Senior Product Manager (SaaS Inline Security)

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

We are looking for a Senior Product Manager to join our Data Security team and take on the critical challenge of Shadow IT. Enterprises today face a growing landscape of risks, with a proliferation of SaaS applications, plugins, devices, and agents accessing their internal data. In this role, you will define and execute a strategic vision to help organizations identify these apps, assess their risks, and implement robust security measures to protect their most valuable information. Success in this role will require close collaboration across cross-functional teams and alignment with partner product groups, enabling seamless, integrated solutions for our customers.

Your Impact

• Define and drive the product vision, strategy and roadmap for our SaaS Security Inline product line.

• Conduct market research, competitive analysis and customer feedback to inform product decisions.

• Collaborate with design and engineering teams to develop product prototypes and interfaces.

• Create and maintain product documentation, including user guides, training materials and release notes.

• Monitor product performance and customer feedback to inform product improvements and updates.

• Work across functional agile teams (Engineering, UX, customer support, operations, finance, sales and marketing).

• Foster cross-functional relationships with network security and visualization teams, aligning on shared goals and delivering integrated solutions.

• Drive joint sales (SKUs, solution bundles, incentives) and marketing (collaterals, webinars, trade shows) models with cross-functional teams within and partners.

Qualifications

Your Experience 

• BS/MS in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field or equivalent military experience required

• MBA is desirable

• 5+ years in product management 

• Strong technical background with experience working with data scientists and ML engineers

• Strong understanding of user experience design principles and methodologies

• Excellent communications and collaboration skills, with experience working with cross-functional teams

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with experience using data to inform product decisions

• Experience working in an Agile development environment 

• Experience launching cloud products and services

• Demonstrable track record of success

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 ju