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.

Your Career

Palo Alto Networks is building a world class NPI product management team and continues to look for top-notch NPI product managers to expand the team. We are looking for an exceptional leader for introducing new products and services in our Cloud Security Speedboats. In this role, you will partner with various product, engineering and business stakeholders to introduce a portfolio of new products in the cloud-delivered market.

In addition to your thought leadership and creativity, you will partner closely with IT Product Managers, R&D Product Managers, Engineering, Legal, Finance, Revenue, Sales Operations, and Global Customer Support to ensure new offerings are robust and the experience for our customers and partners is seamless. Having a software engineering background and experience supporting the business functions listed is critical for success in this challenging and rewarding role. The position will report to the Director of NPI.

Your Impact

• Define vision and strategy for how modern cloud products should be commercialized, sold, licensed, and supported in the enterprise market
• Align closely with product management from Ideation to General Availability to eliminate delays in GA timeline.
• Manage new product offerings effectively, manage feature prioritization and trade-off decision making in collaboration with Product Managers
• Partner with business, product management and engineering to define requirements, develop functional specifications, and estimate delivery timelines
• Work with business stakeholders across the company to understand their business, operational and engineering requirements - Design and deliver innovative solutions to address those needs
• Act as the product owner in an Agile/Scrum process and own writing of user stories, acceptance criteria, and sign off on feature completion
• Effectively partner with business, engineering and IT teams to deliver on an aggressive agenda of programs for improving delivery execution
• Manage business expectations, be proactive in planning for new offerings, and build excellent partnerships with various leaders within the company

Your Experience

• Strong 10+ years of experience working as a Product Owner in high tech company
• Strong desire to take ownership of a set of new product offerings and develop capabilities to commercialize them
• A product development background with excellent knowledge of commercial aspects of cloud products
• Drive to design something new, innovative, and disruptive
• Understanding of the commercial and operational needs of Cloud product offerings
• Knowledge of business systems readiness for product launches (SFDC, SAP, Steelbrick quoting and billing)
• Experience working with engineering and cross functional teams in a high technology company
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum teams as a Product Owner
• Bachelor's Degree in computer science, engineering or an equivalent combination of skills, training, and experience or equivalent military experience is required
• Software development background is a plus
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Superlative collaboration mindset – this is a highly cross-functional role
• A do-what-it-takes attitude
• Local in SF Bay area

The Team

Working at a high-tech cybersecurity company within Information Technology is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. You’ll join the brightest minds in technology, creating, building, and supporting tools and enabling our global teams on the front line of defense against cyberattacks.

We’re connected by one mission but driven by the impact of that mission and what it means to protect our way of life in the digital age. Join a dynamic and fast-paced team of people who feel excited by the prospect of a challenge and feel a thrill at resolving technical gaps that inhibit productivity.

You will be part of a growing, passionate, and dynamic team with an opportunity to work on challenging and exciting projects — centered on what we believe is one of the most significant mission statements in the world. We also strive to be the most people-centric company ever! That means we’re constantly working to make your experience amazing, and you are part of the team breaking boundaries of what the workplace can be!

We are committed to bringing our FLEXWORK philosophy. You will be part of a global team and for many roles, we offer employee choice on work location (office or mostly from home) for most of our roles.

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 identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or other legally protected characteristics.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

The compensation offered for this position will depend on qualifications, experience, and work location. For candidates who receive an offer at the posted level, the starting base salary (for non-sales roles) or base salary + commission target (for sales/commissioned roles) is expected to be between $155,000/yr to $250,800/yr. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here.

Covid-19 Vaccination Information for Palo Alto Networks Jobs

• Vaccine requirements and disclosure obligations vary by country.
• Unless applicable law requires otherwise, you must be vaccinated for COVID or qualify for a reasonable accommodation if:
  • The job requires accessing a company worksite
  • The job requires in-person customer contact and the customer has implemented such requirements
  • You choose to access a Palo Alto Networks worksite
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