Director of Networking
9 days ago
Gloucester
Director of Networking | £120,000 + Bonus | Hybrid (Gloucester/London) Large UK MSP | Strategic Leadership | Network Portfolio Ownership A major UK technology services provider is undergoing a significant reorganisation of its Network & Connectivity function and is now hiring a Director of Networking to lead strategy, delivery, and product direction across its full network services portfolio. This is a senior leadership role overseeing a multi-disciplinary organisation responsible for network product management, delivery, fulfilment, and technical oversight across complex customer environments. You'll report into UK executive leadership and shape the long-term roadmap for enterprise-grade connectivity services. The Opportunity As Director, you will take ownership of the entire Network & Connectivity practice, defining strategy, driving service excellence, leading senior managers, and ensuring services remain competitive, scalable, and aligned with customer needs. You'll lead a team of ~100 across multiple locations, covering: • Network Delivery & Fulfilment, • Network Product Management, • Technical oversight of LAN/WAN, WiFi, SD-WAN/SASE, VPN, and Voice services, • Strategic vendor partnerships (Cisco, Fortinet, etc.) Key Responsibilities • Define and lead the strategic roadmap for network and connectivity services, • Full commercial ownership: revenue, gross margin, headcount cost, • Lead multi-site teams across delivery, fulfilment, and product, • Senior escalation point for critical network incidents, • Shape the network services portfolio, roadmap and go-to-market direction, • Build strong relationships with vendors and internal/external stakeholders, • Drive continuous improvement, automation, and service excellence, • Align customer solutions to group engineering, platforms and capacity plans, • 7+ years senior leadership across MSP, ISP or Telco environments, • Background in Network Product, Network Delivery, or Network Operations leadership, • Strong understanding of LAN/WAN, WiFi, SD-WAN/SASE, Voice and connectivity architectures, • Proven success leading large multi-disciplinary teams (50-150+), • Experience managing P&L, budgets or commercial performance, • Comfortable operating in high-change, fast-paced environments, • Excellent stakeholder and customer engagement skills, • Lead a major network organisation through a growth and modernisation period, • Direct influence over strategy, operations and product direction, • Opportunity to shape a nationally significant network portfolio, • Senior-level visibility and autonomy, • £120,000-£130,000 base depending on experience, • Annual bonus, • Hybrid: 3 days a week onsite, split between Gloucester and London depending on candidate If you're a Director or senior Head of Network/Connectivity Services ready to lead a large, complex network practice, or a high-performing Head looking for the next step, please apply with your CV. RSG Plc is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.