Sr Manager Cybersecurity Awareness & Training

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.

Our Approach to Work

We lead with flexibility and choice in all of our people programs. We have disrupted the traditional view that all employees have the same needs and wants. We offer personalization and offer our employees the opportunity to choose what works best for them as often as possible - from your wellbeing support to your growth and development, and beyond!

At Palo Alto Networks, we believe in the power of collaboration and value in-person interactions. This is why our employees generally work from the office three days per week, leaving two days for choice and flexibility to work where you feel most effective. This setup fosters casual conversations, problem-solving, and trusted relationships. While details may evolve, our goal is to create an environment where innovation thrives, with office-based teams coming together three days a week to collaborate and thrive, together!

Job Description

Your Career

Reporting to the Sr. Director, Strategic Planning & Business Operations (InfoSec), you will have the opportunity to transform cyber security awareness as we know it in the largest cyber security company. You will be working with some of the industry leading cyber security leaders on a daily basis to raise the awareness of information security risks and threats and to infuse a security first mindset into all our employees and contractors. You will contribute to creating a culture of security by growing security awareness and making each person a cyber security champion. 

Your Impact

• Develop and maintain a security education and awareness program that effectively fosters the development of a Security First culture, promotes desired security behaviors, and encourages long term, sustainable change
• Identify the top human risks to our organization and the behaviors needed to change to mitigate those risks and define achievable, observable, and measurable learning objectives (skills)
• Collaborate with information security teams to identify areas of risk and develop targeted and roles-based information security training, education, and awareness activities
• Ensure the security awareness program meets all industry regulations, standards, and compliance requirements
• Develop a wide range of awareness content such as communications covering threats and vulnerabilities, cybersecurity awareness month, presentations, newsletters, notification releases, etc. 
• Develop regular targeted communications to business stakeholders on various security related topics
• Provide strategic consulting in all aspects related to cyber security training for organization-wide initiatives and projects - Participate in the design, development and implementation of training programs of a broad organizational scope
• Ensure multiple learning styles are included in the course design by using various communication channels
• Conduct needs assessments to identify and evaluate training requirements
• Develop training materials to include training handbooks, job aids, models, multimedia visual aids, computer and web-based tutorials, and standard operating procedures
• Research and study advancements in educational technologies and methods
• Recommend and/or implement innovative solutions, modifications and enhancements to security training and awareness programs
• Continuously evaluate the effectiveness of existing information security training, education, and awareness programs/activities
• Develop metrics and reporting strategies to track the effectiveness of the program
• Consult and partner with corporate technical training, communications teams, business, and security
• Coordinate with security teams across the organization to ensure that security education and awareness needs are satisfied for all security stakeholders
• Coordinate or perform administrative functions necessary to deliver and document training programs

Qualifications

Your Experience

• 6+ years of relevant work experience
• Experience developing and implementing Technical Education and Awareness programs and strategies at multiple large organizations
• Experience in one or more of the following fields - IT, Application Development, Network Engineering, or Cybersecurity

Preferred