Sr. Product Manager (Cortex Platform)

Our Mission

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Who We Are

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Job Summary

Palo Alto Networks is seeking a Senior Product Manager for the Cortex Platform to drive the core components of its industry-leading cloud security portfolio including XSIAM XDR XSOAR AgentiX and Cortex Cloud.

In this role you will own the entire product lifecycle from understanding customer needs and defining product requirements (including prioritization and trade-offs) to partnering with global engineering teams to deliver impactful solutions. Youll lead cross-functional initiatives that address complex high-impact challenges such as scaling multi-tenancy for enterprise customers improving detection analytics and building the platform foundation that enables Agentic AI to autonomously defend global enterprises.

Youll collaborate closely with engineering research UX sales marketing and product enablement teams to deliver enterprise-grade cloud-scale capabilities while evangelizing the Cortex Platform to both internal and external stakeholders.

This is an opportunity to make a significant impact by helping secure some of the worlds most critical digital assets within one of the fastest-growing cybersecurity organizations.

At Palo Alto Networks were not just building products - were revolutionizing cybersecurity. As the Senior Product Manager for Cortex Platform youll lead our mission to secure the worlds digital transformation. If youre ready to lead the charge in revolutionizing cloud security we want to hear from you.

Why Cortex

• Market Leader - Join the fastest-growing cloud security platform trusted by many customers worldwide

• Innovative Culture - Work alongside some of the brightest minds in cybersecurity constantly pushing boundaries

• Massive Impact - Protect the worlds most critical digital assets and shape the future of cloud security

• Rapid Growth - Be part of a team thats scaling at an unprecedented rate with abundant opportunities for career advancement

Your Impact

The Cortex Platform team develops the foundation that power the entire Cortex product portfolio including XSIAM XDR AgentiX and Cortex Cloud.

As a Senior Product Manager you will:

• Own features throughout the entire product lifecycle-from customer discovery and feedback collection to prioritization requirement definition roadmap execution and successful delivery.

• Gather customer requirements and balance priorities through thoughtful product trade-offs.

• Write clear product requirements and work closely with engineering teams to deliver high-quality solutions.

• Collaborate across product engineering research UX and other cross-functional teams in a global organization.

• Deliver enterprise-grade highly reliable cloud-scale platform capabilities that customers trust.

• Partner with product enablement marketing and sales teams to evangelize the platform through product demos presentations and customer engagements.

• Lead cross-company initiatives that require alignment across multiple teams to build foundational platform capabilities.

• Solve complex technical and business problems that impact the broader Cortex ecosystem.

Qualifications

• 5 years of Product Management experience in SaaS cybersecurity products.

• Proven track record of delivering products and features from inception through production.

• Experience collaborating with highly technical engineering research and UX/UI teams.

• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.

• Ability to manage multiple products priorities projects and deadlines simultaneously.

• Self-driven learner who thrives in complex fast-paced environments.

• Strong team player with a proactive can-do attitude.

• Comfortable presenting to partners and enterprise customers.

Our Commitment

Were trailblazers that dream big take risks and challenge cybersecuritys status quo. Its simple: we cant accomplish our mission without diverse teams innovating together.

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