Senior Principal Product Manager (SASE Deployment)

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

Palo Alto Networks is actively expanding its world-class Product Management organization, seeking top-tier talent to drive the future of cybersecurity. As the Sr. Principal of Product Management for SASE Deployment, you will be responsible for defining and executing the product strategy that enables seamless and accelerated SASE feature adoption for our customers.

Our SASE platforms form the bedrock of our network security offerings. This role provides a unique opportunity to shape the future of SASE deployments by solving critical customer challenges and redefining industry standards in this rapidly evolving space.

To excel in this position, you must possess a powerful combination of strong technical and analytical skills, coupled with a passion for optimizing enterprise SASE deployment solutions. You'll bridge customer business requirements with key market trends, with a sharp focus on:

• Understanding Customer Deployment Footprint: Drive deep analysis and understanding of the deployment footprint of our top customers, identifying architectural nuances, existing infrastructure, and operational contexts to inform and tailor our deployment solutions.

• Accelerated Deployment and Value Realization: Champion initiatives to deliver speedier deployment and faster value realization for SASE features, ensuring customers rapidly achieve security benefits and operational efficiency.

• Leveraging AI for Design to Deployment: Innovate by integrating LLM and AI tools to assist customers in their journey, from initial SASE design through to successful, automated deployment.

• Cross-Functional Deployment Blocker Resolution: Collaborate seamlessly with our cross-functional Product Management team to proactively identify, prioritize, and resolve deployment blockers, ensuring a smooth and efficient path to SASE adoption.

You will be highly comfortable with frequent interaction with customers, prospects, and industry analysts, presenting and explaining our cutting-edge security solutions while adeptly understanding and articulating their specific requirements. A proven track record of collaborating with tightly-knit product teams, consistently delivering on product commitments in close partnership with engineering squads, and effectively delivering on the developing and articulating your vision, product strategy, and product plans to company leadership is essential.

Your Impact

• Contribute significantly to the product vision, strategy, product roadmap, and technology requirements for SASE Deployment, based on market and customer needs.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with the Prisma Access, Network Security, Prisma Access Browser, SD-WAN, Zero Trust, and Cloud-Delivered Security Services teams to deliver on the vision of "platformization" strategy for SASE.
• Develop, manage, and communicate product roadmap to customers, prospects, and all key internal