Director of Product Management (Cortex - Exposure Management)

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 building a world-class product management organization and continues to look for top-notch product management talent to expand the team. As the Director of Product Management for Cortex Vulnerability Management you will be responsible for building and scaling  vulnerability and exposure management capabilities for our SecOps and cloud platform.

You will be responsible for defining and executing a product that focuses on Exposure Management. To be successful in this position, you have to be truly excited about building great cybersecurity products and envisioning disruptive solutions where no precedence exists. You possess strong leadership skills, persistence, passion and focus on helping our customers defeat adversaries at machine speed. You will be the thought leader for this space in your interactions with customers, prospects and industry analysts. You are not afraid to get your hands dirty and do whatever needs to be done to make your product a success - from working closely with engineering to engaging with marketing and everything in between.

Your Impact

• Own success for Exposure Management product line.

• Bring domain knowledge of Vulnerability Management and Cloud Security product landscape to drive meaningful partnerships.

• Direct a comprehensive product strategy from product conception, definition, adoption and growth of a completely new product working with teams in the US and Israel.

• Help in building delightful web product experiences.

• Drive product pricing, packaging strategy for new offerings and go-to-market decisions across multiple teams. 

• Collaborate with go-to-market (Sales, Marketing, Customer Success) teams for the successful adoption of the product line.

• Above all, champion a customer-centric approach to product growth. 

• Drive product pricing and go-to-market decisions

Qualifications

Your Experience 

• BS/MS or equivalent experience or equivalent military experience required 

• Strong desire to take ownership of the full product lifecycle

• 8+ years in product management with at least 3 years in a lead/management role

• 5+ years in Vulnerability Management product space

• An analytical decision-maker, with the demonstrated ability to diagnose business problems and drive issues to completion.

• Strong verbal and written communication skills to C-level executives at Palo Alto Networks and with external partners and customers.

• Ability to distill complex and ambiguous situations into impactful plans for your team.

• Flexible leadership style and demonstrated experience working with senior product leadership to help define, distill and communicate a marketplace strategy.

• Experience leading product management teams.

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