Senior Product Marketing Manager, Software Firewalls (SWFW)

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.

FLEXWORK is an employee-centric reimagining of how we work. We built FLEXWORK based on employee feedback – it is about flexibility, trust, and choice whenever possible. It’s been a journey of disruption that has yielded the best of our values. We offer as much flexibility as possible, and choices that enable you to be most productive, including benefits that meet your needs and learning opportunities that you feel passionate about.

Job Description

Your Career

As a Senior Product Marketing Manager, Software Firewalls (SWFW), you will be the expert, voice and go-to-market driver for several products within our SWFW portfolio, which includes our Cloud NGFW, VM-series, and CN-series firewalls. You will work closely with product management, product marketing and other cross-functional stakeholders to define and execute the positioning, messaging and all marketing activities for network security for these products. 

We expect office-based employees to be in the office four days per week, with one day working from where they choose. We believe being together facilitates casual conversations and those magic moments where we can work on issues and ideas informally. These moments build capability and deepen trusted relationships and allow our people to feel safe in taking risks and being disruptive. Like so many companies, we are working through the details and things could change …. but in general if a role is deemed office-based we want our teams to be together four days per week.

Your Impact 

• Work closely with Product Management to build a shared market and product vision, and a cooperative relationship that forms the foundation of all product marketing activities
• Be a subject matter expert and a go-to resource for the sales and field marketing teams
• Create strong product marketing content, including datasheets, whitepapers, blogs, and presentations - you like to write and present
• Leverage an in-depth knowledge of network security and public clouds to translate product capabilities into simple, compelling messages and tools that resonate with customers
• Present at internal and external events, highlighting our vision for SWFW

Qualifications

Your Experience 

• 5+ years of product marketing experience in Network Security or Cloud security solutions
• Deep understanding of network security domain, market trends, competitive landscape and customer requirements
• Outstanding technical, verbal and written communication skills
• Comfortable with creating and delivering presentations in a range of environments, from industry conferences to customer and industry analyst briefings
• Demonstrated record of working cross-functionally to drive sales, demand generation and overall organization and business success
• Experience and innovative energy to champion successful market and competitive disruption initiatives

Additional Information

The Team

Being in marketing at Palo Alto Networks means that you will be in the midst of the changes impacting our cybersecurity industry, helping our internal teams, customers, and partners address the ever-changing threats we all face daily. Making, doing, building, and rebuilding, leading initiatives that have never been done before. We solve real problems with new ideas, striving tirelessly for simplicity.

Our Commitment

We’re trailblazers that dream big, take risks, and challenge cybersecurity’s status quo. It’s simple: we can’t accomplish our mission without diverse teams innovating, together.

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for all qualified individuals with a disability. If you require assistance or accommodation due to a disability or special need, please contact us at accommodations@paloaltonetworks.com.

Palo Alto Networks is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity in our workplace, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (i