VP of Product

Join the team that is changing the face of cybersecurity

Immersive Labs is the leader in people-centric cyber resilience. We help organizations continuously assess, build, and prove their cyber workforce resilience for teams across the entire organization, from front-line cybersecurity and development teams to Board-level executives. We provide realistic simulations and hands-on cybersecurity labs to evaluate individual and team capabilities and decision-making against the latest threats.

https://www.immersivelabs.com/why-immersive-labs

Where we are now

Immersive Labs was founded in 2017, from a cargo container in Bristol, UK we've grown to over 300 employees globally, announced funding of more than £150 million and been voted a Best place to work for the last 3 years running! We are trusted by the world's largest organizations including KPMG, Sophos and the NHS to measure, map to risk, and optimize the human cyber abilities of their entire workforce.

https://careers.immersivelabs.com/our-story/

We encourage people of all different backgrounds and identities to apply. We are committed to maintaining an inclusive, supportive place for you to be you and do your very best work.

VP of Product

As the Vice president of Product you will lead across the business's 3 primary product lines and oversee a core team of 5 product managers. Reporting directly into the Chief Product Officer, you will work with cross-functional teams of engineers, designers, sales and marketing professionals to take the business from its current iteration to a next level of scale and market penetration. To thrive you will need to be extremely entrepreneurial, enjoy moving quickly, and can create a coherent strategy around both existing products, as well as new zero-to-one opportunities.

Building upon significant global customer and revenue growth over the last few years, Immersive Labs has established a strong position as a market-leader within the newly-defined cyber resilience domain. A key measure of success for the business will be growth and customer acquisition within the North American market; development of product breadth and complexity and expansion of the core client base - as VP Product, it will be your responsibility to define, implement and lead on end-to-end product strategy and roadmap to meet these targets.

A key element of the VP remit involves a focus on the development of a robust product agenda, building upon collaboration and ideation with the Chief Product Officer and leadership group. In growing the client portfolio,you will be required to work closely with go-to-market functions to articulate and execute on a product growth-driven strategy, expanding into new verticals and industries. There is a need to shift the existing product philosophy to one centered on the "voice of the customer", developing a renewed level of customer centricity through crafting use cases; user personas and understanding product-market fit.

Your key responsibilities (we're scaling fast, so these may change as we grow):

• Lead, mentor and scale the product team, identifying and fulfilling key hiring needs and areas of the organization that necessitate upskilling. Implement the right processes to enable the product team to move to a customer-centric approach, cognisant of customer use cases and personas
• In alignment with the rest of the management team, define and communicate the product vision and strategy of Immersive Labs and our competitive position in the cybersecurity market. Transform vision & strategy into actionable, measurable product goals for your teams and the organization overall - all this based on data and product insights.
• Leverage our market leading position and strong capital backing to develop a clear growth strategy in partnership with go-to-market stakeholders This should facilitate expansion of market share within North America and consolidation across the EMEA region; the development of product breadth and complexity, understanding the needs of both SME and enterprise scale clients; and an enhancement of product complexity as the cyber threat landscape continues to evolve

You should apply if you have (we know it's tough, but please try to avoid the confidence gap. You don't have to match all the listed requirements exactly to be considered for this role):

• A highly ambitious product leader and hands-on problem solver with experience in defining and communicating clear, well-prioritized product vision, strategy and roadmap while being a key driver of growth in a successful Enterprise software business, ideally at Series C stage or later
• Experience managing, recruiting, coaching and developing talent in product management, design and user experience.
• A champion of the customer, who understands how to tackle risks upfront based on strong discovery techniques and a core philosophy of customer centricity
• Successful track-record in aligning product vision with tactics and roadmap, which focuses people and process on the core value and best outcome for customers with clear priorities and visibility. Combined with strong evangelism skills to effectively share vision and strategy.
• Innovator at heart, used to a fast-paced environment dealing with high levels of ambiguity and driven by the chance to define a new category in a fast growing market.
• Excellent communicator and collaborator internally and externally, low ego, capable of motivating and energizing reports and peers, with a proven ability to create a highly collaborative working environment.

As well as an inclusive, supportive place for you to be you. We offer an extensive range of benefits so you can do your very best work:

• Time off, flexible and remote working so you can work when is best for you, includes 25 days annual leave + 2 volunteering days and birthday half day
• Look after your family and yourself with enhanced parental leave, mindfulness groups, critical illness cover, 7% matched pension, health plan and more
• Career and learning development through the platform and our 'Learn Anything' fund
• Share in the companies success with share options, performance bonus's and Recognition & Rewards for doing great work and living our values and behaviours
• Informal or formal flexible working options, e.g. flexible start and finish times, reduced hours, job share, remote working
• We're a sociable, tight-knit team with monthly socials, and sports clubs. Our socials have included everything from pottery painting and paper mask making, to movie nights and escape rooms
• When you do visit the UK hub getting there is easy: we're based in the centre of Bristol, just a 10 minute walk from the train station. We also offer railcard loan and cycle scheme to buy a new bike

Find out more about life at Immersive Labs https://careers.immersivelabs.com

Cyber threats wait for no one and neither should you. Apply now!