Network Capability Manager

Providing senior technical leadership and strategic direction for the network domain, working through Principal Architects and Engineers to define standards and patterns.

Owning and maintaining technical standards, reference architectures, and approved patterns across multiple teams and client environments.

Leading and developing engineers within the capability, with full accountability for performance, progression, and overall people outcomes.

Representing the domain in Design Authority forums and contributing to cross-capability technical alignment.

Acting as the final point of technical escalation, making sound decisions where risk or differing expert views exist.

Leading recruitment for technical roles within the domain, defining requirements and assessing candidates for suitability.

Strong senior technical leadership experience within infrastructure, with credibility recognised by engineering peers.

Proven ability to lead, develop and grow technical teams in complex delivery environments.

Experience setting and maintaining technical standards across multiple teams or accounts.

Strong network engineering background across routing, switching, firewalling and secure network environments.

Ability to make sound technical judgements in real delivery contexts, not just theoretical design.

Experience working in enterprise or multi-supplier environments, including secure or classified networks.

Experience working within a supplier or systems integrator delivering to UK public sector clients.