Job Description
Job Title:  Associate Product Manager, SDWAN (Palo Alto)
Req ID:  63305
Job Function:  Product & Propositions
Posting Start Date:  13/10/2026
Posting End Date:  25/10/2026
Division:  UK Business
Job Location:  GBR Bristol - Assembly, GBR-Birmingham-Three Snowhill, GBR-London-BTHQ One Braham, GBR-Manchester-New Bailey
Advertised Salary:  Competitive

Closing Date: Sunday 18th October 2026

Location(s): Birmingham, Bristol, London or Manchester

 

Flexible Working
The BT group operates a 3 together, 2 wherever working model. This means you are required to be at your contractual location 3 days a week with 2 flexible days per week.

 

About the role

This role sits within BT Business Security Portfolio and supports the development and in-life management of our Palo Alto SDWAN and wider Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) portfolio. 

 

As organisations increasingly look to combine networking and security into a single cloud-based solution, this role plays an important part in shaping and growing BT’s Palo Alto proposition. You will help bring innovative SDWAN and SASE capabilities to market through One Business, working closely with Digital, Sales, Finance, Service and vendor partners to create differentiated solutions that deliver value for customers and drive commercial growth. 

 

Working alongside the Palo Alto SASE Product Manager, you will contribute to roadmap development, proposition launches, commercial performance and customer experience improvements, helping BT strengthen its position in one of the fastest-growing areas of the security market. 

What you’ll be doing

  • Support the launch and ongoing product management of Palo Alto SDWAN. 
  • Support the development and launch of BT’s Palo Alto SASE proposition. 
  • Lead agreed product initiatives across the Palo Alto portfolio, including new capabilities and enhancements. 
  • Contribute to product roadmaps, ensuring customer needs, market opportunities and business objectives are reflected in prioritisation decisions. 
  • Produce clear product requirements and support delivery teams throughout the development lifecycle. 
  • Develop business cases and investment proposals for new products, features and enhancements. 
  • Identify opportunities to improve customer experience, reduce operational complexity and enhance commercial performance. 
  • Build and maintain strong relationships with Palo Alto Networks and key internal stakeholders. 
  • Create sales, marketing and customer collateral to support proposition growth and pipeline generation. 
  • Support bids, sales opportunities and customer engagements where specialist product knowledge is required. 
  • Act as an advocate for the proposition, promoting awareness and understanding across BT Business. 

Essential Skills / Experience

  • Experience contributing to the development, launch or ongoing management of networking, security or cloud-based technology products and services.
  • Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build effective relationships across teams and external partners.
  • Proven commercial awareness, with the ability to evaluate opportunities, support business cases and contribute to product performance.

Desirable Skills / Experience

  • Knowledge of telecommunications, networking, cloud or cyber security markets and associated customer challenges.
  • Experience supporting product launches, go-to-market activities, customer propositions or bids.
  • Understanding of cloud-delivered managed services and subscription-based commercial models.

Our Package

Tailored benefits make a real difference. That’s why we offer a comprehensive range to support your growth, wellbeing, and everyday life. You can design the package to suit you and your lifestyle. Your core benefits include: 

  • 10% on target annual bonus 
  • Access to an online private GP 24/7 for you and your immediate family  
  • Market-leading paid carers leave with up to 2 weeks off  
  • Equalised maternity, paternity, and adoption leave – 18 weeks’ full pay and 8 weeks’ half pay 
  • Discounted EE and BT products, including mobile and broadband 
  • Market leading Pension scheme – 5% from you and 10% from us 
  • Holiday purchase scheme 

You can select additional benefits, including healthcare, dental, gym memberships and more when you’re ready. 

Join us at a pivotal moment for BT Business. We are executing a multi-year transformation to restore growth, modernise at scale and unlock new markets beyond connectivity. Our ambition is clear – return to sustainable revenue and EBITDA growth, strengthen our market position, and deliver meaningful shareholder value through disciplined execution and bold reinvention.
 
We are fundamentally reshaping the business – simplifying our portfolio, digitising our customer experience and building market-leading capability across cyber, AI and managed services, all powered by the UK’s leading fixed and mobile networks. This is a shift from a legacy connectivity provider to a modern, solutions-led, AI-first business that can truly differentiate in a competitive and fast-moving market. 
 
With execution momentum building and a clear path to growth, the opportunity now is to scale what works, accelerate performance and fully realise our potential. This is about delivering against ambitious financial outcomes while transforming how we operate – creating a business that is simpler, faster, more innovative and easier to do business with.
 
If you want to be part of the team shaping the turnaround of a multi-billion-pound business – and building a stronger, more competitive BT for the future – this is your moment.