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.

Our Approach to Work

We lead with flexibility and choice in all of our people programs. We have disrupted the traditional view that all employees have the same needs and wants. We offer personalization and offer our employees the opportunity to choose what works best for them as often as possible - from your wellbeing support to your growth and development, and beyond!

At Palo Alto Networks, we believe in the power of collaboration and value in-person interactions. This is why our employees generally work from the office three days per week, leaving two days for choice and flexibility to work where you feel most effective. This setup fosters casual conversations, problem-solving, and trusted relationships. While details may evolve, our goal is to create an environment where innovation thrives, with office-based teams coming together three days a week to collaborate and thrive, together!

Your Career

Palo Alto Networks has built a world-class product management organization and continues to look for top-notch talent to tackle challenging security problems. As a Senior Product Manager for PAN-OS (https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/network-security/pan-os) , you will play an instrumental role in managing the lifecycle of PAN-OS, which is the software that powers our next-generation firewalls and multiple cloud-based as-a-service offerings. This role will be instrumental in driving adoption of PAN-OS across our entire next-generation firewall customer base. This role will influence the customers’ upgrade and new purchase cycles as we continue to innovate with new security features, from threat prevention to Gen AI (https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/precision-ai-security) , and hardware. This is a high visibility position that will drive the business of our core Strata (https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/network-security) network security platform and enable the success of the platformization (https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/why-paloaltonetworks/consolidation) strategy of the company.

Your Impact

• Manage lifecycle of PAN-OS which includes - upgrade management, version adoption and quality metrics

• Improve the operational experience of using and managing PAN-OS NGFWs

• Collaborate with the management software team (Panorama, Strata Cloud Manager) to radically transform the operational day-to-day usage, upgrade and deployment methods for PAN-OS on NGFWs

• Partner closely with engineering to develop proactive upgrade strategies

• Collaborate with customer success and field organization to implement the upgrade strategies

• Develop insights into customer deployments and provide recommendations to accelerate feature adoption

• Enable a continuously successful upgrade path for customers that ensures a smooth renewal and refresh of new products/models that drive higher lifetime value (LTV) in the company’s core network security business, and influences growth of emerging businesses

Your Experience

• BS/MS in electrical engineering or computer science or computer engineering preferred or equivalent military experience required

• 5+ years of experience in an engineering lead role (software development, release or quality assurance) or alternatively experience in managing upgrades of large network appliance systems

• Any experience in product management is a plus

• Experience in hands-on operational, i.e. real-world, device and appliance management

• Experience in security or firewall technology is a plus, especially managing upgrades of PAN-OS NGFW firewalls

• Strong understanding of Linux-based systems such as network appliances

• Strong communication skills and ability to interface cross functionally as well as with external customers, field teams and partners

The Team

To stay ahead of the curve, it’s critical to know where the curve is, and how to anticipate the changes we’re facing. For the fastest-growing cybersecurity company, the curve is the evolution of cyberattacks and the products and services that proactively address them. Our Product Management Team helps us do just that.

Our organization and employees are committed to changing as rapidly as our industry’s threats do, and to do that, we need creative product teams to address emerging cyber threats. They provide behind-the-scenes support for our products by being a source of information on our products for our systems engineers, staying on top of the environment we sell in, and helping to implement product-wide technical solutions based on our client’s feedback and needs. As threats and technology evolve, we stay ahead to accomplish our mission.

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 $163,200/yr to $264,000/yr. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here (http://benefits.paloaltonetworks.com/) .

Is role eligible for Immigration Sponsorship?: Yes