Dir, Product Management - Cortex Cloud Application Security

Dir, Product Management - Cortex Cloud Application Security

The Cortex Cloud Application Security product is part of Palo Alto Networks' cloud security product. And represents the shift left motion of application security for cloud applications.

The group is responsible for creating a product that covers the entire Application Security persona, from the first phases of code scanning, through the pipeline scanning and through production to allow E2E view of an AppSec person journey. Our goal is to have a simple and comprehensive AppSec journey while providing first-in-class developer experience and streamline the work between all the different players.

We are looking for a Director of Product Management who can help us design, build and ship industry defining products to help application security and developers build more secure cloud applications.

You will own the strategy and execution to make security an effortless part of the coding process, focusing exclusively on the developer and DevOps persona: this includes code scanners to ensure security is deeply integrated with the developer workflow and provide frictionless developer experience.

If you are highly motivated, competitive, think out-of-the-box and have great innovative ideas, come join our Cloud Application Security product management group and join some of the best minds in the world to shape the future of Application Security.

Your impact will include:

• Build and launch enterprise class products throughout the entire product lifecycle - collect customers' feedback and hear their need, prioritize features and trade offs, write the product requirements and work closely with engineering group to deliver the roadmap
• Lead core pillars within Cortex Cloud Application Security Offering and grow them to new horizons by bringing innovative and disruptive approaches, and ensure that they can be effectively launch
• Working effectively with all areas of the organization in a global company, from engineering to sales
• Work closely with our customer success, marketing and sales teams on supporting existing customers, identifying common user problems and taking the solutions you define to market
• Understand DevOps and Application security practitioners, often being able to directly relate to and understand use cases
• Feature prioritization and trade off decision making

Your experience should include:

• Minimum 7 years in product management with 5 years leading high performance product management teams
• Experience in managing group of product managers and designers
• Minimum 3 years in product management domain expertise in application security/cloud security vendors required
• A track record of delivering customer acquisition growth and optimization across key metrics
• Inherent passion for cybersecurity and solving problems
• Strong go to market and business analysis skills
• Drive to design new, innovative and disruptive solutions
• Strong desire to take ownership of new technology products and their full life cycle
• Articulate and effective communication skills, both in writing and verbally
• Team player with a can do approach
• BS/MS in Computer Science, Other engineering/technical degree or equivalent military experience required
• AI Experience - an advantage

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.