Principal AI Data Security Product Lead

Palo Alto Networks, Inc.; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 177,000 - 286,000; Full time

Job summary

Palo Alto Networks, Inc. is seeking a Principal Product Manager to lead data security for AI traffic and to partner with the Prisma AIRS team in building an AI runtime security platform.

You will define and own the data protection engine for modern AI applications, ensuring governance across prompts, responses, and agent tool calls. This highly technical role requires owning the product lifecycle, prioritizing features, and working closely with engineering to translate insights into actionable

Qualifications

• BS or MS in Computer Science or a related engineering/technical degree.
• 8+ years of experience in highly technical roles in product management, development, or enterprise services.
• Strong domain expertise in data security, including DLP, data classification, DSPM, CASB, or data governance.
• Working knowledge of modern AI application architectures, LLM APIs, RAG, vector databases, and agent frameworks.
• Familiarity with the AI security threat landscape and frameworks like OWASP for LLM, MITRE ATLAS, and NIST AI RMF.
• Experience partnering with product and engineering teams to deliver shared customer outcomes.
• Ability to quantitatively evaluate detection systems, balancing false positive costs with latency budgets.
• Demonstrable track record of success with a strong desire to own the full product lifecycle.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, presentation skills, and a hands-on approach to new technologies.

Responsibilities

• Own data security for AI traffic, including detection coverage, accuracy, and integration with Prisma AIRS.
• Ensure high detection quality for AI content types like prompts, responses, retrieved context, and tool calls.
• Prioritize features and make trade-off decisions balancing detection coverage, false positives, and latency budgets.
• Drive market analysis, requirements development, business cases, product strategy, and positioning.
• Engage customers for executive briefings, product evangelism, and gathering technical requirements.
• Collaborate effectively across the organization, partnering deeply with engineering, sales, and cross-functional teams.

Skills

PM experience 8+ years

Data security

AI/LLM architectures

DLP/DSPM

RAG/vector DBs

OWASP/NIST RMF

Communication

Cross-functional leadership

Education

BS/MS CS or related

Tools

LLM APIs

Vector databases

Agent frameworks

Job description

Palo Alto Networks, Inc. is seeking a Principal Product Manager to lead data security for AI traffic and to partner with the Prisma AIRS team in building an AI runtime security platform.

You will define and own the data protection engine for modern AI applications, ensuring governance across prompts, responses, and agent tool calls. This highly technical role requires owning the product lifecycle, prioritizing features, and working closely with engineering to translate insights into actionable