Palo Alto Networks
Senior Product Manager - NPI
Palo Alto Networks, Santa Clara, California, us, 95053
Company Description
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!
Job Description
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.
Your ImpactDefine vision and strategy for how modern cloud products should be commercialized, sold, licensed, and supported in the enterprise marketAlign closely with product management from Ideation to General Availability to eliminate delays in GA timelineManage new product offerings effectively, manage feature prioritization and trade-off decision making in collaboration with Product ManagersPartner with business, product management and engineering to define requirements, develop functional specifications, and estimate delivery timelinesWork with business stakeholders across the company to understand their business, operational and engineering requirements - Design and deliver innovative solutions to address those needsAct as the product owner in an Agile/Scrum process and own writing of user stories, acceptance criteria, and sign off on feature completionEffectively partner with business, engineering and IT teams to deliver on an aggressive agenda of programs for improving delivery executionManage business expectations, be proactive in planning for new offerings, and build excellent partnerships with various leaders within the company
Qualifications
Your ExperienceStrong 8+ years of experience working as a Product Owner in high tech companyStrong desire to take ownership of a set of new product offerings and develop capabilities to commercialize themA product development background with excellent knowledge of commercial aspects of cloud productsDrive to design something new, innovative, and disruptiveUnderstanding of the commercial and operational needs of Cloud product offeringsKnowledge 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 companyExperience working in Agile/Scrum teams as a Product OwnerBachelor's Degree in computer science, engineering or an equivalent combination of skills, training, and experience or equivalent military experience is requiredSoftware development background is a plusExcellent written and verbal communication skillsSuperlative collaboration mindset – this is a highly cross-functional roleA do-what-it-takes attitudeLocated in SF Bay area who can be in office 3 days/week
Additional Information
The Team
We are the global cybersecurity leader, known for always challenging the security status quo. Our mission is to protect our way of life in the digital age by preventing successful cyberattacks. This has given us the privilege of safely enabling tens of thousands of organizations and their customers. 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 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 $142,000/yr to $229,700/yr. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here.#J-18808-Ljbffr
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!
Job Description
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.
Your ImpactDefine vision and strategy for how modern cloud products should be commercialized, sold, licensed, and supported in the enterprise marketAlign closely with product management from Ideation to General Availability to eliminate delays in GA timelineManage new product offerings effectively, manage feature prioritization and trade-off decision making in collaboration with Product ManagersPartner with business, product management and engineering to define requirements, develop functional specifications, and estimate delivery timelinesWork with business stakeholders across the company to understand their business, operational and engineering requirements - Design and deliver innovative solutions to address those needsAct as the product owner in an Agile/Scrum process and own writing of user stories, acceptance criteria, and sign off on feature completionEffectively partner with business, engineering and IT teams to deliver on an aggressive agenda of programs for improving delivery executionManage business expectations, be proactive in planning for new offerings, and build excellent partnerships with various leaders within the company
Qualifications
Your ExperienceStrong 8+ years of experience working as a Product Owner in high tech companyStrong desire to take ownership of a set of new product offerings and develop capabilities to commercialize themA product development background with excellent knowledge of commercial aspects of cloud productsDrive to design something new, innovative, and disruptiveUnderstanding of the commercial and operational needs of Cloud product offeringsKnowledge 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 companyExperience working in Agile/Scrum teams as a Product OwnerBachelor's Degree in computer science, engineering or an equivalent combination of skills, training, and experience or equivalent military experience is requiredSoftware development background is a plusExcellent written and verbal communication skillsSuperlative collaboration mindset – this is a highly cross-functional roleA do-what-it-takes attitudeLocated in SF Bay area who can be in office 3 days/week
Additional Information
The Team
We are the global cybersecurity leader, known for always challenging the security status quo. Our mission is to protect our way of life in the digital age by preventing successful cyberattacks. This has given us the privilege of safely enabling tens of thousands of organizations and their customers. 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 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 $142,000/yr to $229,700/yr. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here.#J-18808-Ljbffr