Manager/Senior Product Manager - Santa Clara, CA, United States - Palo Alto Networks

Description

At Palo Alto Networks everything starts and ends with our mission:
Being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life.

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 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

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.

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
Act as the product owner in an Agile/Scrum process and own writing of user stories, acceptance criteria, and sign off on feature completion
Manage business expectations, be proactive in planning for new offerings, and build excellent partnerships with various leaders within the company
A product development background with excellent knowledge of commercial aspects of cloud products
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 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
Located in SF Bay area who can be in office 3 days/week
Our mission is to protect our way of life in the digital age by preventing successful cyberattacks.

Our pioneering Security Operating Platform emboldens their digital transformation with continuous innovation that seizes the latest breakthroughs in security, automation, and analytics.

By delivering a true platform and empowering a growing ecosystem of change-makers like us, we provide highly effective and innovative cybersecurity across clouds, networks, and mobile devices.

Our Security Operating Platform is built for automation. We are known for continuously delivering innovations.
We're trailblazers that dream big, take risks, and challenge cybersecurity's status quo. 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 .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.

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 $142,000/yr to $229,700/yr.

The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus.