Sr. Director of Product Management - (AI Security Platform) Santa Clara, California, United States

Our Mission

At Palo Alto Networks®, we’re united by a shared mission—to protect our digital way of life. We thrive at the intersection of innovation and impact, solving real-world problems with cutting-edge technology and bold thinking. Here, everyone has a voice, and every idea counts. If you’re ready to do the most meaningful work of your career alongside people who are just as passionate as you are, you’re in the right place.

Who We Are

In order to be the cybersecurity partner of choice, we must trailblaze the path and shape the future of our industry. This is something our employees work at each day and is defined by our values: Disruption, Collaboration, Execution, Integrity, and Inclusion. We weave AI into the fabric of everything we do and use it to augment the impact every individual can have. If you are passionate about solving real-world problems and ideating beside the best and the brightest, we invite you to join us!

We believe collaboration thrives in person. That’s why most of our teams work from the office full time, with flexibility when it’s needed. This model supports real-time problem-solving, stronger relationships, and the kind of precision that drives great outcomes.

Job Summary

Your Career

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 Sr. Director of Product Management for Prisma AIRS - AI Security Platform, you will be responsible for building and scaling core AI threat detection services on our AI Security platform.

Our platforms represent the foundation of our network security, cloud, and AI security offerings, providing you with 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, and 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 or security teams, have delivered on product commitments in working closely with engineering and cross-functional leadership, and have successfully developed and articulated your vision, product strategy, and product plans to the company’s leadership.

Your Impact

• Lead the Product Management team for Prisma AIRS - AI Security Services by building best-in-class AI threat detection security modules that work together and provide the highest level of security to our customers.
• Collaborate with PM leadership to develop your vision, product strategy, product roadmap, and technology requirements as part of market and customer requirements
• Work cross functionally with the NGFW, Cloud-Delivered Shared Services, Strata Cloud Manager, and AI Security teams to deliver on the vision of “platformization” strategy
• Develop, manage & communicate product roadmap to customers, prospects, and all key internal stakeholders
• Collaborate with engineering to solve problems and deliver high-quality products
• Engage with the product marketing team and help them develop compelling messaging, impactful sales tools, and marketing content to support sales and field marketing teams
• Work with NPI, certification, professional services, support, education team and ensure your products get coverage by these cross-functional teams
• Drive product pricing and go-to-market decisions

Qualifications

Your Experience

• BS/MS or equivalent experience or equivalent military experience required
• MBA preferred
• Strong desire to take ownership of the full product lifecycle
• 12+ years in product or security organizations with at least 5 years in a lead/management role
• Experience with “AI for Security” and “Security for AI” is highly desirable.
• Experience with cloud, networking, security, and AI enterprise products/platforms is required
• Experience with network and AI security is a must.
• 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 Disclosure

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/com-missioned roles) is expected to be the annual range listed below. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here.

$267,800.00 - $367,500.00/yr

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 View email address on click.appcast.io.

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.

Is role eligible for Immigration Sponsorship? No. Please note that we will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position.