Director, Product Management

Our Mission

At Palo Alto Networks®, we’re united by a shared mission—to protect our digital way of life. We thrive at the intersection of innovation and impact, solving real-world problems with cutting-edge technology and bold thinking. Here, everyone has a voice, and every idea counts. If you’re ready to do the most meaningful work of your career alongside people who are just as passionate as you are, you’re in the right place.

Who We Are

In order to be the cybersecurity partner of choice, we must trailblaze the path and shape the future of our industry. This is something our employees work at each day and is defined by our values: Disruption, Collaboration, Execution, Integrity, and Inclusion. We weave AI into the fabric of everything we do and use it to augment the impact every individual can have. If you are passionate about solving real-world problems and ideating beside the best and the brightest, we invite you to join us!

We believe collaboration thrives in person. That’s why most of our teams work from the office full time, with flexibility when it’s needed. This model supports real-time problem-solving, stronger relationships, and the kind of precision that drives great outcomes.

Job Description

Your Career The Cortex Cloud Application Security product is part of Palo Alto Networks’ cloud security product. And represents the shift left motion of application security for cloud applications. The group is responsible for creating a product that covers that entire Application Security persona , from the first phases of code scanning , through the pipeline scanning and through production to allow E2E view of an AppSec person journey. Our goal is to have a simple and comprehensive AppSec journey while providing first-in-class developer experience and streamline the work between all the different players. We are looking for a Director of Product Management who can help us design, build and ship industry defining products to help application security and developers build more secure cloud applications. You will own the strategy and execution to make security an effortless part of the coding process, focusing exclusively on the developer and DevOps persona: this include code scanners to ensure security is deeply integrated with the developer workflow and provide frictionless developer experience If you are highly motivated, competitive, think out-of-the-box and have great innovative ideas, come join our Cloud Application Security product management group and join some of the best minds in the world to shape the future of Application Security . Your Impact Build and launch enterprise class products throughout the entire product lifecycle - collect customers’ feedback and hear their need, prioritize features and trade offs, write the product requirements and work closely with engineering group to deliver the roadmap Lead core pillars within Cortex Cloud Application Security Offering and grow them to new horizons by bringing innovative and disruptive approaches, and ensure that they can be effectively launch Working effectively with all areas of the organization in a global company, from engineering to sales Work closely with our customer success, marketing and sales teams on supporting existing customers, identifying common user problems and taking the solutions you define to market Understand DevOps and Application security practitioners, often being able to directly relate to and understand use cases Feature prioritization and trade off decision making

Qualifications (Additional Job Description)

Your Experience Minimum 7 years in product management with 5 years leading high performance product management teams Experience in managing group of product managers and designers Minimum 3 years in product management domain expertise in application security/cloud security vendors required A track record of delivering customer acquisition growth and optimization across key metrics Inherent passion for cybersecurity and solving problems Strong go to market and business analysis skills Drive to design new, innovative and disruptive solutions Strong desire to take ownership of new technology products and their full life cycle Articulate and effective communication skills, both in writing and verbally Strong desire to take ownership of new technology products and their full life cycle Team player with a can do approach BS/MS in Computer Science, Other engineering/technical degree or equivalent military experience required AI Experience - an advantage

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.

Is role eligible for Immigration Sponsorship? No. Please note that we will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position.