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Your Career

Palo Alto Networks is looking for a Sr. Project Manager to join the GCS Technical Services Strategy and Operations organization. You will be the operational engine behind our critical initiatives, driving projects from vague concepts to tangible deliverables. We are looking for a builder and a problem solver—someone who doesn't just manage a checklist, but leads with curiosity to understand the "why" behind every process and requirement.

In this role, you will bring operational rigor to a complex environment, bridging the gap between strategy and execution. You will own the lifecycle of key projects, ensuring that cross-functional teams are aligned, impediments are removed, and stakeholders are kept informed with clarity and transparency.

Your Impact

• Drive Action from Ambiguity: Take ownership of ill-defined problems or broad initiatives and structure them into executable project plans with clear scope, milestones, and dependencies.

• Lead with Curiosity: Proactively identify weak explanations or process gaps. You will not just document requirements but challenge assumptions, validate data, and interview stakeholders to ensure we are solving the root cause rather than the symptom.

• Operational Rigor: Establish and maintain the "rhythm of the business" for your projects. You will ensure meetings are effective, documentation is pristine, and action items are followed through to completion.

• Stakeholder Orchestration: Serve as the central hub for your projects, coordinating efforts across matrixed teams. You will collaborate with peers and leadership to ensure alignment on goals and timelines.

• Clear & Concise Communication: Translate complex operational updates into simple, narrative-driven status reports. You will be responsible for ensuring that no stakeholder is surprised by a risk or delay.

• Project Governance: Monitor project health using appropriate metrics and KPIs. You will be quick to identify risks and decisive in proposing mitigation plans.

• Continuous Improvement: Use your inquisitive nature to spot inefficiencies in how the Technical Services organization operates and propose practical solutions to streamline workflows.

Your Experience

• 5-8 years of project management experience, preferably within a professional services, customer success, or technical operations environment.

• Radical Ownership: A track record of taking full accountability for project outcomes. You function effectively as an Individual Contributor who can drive results through influence rather than authority.

• Curious Mindset: Demonstrated history of digging deeper than the surface level—asking the hard questions to clarify "gray areas" and ensuring distinct understanding among all parties.

• Navigating Ambiguity: Proven ability to remain calm and focused in a fast-paced environment where answers aren't always immediately clear; you are comfortable creating structure where none exists.

• Communication Excellence: Strong verbal and written communication skills. You can synthesize scattered information into a clear status update or process document.

• Operational Fluency: Experience with standard project management methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid) is helpful, but the ability to apply the right amount of process to the problem at hand is more important than specific frameworks or techniques.

• Collaboration: High emotional intelligence and the ability to build trust with diverse teams, including technical and non-technical stakeholders.

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 $99000 - $160500/YR. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found .

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life.

Your Career

The Professional Services Project Manager will lead services projects as part of the delivery cycle, including handling all deployment resources and ensuring that all deliverables are met and delivered on-time and under budget. You will drive customer deployment projects including program, process initiatives, as well as partner with IT on systems and infrastructure processes.

Your Impact

• Determine project partners and team structure/organization partners will include technical and business resources

• In conjunction with project partners, help ensure the definition of project scope, requirements, and deliverables

• Develop project timeline and landmarks using appropriate tools and techniques

• Build and execute project work plans and revise as appropriate to meet changing needs and requirements

• Identify resources needed and assign individual responsibilities and tasks

• Run day-to-day operational aspects of a project and scope

• Work on services operational projects that target new services IP delivery, partner communications, scheduling, etc.

• Review deliverables prepared by team before passing to client

• Effectively apply Palo Alto Networks Project Management methodology and implement project standards

• Minimize our exposure and risk on all projects

• Ensure project documents are complete, current, and stored appropriately

• Track and report team hours and expenses on a weekly basis

• Provide Executive Dashboards on overall project/project status

• Mentor project managers and project coordinators

Your Experience

• BS in Computer Science, MIS, Business, or equivalent education/training/experience

• 8+ years of related work experience or leading complex projects desired

• Analyze project profitability, revenue, margins, bill rates, and utilization

• Strong proficiency with project management software, such as Microsoft Project, Asana and SmartSheets

• Good presentation skills including written, oral, presentation

• Good organizational skills including tool utilization (spreadsheets, project management tools, mind maps), information collection, attention to detail, and prioritization

• Strong interpersonal skills including appreciation and the ability to elicit collaboration from a wide variety of sources, including upper management, clients, and other departments

• Flexible to shifting priorities, demands, and timelines; able to promptly and expertly react to project adjustments and alterations

• Experience managing large scale (Global) deployments with multiple projects, teams and resources

• Project Management Institute PMP(r) certification or equivalent a plus

• Experience with Google’s G Suite (Drive, Docs, Sheets, and Slides) is a plus

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 $98,000 - $123,000/YR. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found .

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

The Impact You’ll Make in this Role

As a
Lead Design Operations Project Manager , you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative people around the world. Here, you will make an impact by:

• Focus on leading a diverse array of projects from simple to highly complex global packaging artwork through production art, approvals and through printing.
• Ability to lead creative / design and adaptation projects if needed.
• Drive global artwork consistency and design content accuracy within brand guidelines, while effectively managing details and proof-reading artwork.
• Understand packaging artwork requirements, including working with die lines, net contents, regulatory and warning texts, color and printing methods.
• Collaborate across many functions/disciplines within 3M (marketing, manufacturing, packaging engineering, regulatory, etc.) and with external agencies and printing companies.
• Strong problem solving and collaboration skills, keeping projects on brand, budget and on time.
• Manage project estimates, budget and timelines with internal and external partners.
• Strong knowledge of consumer brand design methodologies, including managing large global packaging redesigns from concept through production art to print.
• Adapt and work well with defined approaches, systems, best practices and processes.
• Ability to learn and adapt to new systems and processes as needed.
• Build and maintain relationships with key internal and external agency partners.

Your Skills and Expertise

To set you up for success in this role from day one, 3M requires (at a minimum) the following qualifications:

• High school diploma/ GED equivalent (completed and verified prior to start)
• Ten (10) years combined working experience in project management for packaging on production art within corporate, creative, agency and /or printing industry in a private, public, government or military environment
• Ten (10) years of experience in consumer packaging industry.
• Ten (10) years of experience in packaging artwork production with strong graphic design acumen.

Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include:

• In-depth packaging design knowledge and experience with print production.
• Knowledge of packaging regulation and uniform packaging laws is important.
• Knowledge of consumer goods packaging industry.
• Experience in consumer healthcare industry.
• Understanding of current print and pre-press industry processes (offset, flexo, digital,
  gravure, etc.).
• Working knowledge of review tools, project management software, and Power BI applications.
• Ability to manage high volumes, shifting priorities, and tight timelines.
• Strong skills in communication, collaboration, time management and attention to detail, combined with a strategic approach.

Work location:

• This role follows an on-site working model, requiring the employee to work at least four days a week at the 3M Center in Maplewood, MN.

Please note: your application may not be considered if you do not provide your education and work history, either by: 1) uploading a resume, or 2) entering the information into the application fields directly.

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