Senior Director of Product Management (Industrial Cybersecurity)

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 is looking for a strong product leader to build and lead our IoT business. As Senior Director of Product Management for Industrial Security, you will be responsible for the strategy, architecture and solutions for our industrial cybersecurity platform. This is a chance to own and build out an emerging business at a global cybersecurity leader. 

Your Impact

• Define and drive the vision, strategy, roadmap and business outcomes for Palo Alto Networks Industrial Cybersecurity Solution and Architecture
• Partner with different Product, R&D, and Business organizations across hardware, software, and services to ensure product excellence and leadership
• Drive ecosystem strategy and joint solution architecture with key industrial automation vendors, SIs and MSPs - Collaborate with the internal channel team to develop joint Go-to-market with partners
• Enable sales productivity by providing training and developing sales plays for Industrial Cybersecurity use cases
• Support customer facing-demand generation and pipeline acceleration activities including EBCs, customer calls, executive roundtables, industry conference speaking opportunities
• Educate internal stakeholders on Industrial/OT market trends, requirements, and competitive insights

Qualifications

Your Experience

• Bachelor's Degree or Master's Degree in Engineering from an accredited institution - MBA a strong plus or equivalent military experience required
• Deep understanding of industrial automation technologies, architectures, and cybersecurity use cases across multiple OT-industries including Energy, Utilities, Manufacturing and Transportation - Experience working in OT is a plus
• In-depth understanding of network and network security architectures, protocols, and applications
• Excellent listening, oral, and written communication/presentation skills with a strong ability to influence people at all levels and in various functions
• Strong teaming skills and experience to bring together diverse views
• Willingness to travel 20%-25%

Additional Information

The Team

To stay ahead of the curve, it’s critical to know where the curve is, and how to anticipate the changes we’re facing. For the fastest-growing cybersecurity company, the curve is the evolution of cyberattacks and the products and services that proactively address them. Our Product Management Team helps us do just that. 

Our organization and employees are committed to changing as rapidly as our industry’s threats do, and to do that, we need creative product teams to address emerging cyber threats. They provide behind-the-scenes support for our products by being a source of information on our products for our systems engineers, staying on top of the environment we sell in, and helping to implement product-wide technical solutions based on our client’s feedback and needs. As threats and technology evolve, we stay ahead to accomplish our mission.

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 id