Palo Alto Senior Director Product Management Cortex Cloud 

United States, California 

601240113

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

Your Career

As the Product leader for our Cortex Cloud portfolio, you will own the end‑to‑end product vision for Palo Alto Networks’ unified cloud‑security platform. You’ll shape multi‑year strategy, define bold roadmaps, and translate customer and market insights into differentiated capabilities that protect applications across code, cloud, and runtime. Your success will be measured by product adoption, revenue growth, and the thought leadership that cements Cortex Cloud as the partner of choice for CISOs and DevOps teams worldwide.

To excel, you’ll combine deep cybersecurity expertise—particularly in cloud infrastructure, CNAPP, and SecOps workflows—with sharp business acumen. You will balance big‑bet investments and day‑to‑day execution, craft compelling positioning and pricing, and establish clear metrics that tie product strategy to company goals. Your analytical, data‑driven approach will help prioritize features, guide resource allocation, and ensure we deliver measurable value to our customers.

Your Impact

• Lead the product vision, roadmap, and execution for core CNAPP capabilities.
• Champion customer-centric innovation by deeply understanding user needs and evolving threats across cloud (public, private and hybrid) environments
• Drive product lifecycle ownership from ideation through launch and growth, working closely with other product teams and engineering teams across the U.S. and Israel
• Lead pricing and packaging discussions to align with go-to-market strategies for new offerings, partnering with business units and field teams
• Define differentiated positioning and represent the product externally with customers, analysts, and the broader industry
• Collaborate with GTM, marketing, sales, and customer success to drive product adoption, create compelling enablement materials, and influence pipeline generation
• Establish and monitor key success metrics across product usage, business impact, and customer outcomes
• Build, lead and mentor a team of seasoned product managers; grow the next generation of product leaders
• Help shape and influence cross-product strategy, platform integrations, and future direction of Cortex

Your Experience

• BS/MS or equivalent experience or equivalent military experience required
• Strong desire to take ownership of the full product lifecycle
• 10+ years in product management with at least 3 years in a lead/management role
• 5+ years in Cloud Posture or Security product space
• An analytical decision-maker, with the demonstrated ability to diagnose business problems and drive issues to completion
• Strong verbal and written communication skills to C-level executives at Palo Alto Networks and with external partners and customers
• Ability to distill complex and ambiguous situations into impactful plans for your team
• Flexible leadership style and demonstrated experience working with senior product leadership to help define, distill and communicate a marketplace strategy
• Proven ability to collaborate with other Product Groups and thrive in multi-module platforms.
• Experience building and leading senior product management teams

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 $253,000 - $346,500/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.