Palo Alto Sr Product Manager PAN-OS Lifecycle Management 

United States, California 

708691445

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

Your Impact

• Lead PAN-OS Lifecycle Management: Own the end-to-end lifecycle, including upgrade management, version adoption, and quality metrics. Drive our North Star metric to provide best-in-class coverage for the applications customers rely on most.

• Transform the Upgrade and Patching Experience: Collaborate with engineering and our management software teams (Panorama, Strata Cloud Manager) to streamline and automate lifecycle management. Develop and implement proactive strategies to ensure upgrades are seamless, predictable, and non-disruptive, reducing customer-found defects and upgrade-related issues.

• Optimize Product Reliability & Security: Work closely with cross-functional teams to enhance product quality and security. Your initiatives will directly reduce customer-found defect rates, accelerate patching, and drive down high/critical CVEs, giving customers the confidence to operate without worry.

• Enhance Operational Experience & Support: Develop strategies to improve the day-to-day operational experience of managing PAN-OS. Partner with customer success and field teams to implement a "shift-left" approach, providing customers with tools and insights that empower them to maintain a healthy fleet and resolve issues faster.

• Drive Strategic Growth: Analyze customer deployment insights and telemetry data to inform product decisions and accelerate feature adoption. Your work will enable a continuously successful upgrade path, ultimately driving higher customer retention, growing our core network security business, and influencing the adoption of emerging technologies like GenAI.

Your Experience

• 5+ years of experience in a technical role such as software development, release management, device management or quality assurance. Experience in product management is a plus.

• Technical Acumen:

  • Strong, hands-on operational experience with managing large network appliance systems or enterprise-scale software upgrades.

  • Experience in security or firewall technology is highly desirable, with a strong understanding of PAN-OS NGFW firewalls being a significant advantage.

  • A strong understanding of Linux-based systems and network concepts.

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or Computer Engineering is preferred, or equivalent experience.

• Communication & Collaboration: Strong communication skills with the ability to interface effectively across engineering, field teams, and external customers. A proven track record of influencing cross-functional outcomes.

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 $144,000/YR - $233,000/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.