Global Product Manager Sovereign Cloud

About the Position

As Global Product Manager Sovereign Cloud, you are responsible for the strategy, positioning, and lifecycle management of Cegeka’s private and sovereign cloud portfolio within Cloud & Digital Platforms. You translate market trends, customer needs, and industry-specific requirements around digital sovereignty into a differentiated and scalable portfolio of products and managed services. By bringing together product teams, country organizations, and commercial stakeholders, you ensure these offerings are successfully brought to market and achieve sustainable growth.

Responsibilities

• Define the international strategy and roadmap for our private and sovereign cloud portfolio, working closely with ICT experts across different regions.
• Translate market developments and future customer needs into clear short-term and long-term priorities.
• Develop compelling value propositions, service levels, and reusable solution patterns based on thorough market analysis, addressing a variety of customer sovereignty requirements.
• Translate regulations such as DORA, NIS2, the Data Act, the AI Act, and future EU cloud sovereignty criteria into concrete product decisions.
• Help customers in critical industries understand the implications of these regulations and how they are reflected in a future-ready portfolio.
• Ensure alignment between sovereign cloud offerings and our existing portfolios covering public and private cloud, edge computing, connectivity, cybersecurity, AI, data, and managed services.
• Prioritize epics, capabilities, and investments based on customer value, risk, feasibility, differentiation, and financial return.
• Provide direction to multidisciplinary product teams in collaboration with architects and experts from engineering, operations, security, compliance, finance, legal, sales, and marketing.
• Define acceptance criteria and release decisions, ensuring that every proposition is sellable, deliverable, supportable, and measurable.
• Lead decision-making through product governance processes, reporting on progress, dependencies, and risks, and escalating where necessary.
• Work across industries and countries in an international environment, aligning stakeholders and interests to maximize customer value and foster successful collaboration between local sales and delivery teams.
• Own the business case for your domain and contribute to the pricing strategy of our solutions.
• Partner with sales and marketing teams to shape and execute go-to-market activities.
• Build and strengthen strategic relationships with technology partners.
• Create commercial and strategic bridges between different entities, contributing to a compelling portfolio that supports the digital transformation of Cegeka’s customers.
• Stay ahead of market developments and innovations, ensuring that our sovereign cloud portfolio is prepared for tomorrow’s challenges.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of senior-level experience in product management, portfolio management, or service development within cloud or managed services, preferably in government, financial services, healthcare, critical infrastructure, or other highly regulated sectors.
• A strong combination of strategic insight and technical, commercial, and regulatory expertise, enabling you to set direction, make informed decisions, and gain stakeholder buy-in.
• A passion for creating and driving a strong vision, from strategy and business case development through to successful realization.
• Experience with partner ecosystems, public tenders, and transforming custom solutions into scalable and repeatable managed services.
• Solid knowledge of cloud architectures and operating models across public, private, and hybrid/multi-cloud environments, with a strong affinity for security, compliance, and regulated industries.
• In-depth understanding of the European regulatory landscape, including DORA, NIS2, the Data Act, the AI Act, European data protection requirements, and sovereignty frameworks.
• You can translate these into clear product decisions, customer value, and actionable requirements.
• Strong expertise in market segmentation, roadmap management, business cases, pricing, and go-to-market strategies.
• A natural sense of ownership, combined with the ability to set priorities, unite multidisciplinary and international teams, and drive decisions that deliver tangible results.
• Excellent communication skills, allowing you to influence both executives and technical experts.
• You can simplify complex topics without losing their nuance or importance, both internally and with customers.
• A data-driven mindset, with a solid understanding of the financial impact of decisions and the ability to balance growth, risk, customer value, and operational feasibility.
• Fluency in Dutch or English. Knowledge of French is considered an asset.
• A Master’s degree or an equivalent level of expertise gained through relevant experience.
• Experience in service delivery, pre-sales, product management, or a comparable environment is a strong advantage.

We Offer

• You will be joining a true Top Employer.
• Year after year, Whitelane Research confirms Cegeka’s position as a reliable and leading IT services partner. In 2026, we achieved first place in Security Services for the fourth consecutive year, and a shared second place in both Cloud & Infrastructure Services and Network & Connectivity.
• We ask a lot of (talents) from you. Fortunately, you also get a lot in return! Competence and character are essential to us, in addition to experience and ambitions. Cegeka continuously invests in talent management so that every employee can realize their potential.
• We use a framework aimed at fair compensation, ensuring employees are paid based on their role, experience, and performance, regardless of gender or other non-job-related characteristics. An electric car with charge card or a mobility budget, meal vouchers, eco vouchers, an interesting group and hospitalization insurance, a mobile phone subscription, a fixed expense allowance, a powerful laptop and the option to give your salary package your own accent thanks to our Flex Reward Plan.
• Flexible working hours and a nice work/life balance.
• A top team: in which new fresh ideas and initiatives are always welcome! Team events, happy hours and an increasingly legendary company party are also part of this.
• Continuous learning: knowledge sharing meetings, participation in conferences and external training. Knowledge sharing and learning are key!
• Depending on your own interests and initiatives, Cegeka offers various horizontal and vertical career paths.
• We value sustainability by pursuing carbon neutrality with the electrification of our fleet and an environmentally friendly data center. We develop innovative solutions with a positive impact on the environment, people and society, and strive for an inclusive and diverse work environment where everyone is valued and heard.

About the Company

Cegeka is a leading ICT company that delivers high-quality solutions to its customers. We always strive to provide tailored solutions, finding the ideal match that helps our clients achieve their goals. The same philosophy applies when expanding our own teams. Alongside experience and ambition, competencies and character are essential to us. Cegeka continuously invests in talent management, enabling every employee to realize their full potential. Would you like to continue growing with us and further develop your career as a Global Product Manager Sovereign Cloud? Then we have exactly what you are looking for!

Application Flow

1. Apply

If the role is interesting, apply, or get in touch with the dedicated recruiter for more details.

2. Assessment

Our Recruitment team will take a look at your application and let you know the next steps.

3. Meet Us

Within two steps, we will meet and we can discover together if we are a match on both sides.

4. Time to Start!

Accepted our proposal? Great! We look forward to working with you.

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Yasmine Simons

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+32 11 240234

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