Senior Product Manager, Palo Alto Networks
Web Security
$166-268.5k
Office located in Santa Clara, CA
Leading cybersecurity protections and software platform
Be an early applicant
Leading cybersecurity protections and software platform
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$166-268.5k
Office located in Santa Clara, CA
1001+ employees
Company mission
To be the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life.
Role
Who you are
- Are you driven to elevate operational excellence and ensure world-class service availability through the power of data?
- Do you shine in cross-functional collaboration, inspiring teams to deliver exceptional product performance?
- We are looking for a strong product leader who will own and continually raise the bar on service performance, product quality, and customer support
- If you are passionate about combating threats and enjoy network security, you will drive significant impact
- While we do not expect you to be a malware researcher, working technical knowledge of malware, threats and product engineering will be required
- Experience - 5+ years experience in product management, preferably within the cybersecurity threat environment or experience with URL Filtering products, NGFW or SWG
- Analytical Skills - Strong analytical skills with a track record of using data to drive decisions
- Technical Acumen - Deep understanding of threat landscape and network security - Ability to understand complex engineering designs, cloud infrastructure needs and the processes to build enterprise product (agile)
- Problem solving skills - Proven ability to deeply understand customer pain points, analyze complex challenges, and clearly articulate problem statements
- Communication - Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate with technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Leadership - Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams and drive initiatives in a dynamic, fast-paced environment
- Education - Bachelor's degree in Engineering - advanced degree or relevant certifications are a plus or equivalent military experience
What the job involves
- As a member of our team, you will be shaping the future of cybersecurity
- Our product management team thrives on making impactful, data-driven decisions that drive results and keep us ahead of the curve
- Join us to shape the future of network security with innovation, resilience, and uncompromising standards
- As a product manager for Advanced URL Filtering, you will own and execute the strategy for the web security market
- As the Product Manager for Adv. URL Filtering, you will play a key role in building the next generation of threat detection and prevention services from modern day AI generated attacks
- Your responsibilities will include defining and delivering the overall Adv. URL Filtering Roadmap
- You will work on the best web threats detection technology and support its next phase of growth
- Your product and threat research engineering team is the best in this business with long tenured engineers
- Your responsibilities will include defining sophisticated frameworks to prioritize new capabilities, bringing in insights from customers and threat landscape to keep ahead of web-based malicious attacks and measuring ROI for new features
- This role will need both - strong product management skills and deep technical acumen
- Threat Domain Expertise - Deeply understands the customer environment, threat landscape and is seen as a strategic advisor - Correlate technical designs with customer experience to influence new designs and capabilities - Bring unique and deep customer insights to eng/XFN teams
- Product Plans and Roadmap - Leads setting product vision and strategy with Eng team and XFN stakeholders - Identifies where a new or significantly improved product is needed to meet customer needs or fill a gap in the market - Lead building product roadmap and drive long term product plans
- Execution - Achieve desired outcomes in highly complex environments within stipulated timelines - Resilience and persistence in the face of challenges, ensuring the team stays on track
- Data-Driven Decision Making - Utilize data analytics to monitor and analyze operational metrics, identifying trends, anomalies, and areas for improvements that will influence the Adv. URL Filtering Roadmap
- Demonstrate product value - Act as a key interface between customers, sales, and engineering, effectively communicating product value, competitive differentiation, and implementation best practices
- Go-to Market - Proactively drives holistic product positioning and product launch plans that includes contributing to (i.e. supporting XF) customer pitch decks, whitepapers, demos, sales enablement material etc
- We’re an innovative team focused on delivering best-in-class, threat detection services
- Our mission is to protect our customers’ public cloud workloads with resilient, scalable, and always-on firewall solutions
- As the leading FWaaS provider, we successfully integrated in AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, and Oracle Cloud
- Driven by a commitment to excellence, we set the standard for best-in-class security across even the most complex cloud infrastructures
- We also happen to be one of the fastest-growing Security Products within Palo Alto Networks
Our take
With cyber threats evolving at lightening speed, businesses need robust solutions to protect their data and infrastructure. And the global cybersecurity market is projected to grow significantly, driven by increasing cyberattacks and the adoption of digital transformation initiatives. Because of this, companies are seeking security platforms that can address these challenges efficiently.
That's where Palo Alto Networks steps in, a frontrunner in the cybersecurity arena. It offers a suite of AI-powered security solutions designed to safeguard enterprises across various sectors. Its platforms, such as Cortex XSIAM and Prisma AIRS, integrate advanced threat detection, zero trust architecture, and real-time response capabilities so organizations are ready to manage and mitigate risks.
Its leadership is evident too, with impressive growth and strategic partnerships. Recently the company surpassed $1.5M in sales through the Google Cloud Marketplace, highlighting the demand for its innovative security solutions. Additionally, a collaboration with AT&T aims to enhance cybersecurity offerings, further solidifying its position in the market.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Sep 2022
$34m
SERIES A
May 2022
$11m
SEED
Total funding: $45m
Company benefits
- Healthcare: We value your health and provide options so you can choose what best supports your lifestyle and personal health goals. Various nationwide plans — including Blue Shield of California, Kaiser Permanente, Delta Dental, VSP, and more — are available to you and your family. Our providers offer the flexibility you want and the coverage you need
- Wellness: With a large on-site gym and daily, instructor-led exercise classes at HQ in Santa Clara, Palo Alto Networks actively supports employee fitness. Our juice bar, Gym & Juice, features fresh juice blends, a quick and nutritious option pre- or post-workout. And our ongoing wellness speaker series highlights the latest trends in health and wellness
- Development: Professional development is serious business at Palo Alto Networks, where the Talent Development team offers 25+ courses to help employees boost their careers and develop leadership capability
- Financial: Most roles are eligible for equity grants, and we now offer new hires a quarterly vesting schedule right away. We want you to be fairly compensated and rewarded as soon as you make an impact – on our team, that happens immediately! And because we consider every employee a stakeholder in our long-term success, we offer an Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) with a 24-month lookback. From life insurance to health savings accounts, we provide ways to help you protect and grow your wealth. Palo Alto Networks offers both traditional and Roth 401(k) options, along with a company match of 50% to a max annual amount of $1,000
- Time Off: In addition to paid corporate holidays, Flexible Time Off programs empower our employees to balance their work schedules with personal time off. We offer 12 weeks of full pay for medical leave and 6 weeks of full pay for parental leave. As a company with strong ties to the military and veterans, we also offer 26 weeks of full pay for military leave
- Perks: Our corporate discount program provides employees with significant discounts on merchandise, travel and entertainment. We offer many on-site perks at headquarters, including cafeterias, fuel service, dry cleaning service, EV charging stations, and a company store. We also provide complimentary drinks, fresh fruit, and snacks in break rooms across our campus to help everyone power through the day. Life at Palo Alto Network
Company HQ
Santa Clara, CA
Leadership
Nikesh Arora
(CEO & Chairman)Previously the President and COO at SoftBank, CBO at Google, and CMO at T-Mobile.
Nir Zuk
(Founder & CTO)Previously CTO at NetScreen Technologies, which was acquired by Juniper Neworks in 2004. They also co-founded OneSecure where they served as CTO and was the Principal Engineer at Check Point Software Technologies.
Lee Klarich
(CPO)Initially joined Palo Alto in 2006 as the EVP of Product Management and became CPO in 2018. Prior to this, they were the Director of Product Management at Juniper Networks and a Product Line Manager at NetScreen Technologies.
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