Senior Product Manager (Cloud Next Gen Firewall: Firewall-as-a-Service)

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

We’re looking for a Sr. Product Manager for the Cloud Next-Gen Firewall (CNGFW) business, the industry leader in Cloud Network Security and one of the fastest-growing SaaS security products. Cloud NGFW helps customers secure their journey to the cloud by providing the most comprehensive and best-in-class Network Security with the ease of use of Native services in Azure, AWS, Google Cloud and Oracle Cloud.

The product manager takes ownership and is passionate about our mission - to build the best cloud network security platform in the industry and continue pushing the boundaries to take it to new heights! This role comes with the responsibility of deeply understanding our customer’s public cloud security challenges and solving them in impactful ways for the long term.

Are you excited by the challenges of a fast-paced environment and dynamic work? As a product manager on the Cloud NGFW team, you will focus on enhancing our technology and growing the business through smart GTM activities. In this highly visible and cross-functional role, you will lead the charter to build and scale the business.. You will know the ins and outs of platform metrics and help drive insights. We have a results-oriented culture in this team, you’ll have the resources and the support across the organization to execute, but ultimately, you are responsible for achieving the business outcomes.

Your Impact

• You will be the mini-CEO of your product. Thought leadership and collaboration are key
• You must possess a genuine interest in delivering product capabilities that enable our customers to achieve their organizational security objectives
• You must have a deep-seated passion for building and growing SaaS products 
• Well-versed in growing the TAM and partnering with the GTM teams
• Conduct internal training for Support to ensure quality and customer retention
• You are comfortable managing competing priorities and can bring order to ambiguous scenarios
• Stay abreast of the latest trends in cloud security in Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud
• Define product requirements and manage requirements backlog
• Partner with Engineering and DevOps to deliver best-in-class NetSec SaaS solutions
• Enable sales and marketing with market insights and product training
• End-to-end Product Lifecycle Management from PRD, UX, Engineering Engagement, Azure Engagement, TechDocs, Support issue
• Drive Pricing conversions for upcoming features

Qualifications

Your Experience

• BS/MS in EE or Computer Science or equivalent military experience preferred
• 8+ years of product management experience, ideally on SaaS products
• Domain experience in public cloud technologies such as AWS, Azure and Google Cloud
• Domain experience in Networking and Network Security is a plus
• Experience in great UX design and/or working with UX designers is a plus
• Experience in driving high-velocity product releases using Agile methodology
• Experience in building products in a hyper-growth market with rapidly changing technology and a competitive landscape
• Experience in making product decisions based on incomplete or imperfect data
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal skills
• Be independent and take ownership very seriously

Additional Information

The Team