Principal Product Manager (CDSS Platformization)

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.

Who We Are

We take our mission of protecting the digital way of life seriously. We are relentless in protecting our customers and we believe that the unique ideas of every member of our team contributes to our collective success. Our values were crowdsourced by employees and are brought to life through each of us everyday - from disruptive innovation and collaboration, to execution. From showing up for each other with integrity to creating an environment where we all feel included.

As a member of our team, you will be shaping the future of cybersecurity. We work fast, value ongoing learning, and we respect each employee as a unique individual. Knowing we all have different needs, our development and personal wellbeing programs are designed to give you choice in how you are supported. This includes our FLEXBenefits wellbeing spending account with over 1,000 eligible items selected by employees, our mental and financial health resources, and our personalized learning opportunities - just to name a few!

At Palo Alto Networks, we believe in the power of collaboration and value in-person interactions. This is why our employees generally work full time from our office with flexibility offered where needed. This setup fosters casual conversations, problem-solving, and trusted relationships. Our goal is to create an environment where we all win with precision.

Job Description

Your Career

At Palo Alto Networks, we live by the mantra, "What gets measured gets done." Our product management team thrives on making impactful, data-driven decisions that drive results and keep us ahead of the curve.

Are you driven to elevate operational excellence and ensure world-class service availability through the power of data? Do you shine in cross-functional collaboration, inspiring teams to deliver exceptional product performance? If so, we have an exciting opportunity just for you!

We are looking for a strong product leader who will own and continually raise the bar on service performance, product quality, and customer support. Join us to shape the future of network security with innovation, resilience, and uncompromising standards!

As the Product Manager for WildFire, you will play a key role in building the next generation of threat detection and prevention services. Your responsibilities will include defining and delivering the overall Wildfire Integration Roadmap. You will work on the best malware detection technology and support its next phase of growth. You will work cross functionally across the Palo Alto Networks product suite like Next Gen Firewall (NGFW), Prisma Access, Prisma Cloud and Cortex Suite (XDR, XSIAM). You will deliver the best threat detection and protection capabilities in these products and define the end to end customer experience related to these integrations. Your impact will be across the entire Palo Alto Network Product Suite with thousands of customers and millions of end employees we protect. This role will need both - strong product management skills and deep technical acumen. While we do not expect you to be a malware researcher, working technical knowledge of malware, threats and product engineering will be required.

Your Impact

• Security Domain Expertise - Deeply understands the customer environment, threat landscape and is seen as a strategic advisor - Correlate technical designs with customer experience to influence new designs and capabilities - Bring unique and deep customer insights to eng/XFN teams
• Product Plans and Roadmap - Leads setting product vision and strategy with Eng team and XFN stakeholders - Identifies where a new or significantly improved product is needed to meet customer needs or fill a gap in the market - Lead building product roadmap and drive long term product pans
• Execution - Achieve desired outcomes in highly complex environments within stipulated timelines - Resilience and persistence in the face of challenges, ensuring the team stays on track
• Data-Driven Decision Making - Utilize data analytics to monitor and analyze operational metrics, identifying trends, anomalies, and areas for improvements that will influence the WildFire Product Roadmap
• Go-to Market - Proactively drives holistic product positioning and product launch plans that includes contributing to (i.e. supporting XF) customer pitch decks, whitepapers,