Company Description
Our Mission
At Palo Alto Networks® everything starts and ends with our mission:
Being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life.
Our vision is a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before. We are a company built on the foundation of challenging and disrupting the way things are done, and we’re looking for innovators who are as committed to shaping the future of cybersecurity as we are.
FLEXWORK is an employee-centric reimagining of how we work. We built FLEXWORK based on employee feedback – it is about flexibility, trust, and choice whenever possible. It’s been a journey of disruption that has yielded the best of our values. We offer as much flexibility as possible, and choices that enable you to be most productive, including benefits that meet your needs and learning opportunities that you feel passionate about.
Job Description
Your Career
Palo Alto Networks is building a world-class product management organization and continues to look for top-notch product managers to expand the team. As a SASE product manager at Palo Alto Networks, you will be responsible for driving the product strategy and operations, feature functionality and roadmap. In addition to your own creativity, you will also rely on interaction with customers and partners to understand requirements and problems. You will be expected to deliver product functionality that matches Palo Alto Networks’ level of innovation. You will be involved in all stages of the feature lifecycle (conception, definition, development, release and post-release activities) managing strategic planning, feature selection and tactical activities.
Other responsibilities include collaborating with Product Marketing, engineering and Customer Success to create product related technical, sales and marketing materials; evangelizing the products and product strategy both internally and externally to drive growth and market share.
We expect office-based employees to be in the office four days per week, with one day working from where they choose. We believe being together facilitates casual conversations and those magic moments where we can work on issues and ideas informally. These moments build capability and deepen trusted relationships and allow our people to feel safe in taking risks and being disruptive. Like so many companies, we are working through the details and things could change …. but in general if a role is deemed office-based we want our teams to be together four days per week.
Your Impact
Ownership of the product strategy, planning, and operationsFeature prioritization and trade-off decision makingAbility to work effectively with all areas of the organization, from engineering to salesCustomer engagement and relationship development for executive briefings, product evangelism, and requirements gatheringEngage with internal and external customers to continually improve the user experienceMaximize efficiency in a constantly evolving environment where the process is fluid and creative solutions are the normIncorporate data, research, and market analysis to inform product strategies and roadmaps
Qualifications
Your Experience
BS/MS in Computer Science, Other engineering/technical degree, MBA preferred or equivalent military experience requiredMinimum 7 years in product management, engineering leadership, technical sales/marketing experience (software preferred)Technical expertise in the enterprise LAN and WAN networking space required, Cloud Infrastructure, Cloud Service Provider experience is a plusUX / UI and workflow development desiredExcellent people skills, team mentality, Relentless pursuit of excellenceAbility to understand what’s important, urgent and how to tackle multiple priorities at the same timeStrong problem solving ability, negotiation skills, and ability to seek compromiseAbility to work in sprints to accomplish time-sensitive goalsStrong desire to take ownership of the full product life cycleDrive to design something new, innovative, and disruptive – ability to take calculated risksHands-on nature with very strong interest in new technology productsExcellent written and verbal communication skillsExcellent presentation skills including executive
Additional Information
The Team
To stay ahead of the curve, it’s critical to know where the curve is, and how to anticipate the changes we’re facing. For the fastest growing cybersecurity company, the curve is the evolution of cyberattacks, and the products and services that proactively address them. Our Product Management Team helps us do just that.
Our organization and employees are committed to changing as rapidly as our industry’s threats do, and to do that, we need creative product teams to address emerging cyber threats. They provide the behind-the-scenes support for our products by being a source of information on our products for our systems engineers, staying on top of the environment we sell in, and help in implementing product wide technical solutions based on our client’s feedback and needs. As threats and technology evolve, we stay ahead to accomplish our mission.
Our Commitment
We’re trailblazers that dream big, take risks, and challenge cybersecurity’s status quo. It’s simple: we can’t accomplish our mission without diverse teams innovating, together.
We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for all qualified individuals with a disability. If you require assistance or accommodation due to a disability or special need, please contact us at [email protected].
Palo Alto Networks is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity in our workplace, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or other legally protected characteristics.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
The compensation offered for this position will depend on qualifications, experience, and work location. For candidates who receive an offer at the posted level, the starting base salary (for non-sales roles) or base salary + commission target (for sales/com-missioned roles) is expected to be between $155,000/yr to $250,800/yr. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here.