Director, Product Management (AI Runtime Security)

Director, Product Management (AI Runtime Security)

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.

Your impact includes:

• Leading the Product Management team for AI Runtime Security
• Collaborating with PM leadership to develop your vision, product strategy, product roadmap, and technology requirements as part of market and customer requirements
• Working cross functionally with the NGFW, Cloud-Delivered Shared Services, Strata Cloud Manager, and AI Security teams to deliver on the vision of "platformization" strategy
• Developing, managing & communicating product roadmap to customers, prospects, and all key internal stakeholders
• Collaborating with engineering to solve problems and deliver high-quality products
• Engaging with the product marketing team and helping them develop compelling messaging, impactful sales tools, and marketing content to support sales and field marketing teams
• Working with NPI, certification, professional services, support, education team and ensuring your products get coverage by these cross-functional teams
• Driving product pricing and go-to-market decisions

Your experience includes:

• 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

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 $231000 - $317000/YR. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here.

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.