsored cybercrimes. The solutions are powered by historical and real-time threat intelligence from Sophos X-Ops and the newly added Counter Threat Unit (CTU). Sophos is headquartered in Oxford, U.K. More information is available at www.sophos.com.

Role Summary

In this role, you will help in co-ordinating product releases working closely with other Senior program Managers in the team by supporting back end activities in getting the required follow-ups, meeting the release readiness compliance checks, ensuring alignment with business and technical goals. You will work closely with engineering, product, and executive teams to deliver high-impact projects while managing timelines, risks and dependencies.
The ideal candidate has a strong technical and SW development background, excellent project management skills (preferably in SAFe agile & PI planning & execution), and the ability to work with cross-functional teams to drive projects from initiation to completion. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment and enjoy working on technical projects, we encourage you to apply.

What you will do

Help in defining and documenting project scope, objectives and success criteria.

Report project risks and outcomes to appropriate management channels and escalate issues according to project work plan

Manage and prioritise product releases, ensuring on-time and high-quality delivery.

Coordinate with development teams to ensure smooth software deployment and integration.

Conduct risk assessments and develop mitigation strategies.

Track and report project progress, milestones and key performance indicators (KPIs).

Communicate project updates and potential blockers to leadership and stakeholders.

Ensure technical teams follow best practices, coding standards, and architectural guidelines.

Utilise Agile, Scrum, SAFe or Kanban methodologies for efficient project execution.

Work closely with quality assurance (QA) teams to guarantee high-quality project deliverables.

Track and optimise project timelines, and resource utilisation.

Support post-implementation reviews and continuous improvement initiatives

Implement best practices in project management, DevOps and software development.

What you will bring

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology or a related field.
Overall, 8-10 years of experience in Software Development industry with product development/ releases background
3+ years of experience in technical project management, software development or technical leadership.
Three or more years of experience in project coordination, Scrum Master or project lead role
Awareness of end to end product release cycle is a must for this role.
Expertise in software development, cloud platforms, DevOps and IT infrastructure.
Experience in Scrum Master role is added advantage
Strong understanding of software development life cycle (SDLC), databases, system architecture and cybersecurity.
Knowledge of cloud computing (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform).
Familiarity with Sonar Qube, Blackduck tools is preferable
Familiarity with C

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