Our Mission

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.

Who We Are

We take our mission of protecting the digital way of life seriously. We are relentless in protecting our customers and we believe that the unique ideas of every member of our team contributes to our collective success. Our values were crowdsourced by employees and are brought to life through each of us everyday - from disruptive innovation and collaboration, to execution. From showing up for each other with integrity to creating an environment where we all feel included.

As a member of our team, you will be shaping the future of cybersecurity. We work fast, value ongoing learning, and we respect each employee as a unique individual. Knowing we all have different needs, our development and personal wellbeing programs are designed to give you choice in how you are supported. This includes our FLEXBenefits wellbeing spending account with over 1,000 eligible items selected by employees, our mental and financial health resources, and our personalized learning opportunities - just to name a few!

At Palo Alto Networks, we believe in the power of collaboration and value in-person interactions. This is why our employees generally work full time from our office with flexibility offered where needed. This setup fosters casual conversations, problem-solving, and trusted relationships. Our goal is to create an environment where we all win with precision.

Your Career

Our Information Security team is looking for an experienced Technical Program Manager to drive the organization and execution of information security initiatives. The successful candidate will thrive in a fast-paced environment where energy, drive, and a collaborative approach are key to success.

Your Impact

• Provide the program management for enterprise deployment of Information Security and Product Security programs and projects

• Drive planning, execution, and delivery of large cross-functional initiatives

• Manage and maintain team backlogs and drive effective prioritization

• Good understanding on release life cycle processes and able to drive best practices, metrics and high quality standards with delivery team

• Work with Product and Engineering stakeholders to identify & manage program/project dependencies & come up with an execution plan

• Provide clear, concise, transparent, and insightful status reporting to the team, executives, and a diverse set of stakeholders

• Drive efforts to resolve key project conflicts and establish appropriate resolution paths

• Create a collaborative work environment that fosters autonomy, transparency, mastery, innovation and learning

• Understand the systems in their program space, the limitations, scaling factors, boundary conditions, and reasons behind architectural decisions

Your Experience

• A minimum of 5+ years relevant experience in an enterprise IT, product security or information security environment with an emphasis on technical program management and development.

• Strong technical acumen and ability to actively participate and contribute to technical design discussions, preferably in the Security Domain

• Experience with agile/iterative development and program management methodologies

• Experienced in driving large cross-functional programs and projects

• Excellent communication, organization, and influence skills

• Ability to resolve conflicts and drive issues to resolution and escalate when necessary

• Understands and thrives in a dynamic environment; remains flexible and calm in the face of uncertainty

• An expert in communicating and collaborating with cross-functional team members to achieve goals; contributes positively to the team and organization

• Self-motivated and proactive with demonstrated creative and critical thinking capabilities

• Proficient with applications, tools, and methodologies used to organize, manage, report progress, and deliver programs and projects

• Self-starter who enjoys problem-solving with little direct supervision- Ability to learn quickly and just in time

Education

• Bachelor's degree from four-year college or university; or equivalent training, education, and experience in information / cyber security, computer systems, IT, etc.

The Team

Think about it, security for an information security company. Working at a high-tech cybersecurity company within the Information Security team is a once in a lifetime opportunity. You’ll be joined with the brightest minds in technology, our global teams on the front line of defense against cyberattacks. We’re joined by one mission – but driven by the impact of that mission and what it means to protect our way of life in the digital age. Join a dynamic and fast-paced team that feels excitement at the prospect of a challenge and feels a thrill at resolving security gaps that inhibit our privacy.

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/commissioned roles) is expected to be between $120000 - $193500/YR. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here (http://benefits.paloaltonetworks.com/) .

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Our Commitment

We’re problem solvers that 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.