Principal Product Intelligence - Cortex Strategy

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

As a Principal Product Intelligence - Cortex Strategy, you play a key role in providing detailed technical information to our partners, customers, and our internal employees. You will work with innovative technology, redefining the future of cybersecurity.

In this role, you’ll help our product teams build the product and align it with market demand and also develop and deliver technical training for systems engineers. You are a self-starter, excited to learn and experiment with new technologies. You work well independently and excel at identifying the potential sales needs of our clients and shaping the direction of the company’s products as a result. You aren't afraid of ambiguity - instead, you like the challenge of defining new products as they come to market.

Your Impact

• Work with sales, product management, research, and additional teams to promote and bring innovation to the security space via the Cortex Platform

• Conduct internal tests, document results and lead discussions with stakeholders

• Coordinate and lead ambitious projects in a multi-functional capacity with other teams

• Ongoing analysis of main Cortex competitors

• Write and create high-quality  collateral and presentations

• Collaborate with stakeholders meeting 

• Attend trade shows to educate employees and partners on core product differences and advantages

• Build positive relationships both internally and externally to ensure a daring edge, always staying ahead of the competition

• Work closely with the Product Management organization and provide product feedback for future development 

• Co-Own battlecards aimed to Sales Engineering

• Analyze Cortex Competitors business strategies and earnings reports

• Monitor Competitive landscape and report findings 

• Provide Strategic Roadmap guidance

Qualifications

Your Experience 

• At least 5 years of EDR hands on experience, including:

  • Deep understanding of how EPP / EDR / XDR work

  • Hands-on experience in OS forensics [Windows, Linux, MacOS]

  • Deep level knowledge in Windows / Linux / macOS OSes

  • Hands-on experience with Exploits / Malware analysis and offensive tools

  • Competitive landscape awareness

• At least 3  years of experience

  • Synthesizing  data to specific audiences 

  • Leading highly technical presentations to  technical  and  executive audiences

  • Building,  improving, keeping internal  content (collateral) 

• 5 years of proved technical  Experience on at least 4  of the following categories:

  • UEBA

  • NDR

  • SIEM

  • ITDR

  • EASM

  • NG Firewalls

  • ASM (exposure management)

  • Managed Defense (MDR/MTH)

• Understanding of SOC workflows & incident response process

• Experience Building gap analysis among solutions

• Experience in project management and supporting large enterprise networks

• Experience in presenting highly technical pro