Senior UX Designer (Expanse)

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

We're looking for a highly skilled and experienced Senior Product Designer to join our team. In this role, you'll be instrumental in shaping the future of Palo Alto Networks security products, tackling complex design challenges, and mentoring junior designers. If you're a proactive problem-solver with a passion for creating exceptional user experiences and a track record of delivering impactful projects, we encourage you to apply.

Your Impact

• Lead Design Initiatives: You'll own and deliver large, complex projects, from conception to completion. This includes leading design reviews, advocating for feature priority changes based on business context, and proactively identifying and addressing potential problems.

• Enhance Our Design System: You'll contribute to and enhance our common design system modules, as well as improve our UX tools and processes, considering how they impact other collaborating teams. Your expertise in visual design will ensure brand consistency and exceptional aesthetics across all product modules. 

• Drive Product Quality: You'll go above and beyond to improve product quality, proactively working on initiatives like testing and process enhancements.

• Collaborate & Influence: You'll team up with and influence peers across different teams and organizations to solve cross-functional problems. You'll also be a UX representative for QA issues and other teams, participating in design meetings for other products and networking outside your immediate area of expertise.

• Mentor & Develop: You'll play a key role in mentoring and professionally developing team members at lower job levels, and may coordinate the activities of other designers.

• Innovate & Solve: You'll work on complex and often vague problems in the security world, requiring in-depth evaluation and creative application of methods to find solutions. You'll identify problems or opportunities and develop innovative solutions.

• Present & Share Knowledge: You'll utilize your excellent presentation skills, often sought out by other teams for tech talks, and share your highly respected skills and knowledge.

• Contribute to Hiring: You'll be actively involved in interviews to assess design candidates.

Qualifications

Your Experience 

• 5+ years of experience in UX design in enterprise products, with a significant portion in a lead or principal role, demonstrating the ability to own and deliver large, complex projects from conception to completion. Proficiency in industry-standard design and prototyping tools.

• Extensive experience leading the visual design of complex enterprise products, with a portfolio showcasing a strong command of typography, color theory, and layout. Proven ability to translate brand identity into cohesive and compelling user interfaces across multiple platfor