Senior Product Manager - Ecosystems

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.

We have the vision of a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before. These aren’t easy goals to accomplish – but we’re not here for easy. We’re here for better. 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.

We’re changing the nature of work. Palo Alto Networks is evolving to meet the needs of our employees now and in the future through FLEXWORK, our approach to how we work. From benefits to learning, location to leadership, we’ve rethought and recreated every aspect of the employee experience at Palo Alto Networks.  And because it FLEXes around each individual employee based on their individual choices, employees are empowered to push boundaries and help us all evolve, together.

Job Description

Your Career

Palo Alto Networks IT is building a world-class IT product management team with a mission to improve how customers and partners/distributors experience our products. As a Senior Product Manager, you’ll be responsible for defining and executing product strategy, conducting market research and leading cross-functional teams to deliver outstanding products in a highly cross-functional and matrixed environment. 

Your Impact

• Build internal products supporting the Partner organization targeting our Partners, Distributors and Ecosystem stakeholders
• Partner with Ecosystems GTM, Sales GTM, Product management, and engineering teams to define requirements, develop IT solutions
• Responsible for defining the business process, solution, and writing of user stories which will translate into products
• Drive complex projects from ideation to launch
• Responsible for IT product roadmap, being proactive in planning for new offerings, and building excellent partnerships with various leaders within the company 
• Develops test plans and conducts the necessary tests to confirm design requirements
• Manage all aspects of in-life products, including end-user feedback, requirements, and issues 
• Analyze and evaluate product performance and make recommendations

Qualifications

Your Experience

• Strong 8+ years of experience working as a Product Manager or Business Systems Analyst in the Sales/Channels/Partners/Ecosystem domain in  a high tech company
• A Bachelor's Degree in computer science, engineering or an equivalent combination of skills, training, and experience or equivalent military experience is required
• Experience in developing solutions/products that work/integrate with different cloud service providers (AWS, GCP, Azure etc.,)
• Proven track record of leading successful product launches
• Experience in building solutions on the Salesforce platform
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum teams
• Excellent leadership and communication skills
• Superlative collaboration mindset – this is a highly cross-functional role
• Do-what-it-takes attitude

Additional Information

The Team

Working at a high-tech cybersecurity company within Information Technology is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. You’ll be joined with the brightest minds in technology, creating, building, and supporting tools that enable our global teams on the front line of defense against cyber attacks. 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 technical gaps that inhibit productivity.

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, p