About the position
Palo Alto Networks is building a world-class product management organization and continues to look for top-notch product management talent to expand the team. As the Director of Product Management for AI Runtime Security, you will be responsible for building and scaling our AI Runtime product offering. Our platforms represent the foundation of our network security, cloud, and AI security offerings, providing you an opportunity to define the future of the AI security industry by solving key problems for our customers and reestablishing what’s possible in this emerging space. To be successful in this position you must possess a combination of strong technical skills, analytical skills, as well as a passion for driving enterprise AI Security while bridging customer business requirements with key market trends. You must be comfortable with frequent interaction with customers, prospects, and industry analysts presenting and explaining our security solution while understanding and articulating their requirements. You have a track record of success in leading focused, tightly-knit product teams, have delivered on product commitments in working closely with engineering leadership, and have successfully developed and articulated your vision, product strategy, and product plans to the company’s leadership.
Responsibilities
- Lead the Product Management team for AI Runtime Security
- Collaborate with PM leadership to develop your vision, product strategy, product roadmap, and technology requirements as part of market and customer requirements
- Work cross functionally with the NGFW, Cloud-Delivered Shared Services, Strata Cloud Manager, and AI Security teams to deliver on the vision of 'platformization' strategy
- Develop, manage & communicate product roadmap to customers, prospects, and all key internal stakeholders
- Collaborate with engineering to solve problems and deliver high-quality products
- Engage with the product marketing team and help them develop compelling messaging, impactful sales tools, and marketing content to support sales and field marketing teams
- Work with NPI, certification, professional services, support, education team and ensure your products get coverage by these cross-functional teams
- Drive product pricing and go-to-market decisions
Requirements
- BS/MS or equivalent experience or equivalent military experience required
- MBA preferred
- Strong desire to take ownership of the full product lifecycle
- 8+ years in product management with at least 3 years in a lead/management role
- Experience with cloud, networking, security, AI enterprise products/platforms is required
- Experience with network security is highly desirable
- Experience in building AI/ML powered solutions for an enterprise platform is a big plus
- Very strong (written and verbal) communication and presentation skills
- Strong interpersonal skills leading and contributing to cross-functional teams
- Experience in fast-paced environments with overlapping projects/deliverables
- Proven track record in leading focused product management teams
- Proven analytical and problem-solving skills required
Benefits
- FLEXBenefits wellbeing spending account with over 1,000 eligible items selected by employees
- Mental and financial health resources
- Personalized learning opportunities
- Restricted stock units
- Bonus
