Palo Alto Networks

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.

Who We Are

We take our mission of protecting the digital way of life seriously. We are relentless in protecting our customers and we believe that the unique ideas of every member of our team contributes to our collective success. Our values were crowdsourced by employees and are brought to life through each of us everyday - from disruptive innovation and collaboration, to execution. From showing up for each other with integrity to creating an environment where we all feel included.

As a member of our team, you will be shaping the future of cybersecurity. We work fast, value ongoing learning, and we respect each employee as a unique individual. Knowing we all have different needs, our development and personal wellbeing programs are designed to give you choice in how you are supported. This includes our FLEXBenefits wellbeing spending account with over 1,000 eligible items selected by employees, our mental and financial health resources, and our personalized learning opportunities - just to name a few!

Job Description

Your Career

Cortex, one of the fastest-growing products in the history of cybersecurity, is now expanding to shape the future of cloud security.

Being a part of the Cortex product team gives you an unrivaled chance to work with an amazing core team with the resources of the world's cybersecurity leader. At Cortex we challenge the status quo and create the platform and practices that redefine the cybersecurity industry as we know it.

As a senior product manager, you will be responsible for shaping and enhancing our cloud workload protection offering as part of our platform. You will work closely with a team of industry experts within our leading cybersecurity company. Your primary focus will be on helping customers manage vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, compliance, and runtime issues associated with their cloud workloads.

This role will be focused on developing and leading outpost solutions that extend our security capabilities into diverse customer environments. You will play a critical role in shaping how organizations secure their modern applications across hybrid and multi-cloud infrastructures:

• Outpost Solution Leadership: Lead the product definition and roadmap for our outpost solutions, enabling seamless integration of our security posture scanning for customers.
• Multi-Cloud Expertise: Leverage deep technical knowledge of the configurations and APIs of major cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP) to design robust, efficient and adaptable security solutions.
• Container and Orchestration Security: Develop capabilities for securing Kubernetes clusters, container registries, and other cloud-native technologies.

Your Impact

• Market Research & Competitive Analysis: Conduct market research and competitive analysis to identify trends and opportunities for expanding cloud workload protection capabilities.
• Customer Engagement: Collaborate with customers and field teams to gather feedback, understand pain points, and ensure our cloud workload protection solutions meet their needs.
• Roadmap Development: Co-develop and maintain the roadmap for cloud workload protection, prioritizing features and making informed trade-offs to balance innovation with practicality.
• Enterprise-Grade Features: Work with engineering, research, and UX/UI design teams to design and deliver enterprise-grade cloud workload protection features.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborate with other product managers and teams to break down silos and bring innovative, disruptive approaches to the platform.
• Performance Tracking: Define and track KPIs for Cloud Workload Protection, continuously optimizing product performance against established goals.
• Product Evangelism: Work closely with product enablement, marketing, and sales teams to evangelize cloud workload protection internally and externally, conducting demos and presentations.

Qualifications

Your Experience

• 5+ years in product management, with a strong focus on cybersecurity, particularly in Cloud Workload Protection (CWP) including vulnerability assessment, compliance auditing and runtime protection.
• Deep technical proficiency and hands-on experience with the security-relevant configurations and APIs of major cloud providers (AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform)
• Demonstrated hands-on experience with application security principles and practices, coupled with strong familiarity and practical experience with Kubernetes, containerization technologies, and container registries.
• Experience integrating security into CI/CD pipelines and a deep understanding of the Security SDLC (Secure Software Development Life Cycle) for modern applications.
• Deep technical expertise in security, data, and cloud technologies, enabling effective collaboration with engineering, research, and UX/UI teams on complex and technical projects.
• Proven track record of successfully bringing complex technical products to market
• Strong sense of ownership for assigned tasks possessing a take-charge attitude that demonstrates a willingness to be accountable for actions and outcomes.
• Effective communicator, with strong verbal and written English skills, comfortable presenting to and engaging with diverse stakeholders across the organization.
• Self-learner with the ability to quickly adapt to complex and dynamic environments, staying ahead of industry trends and emerging technologies.
• Strong analytical and critical thinking abilities to facilitate effective decision-making, prioritization, and planning within fast-paced, high-stakes projects.
• Proactive and self-motivated, with a hands-on approach to problem-solving and task management, driving projects forward with minimal supervision.
• Collaborative team player with a broad perspective, fostering a culture of collective success and cross-functional cooperation.
• Educational background: BSc/MS in Computer Science, another engineering/technical degree, or equivalent military experience, with a preference for candidates who have specialized in cybersecurity.

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. This team provides the behind-the-scenes support for our products by being a source of information for our systems engineers, staying on top of the environment we sell in, and helping to implement 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 accommodations@paloaltonetworks.com.

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.

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Our Commitment

We’re problem solvers that 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 accommodations@paloaltonetworks.com.

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.