Principal Technical Program Manager (NetSec)

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!

At Palo Alto Networks, we believe in the power of collaboration and value in-person interactions. This is why our employees generally work full time from our office with flexibility offered where needed. This setup fosters casual conversations, problem-solving, and trusted relationships. Our goal is to create an environment where we all win with precision.

Job Description

Your Career

Palo Alto Networks is seeking an experienced and highly motivated Principal Technical Program Manager to join our exciting, fast growing company. This dynamic individual will be the liaison between Software Engineering and Product Management with a focus on high quality, on-time successful releases. This position reports to the VP Operations and is based at our headquarters in Santa Clara, CA.

Your Impact

You will be expected to be versed in the technical domains and be able to engage with an experienced cross-disciplinary staff to conceive and design innovative products that will secure our digital life. We are looking for someone with strong critical thinking and analytical skills, who is a self-starter, a great communicator and has demonstrated ability to build consensus at all levels, and is passionate about driving change in a dynamic fast-paced environment. In this role, you will:

• Work with key stakeholders in product management, engineering and cross functional teams to deliver technological solutions in sync with launch timelines

• Communicate regularly with senior management on status, risks and change control

• Responsible for driving a wide range of development & infrastructure work-streams as part of any given technical initiative

• Able to work closely with Technical Architects/Technical leaders and understand deep technical topics

• What does a TPM do? Our TPM role is focused on working amongst multiple teams to deliver functionality that those teams are responsible for - The TPM is the “glue” that holds teams together and maintains a bird’s eye view over what those teams are delivering and how those deliverables fit together

This involves two aspects, both equally important:

• The “Technical” part of “TPM” requires identifying dependencies and technical risks that affect the various teams represented

• The “Program Manager” part of “TPM” involves scheduling, managing sprints, creating milestones, and reporting status - The interplay of these two responsibilities means that the TPM not only coordinates schedules, but helps the teams execute against their schedules

Qualifications

Your Experience 

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a technical discipline

• 8 -10 years working experience with 3-5 years management experience building and leading a technical program management team

• Deep understanding of SaaS software development lifecycle, processes and best practices

• Knowledge of Agile process and tools and experience delivering product in Agile environment

• Experience working with engineering teams on defining requirements, writing detailed functional and test specifications, coordinating efforts to scope, schedule and deploy new features sets

• Executive presentation skills