Director, Product Management (Cortex)

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 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.

As the Director of Product Management for Cortex Cloud, you will lead the strategic migration of customers from Prisma Cloud to Palo Alto Networks' next-generation CNAPP platform. You will own the product vision, roadmap, and execution for customer migration, ensuring feature parity, improved outcomes, and seamless onboarding. This pivotal role sits at the intersection of product strategy, customer experience, engineering execution, and go-to-market alignment, driving a critical company priority for the future of cloud security.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and own the end-to-end product strategy and roadmap for migrating customers from Prisma Cloud to Cortex Cloud.
• Design seamless, customer-centric migration workflows and onboarding experiences that ensure feature parity and deliver clear value uplift.
• Serve as the single-threaded owner for migration outcomes, driving accountability and ensuring long-term customer success and retention.
• Collaborate proactively with Engineering, Customer Experience, and Go-To-Market teams to ensure alignment and successful execution of the migration strategy.
• Partner with Customer Success, Marketing, and Sales to support existing customers, identify common user challenges, and effectively launch new migration solutions.
• Define and analyze key metrics to track the success of migration initiatives, making data-driven decisions to optimize the customer experience and business outcomes.
• Act as the primary product evangelist for the migration program, articulating the vision and value proposition to internal stakeholders, customers, and partners.

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of product management experience in a technology company.
• Minimum 3 years of product management domain expertise in cloud security (e.g., CNAPP, CSPM, CWPP) from a cloud security vendor.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, a related technical field, or equivalent military experience.
• Demonstrated track record of delivering customer growth, retention, and optimization across key business metrics.
• Proven experience leading large-scale, cross-functional strategic initiatives from concept to launch.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with customer migration or platform transition projects.
• Strong go-to-market and business analysis skills with experience in a fast-paced environment.
• Direct experience with AI/ML-driven products or platforms.
• A strong passion for cybersecurity and a problem-solving mindset that challenges the status quo.

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 $238,300 - $327,025/YR The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here.

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  [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.

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