Senior Product Manager (Application Identification)

Your Career

Palo Alto Networks is building a world-class product management organization and continues to look for world-class product managers to expand the team. Layer-7 Application Identification (App-ID) is what makes a firewall next-gen and we are seeking a Senior Product Manager to join us and drive the evolution of this foundational technology. You will be responsible for driving the product strategy, roadmap, and execution with measurable outcomes that push the envelope of innovation for this. 

Your Impact

• Conceptualize and define differentiated features for Next-Gen App-ID through a deep understanding of evolving Gen-AI and Applications Landscape, advancements in Network Protocols and Customer pain-points across our core and growth markets
• Collaborate with product leaders to build out business case, author PRDs and collaborate with cross-functional product, engineering and design teams to plan and release features
• Ability to think big picture and sweat on the details
• Assist the field and customers understand our value, competitive differentiation, and best practices for implementing our product
• Communicate product value to both customers and the business in a compelling manner using slides and documents
• Engage customers and develop relationship via executive briefings, product evangelism, and requirements gathering
• Be a great team player– an excellent communicator, strong collaborator, someone who solicits feedback from others, is welcoming of better ideas

Your Experience

• BS/MS in Computer Science, other engineering/technical degree or equivalent military experience required
• 5+ years of experience in a technical product management role
• Technical knowledge of application-layer protocols, application identification and control, layer-7 inspection technologies, decryption, firewalls, networking
• Knowledge of LLMs, Gen-AI applications landscape and Security Team requirements from Layer-7 Application Control
• Proven track record in building innovative features from inception to launch
• Experience with UX / UI and workflow development
• Strong written, analytical, problem solving and presentation skills
• Self-motivated, intellectually curious with excellent people and team collaboration skills

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 [email protected].

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.

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