Senior Product Manager (SASE)

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

Palo Alto Networks is building a world-class product management organization and continues to look for top-notch product managers to expand the team. As a SASE product manager at Palo Alto Networks, you will be responsible for driving the product strategy and operations, feature functionality and roadmap. In addition to your own creativity, you will also rely on interaction with customers and partners to understand requirements and problems. You will be expected to deliver product functionality that matches Palo Alto Networks’ level of innovation. You will be involved in all stages of the feature lifecycle (conception, definition, development, release and post-release activities) managing strategic planning, feature selection and tactical activities. 

Other responsibilities include collaborating with Product Marketing, engineering and Customer Success  to create product related technical, sales and marketing materials; evangelizing the products and product strategy both internally and externally to drive growth and market share.

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

• Ownership of the product strategy, planning, and operations
• Feature prioritization and trade-off decision making
• Ability to work effectively with all areas of the organization, from engineering to sales
• Customer engagement and relationship development for executive briefings, product evangelism, and requirements gathering
• Engage with internal and external customers to continually improve the user experience
• Maximize efficiency in a constantly evolving environment where the process is fluid and creative solutions are the norm
• Incorporate data, research, and market analysis to inform product strategies and roadmaps

Qualifications

Your Experience

• BS/MS in Computer Science, Other engineering/technical degree, MBA preferred or equivalent military experience required
• Minimum 7  years in product management, engineering leadership, technical sales/marketing experience  (software preferred)
• Technical expertise in the enterprise LAN and WAN networking space required, Cloud Infrastructure, Cloud Service Provider experience is a plus
• UX / UI and workflow development desired
• Excellent people skills, team mentality, Relentless pursuit of excellence
• Ability to understand what’s important, urgent and how to tackle multiple priorities at the same time
• Strong problem solving ability, negotiation skills, and ability to seek compromise
• Ability to work in sprints to accomplish time-sensitive goals
• Strong desire to take ownership of the full product life cycle
• Drive to design something new, innovative, and disruptive - ability to take calculated risks
• Hands-on nature with very strong interest in new technology products
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent presentation skills including executive

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 t