Senior Technical Program Manager (Information 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.

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 

Think about it, security for an information security company. Working at a high-tech cybersecurity company within the Information Security team is a once in a lifetime opportunity. You’ll be joined with the brightest minds in technology, our global teams on the front line of defense against cyberattacks. We’re joined by one mission – but driven by the impact of that mission and what it means to protect our way of life in the digital age. Join a dynamic and fast-paced team that feels excitement at the prospect of a challenge and feels a thrill at resolving security gaps that inhibit our privacy.

Our Information Security team is looking for an experienced Technical Program Manager to drive the organization and execution of information security initiatives. The successful candidate will thrive in a fast-paced environment where energy, drive, and a collaborative approach are key to success. 

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 

• Provide program management leadership for enterprise deployment of Information Security and Product Security programs and projects
• Lead planning, execution, and delivery of large cross-functional initiatives
• Manage and maintain team backlogs and drive effective prioritization 
• Be the expert on release life cycle processes and champion process best practices, metrics and high quality standards with your delivery team
• Work with Product and Engineering stakeholders to identify & manage program/project dependencies & come up with an execution plan
• Provide clear, concise, transparent, and insightful status reporting to the team, executives, and a diverse set of stakeholders
• Lead efforts to resolve key project conflicts and establish appropriate resolution paths
• Create a collaborative work environment that fosters autonomy, transparency, mastery, innovation and learning
• Understand the systems in their program space, the limitations, scaling factors, boundary conditions, and reasons behind architectural decisions

Qualifications

Your Experience

• A minimum of 7+ years relevant experience in an enterprise IT, product security or information security environment with an emphasis on program management and development
• Strong technical acumen and ability to actively participate and contribute to technical design discussions, preferably in the Security Domain
• Experience with agile/iterative development and program management methodologies
• Experienced in driving large cross-functional programs and projects
• Excellent communication, organization, and influence skills
• Ability to resolve conflicts and drive issues to resolution and escalate when necessary
• Understands and thrives in a dynamic environment - remains flexible and calm in the face of uncertainty
• An expert in communicating and collaborating with cross-functional team members to achieve goals - contributes positively to the team and organization
• Self-motivated and proactive with demonstrated creative and critical thinking capabilities
• Proficient with applications, tools, and methodologies used to organize, manage, report progress, and deliver programs and projects 
• Self-starter who enjoys problem-solving with little direct supervision - Ability to learn quickly and just i