Director, Product Counsel

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.

Disruption is at the core of our technology and on our way of work to meet the needs of our employees now and in the future through FLEXWORK, our approach to how we work. We’re changing the nature of 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:

This is an opportunity to join a dynamic legal department and a growing team at an innovative company. The Palo Alto Networks Product Counsel Team works with all teams across Palo Alto Networks to incorporate security and privacy in everything we do, by providing guidance, education, and tools, to facilitate adoption of our products and to make Palo Alto Networks a trusted partner for our customers globally. 

We are seeking an experienced self-starter who enjoys working collaboratively as well as driving high impact projects independently. You take your work seriously, but you don’t take yourself too seriously. You like being challenged, you know there are things that you don’t know, and you can connect sound legal analysis to real-world business trade-offs. You build relationships to earn a spot at the table as a trusted advisor to Product leadership.

We expect office-based employees to be in the office three days a week. 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. 

You will be the lead product counsel supporting the Cortex product team (focused on Security Operations, Endpoint Security, AI/ML), partnering with them to develop cutting edge products that meet our customers’ business needs. The successful candidate will have the willingness and flexibility to support teams in multiple time zones (IST, ET, PT). Legal advice and risk mitigation will be married with sound business judgment as we innovate to build best-in-class cybersecurity products and platforms. You will be working on critical product initiatives with key stakeholders across the company. 

You are motivated by unique issues and enthusiastic about being the legal partner to our products and data teams. You are experienced in translating complex legal issues into efficient and practical solutions for the company. 

Your Impact

• Be the legal advisor and business partner to the company's product and business teams from the initial stages of product ideation to development to the general availability of the product and beyond
• In collaboration with privacy counsels, conduct data privacy impact assessments and other security assessments on new products and enhancements to existing products
• Work closely with the product teams to understand their goals, processes, applications, projects and technologies, identifying potential risks and providing practical advice to ensure compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and industry best practices 
• Partner with the Legal Tech Transactions team to provide insight and guidance in drafting and negotiating technology and licensing agreements relating to products / product teams

Qualifications

Your Experience

• J.D. degree from a top ABA accredited law school or equivalent if educated outside the U.S., and member in good standing of an applicable bar.
• Preferably at least 10 years experience in the legal field, including working at a technology company.
• Significant experience reviewing products, features, and initiatives to provide advice consistent with legal obligations in multiple jurisdictions.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, sound business judgment, flexibility, analytical skills, and attention to detail.
• Strong understanding of technology and law, with a general understanding of cloud technologies, such as IaaS, PaaS and SaaS. Preferably experience with AI/ML/LLMs. 
• Experience assisting in the development and maintenance