Principal UX Designer

Jobs Paloaltonetworks; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 138,000 - 222,000; Full time

Job summary

Palo Alto Networks is seeking a Senior Product Designer for Strata Cloud Manager to craft intuitive, cohesive, and secure enterprise experiences. You will lead design for complex cybersecurity workflows, collaborating with product, engineering, and PM leadership to push the boundaries of the platform and AI-powered design.

You will translate user insights into wireframes and prototypes, contribute to a scalable design system, and mentor other designers while ensuring usability in a complex

Qualifications

• Understand user-centered design methodologies and advocate for users.
• Maintain strong attention to visual details and aesthetics.
• Balance business needs with user needs in design decisions.
• Excel at time management in fast-paced environments.
• Grow through feedback and iteration.
• Foster collaboration across teams to improve design outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end product design for Strata Cloud Manager and complex workflows.
• Drive UX strategy with product, engineering, and PM leadership.
• Translate user insights into wireframes, prototypes, and polished UI designs.
• Contribute to and evolve a scalable design system across the product ecosystem.
• Mentor other designers and provide guidance on craft and process.
• Facilitate cross-functional workshops to map user journeys and concepts.
• Conduct usability testing and user research to inform direction.
• Champion customer-centric decisions prioritizing clarity and security.

Skills

User-centered design

Aesthetic design

Empathy for users

Time management

Growth mindset

Feedback culture

Education

Bachelors in Design or HCI

Tools

Figma

UI prototyping tools

Job description

Our Mission

At Palo Alto Networks® we’re united by a shared mission—to protect our digital way of life. We thrive at the intersection of innovation and impact, solving real-world problems with cutting‑edge technology and bold thinking. Here, everyone has a voice, and every idea counts. If you’re ready to do the most meaningful work of your career alongside people who are just as passionate as you are, you’re in the right place.

Who We Are

In order to be the cybersecurity partner of choice, we must trailblaze the path and shape the future of our industry. This is something our employees work at each day and is defined by our values: Disruption, Collaboration, Execution, Integrity, and Inclusion. We weave AI into the fabric of everything we do and use it to augment the impact every individual can have. If you are passionate about solving real‑world problems and ideating beside the best and the brightest, we invite you to join us!

We believe collaboration thrives in person. That’s why most of our teams work from the office full time, with flexibility when it’s needed. This model supports real‑time problem‑solving, stronger relationships, and the kind of precision that drives great outcomes.

Job Summary

Your Career

As a Senior Product Designer, you will play a pivotal role in crafting intuitive, powerful, cohesive, and simple product experiences for Strata Cloud Manager. You would join a team of like-minded people pushing the boundaries of enterprise applications that tackle real problems in the cybersecurity space with AI. You will use your enthusiasm to drive the design processes, craft delightful and cohesive experiences, and work with team leaders to push the creative boundaries of the platform, enabling our customers to securely operate in a digital‑first world.

Your Impact

• Lead end‑to‑end product design for complex cybersecurity workflows platform integrations.


• Drive UX strategy in partnership with Product, Engineering, and PM leadership, ensuring design decisions align with business goals, customer needs, and platform standards.


• Translate deep user insights into highly functional interaction models, wireframes, prototypes, and polished UI designs.


• Champion consistency across the NetSec product ecosystem by contributing to and advancing our design system.


• Mentor and elevate other designers, providing thought leadership, critique, and guidance on craft, process, and strategic design thinking.


• Facilitate workshops with cross‑functional teams to define user journeys, evaluate concepts, and clarify ambiguous problem spaces.


• Drive measurable outcomes through usability testing, experimentation, and user research — using data to influence product direction.


• Advocate for the customer, ensuring every design decision prioritizes clarity, security, and ease‑of‑use in a complex technical domain.

Qualifications

• Understand user‑centered design methodologies, have strong empathy for the users, and are committed to be their fierce advocate


• Have an extraordinary aesthetic sense for beautiful designs and pay attention to all the details


• Maintain constant curiosity on business aspects of the products, and utilize the knowledge to distill complex needs into elegant designs


• Strong time‑management skills; must be able to work in a fast‑paced environment


• Understand how the north star design concepts get broken down into iterative sprints


• Have a growth mindset and willingness to fail fast and learn


• Constantly seeks feedback to improve; Focussed on solving issues,


• Possess humility and maturity; welcome candid feedback and are able to give constructive feedback as well


• Deliver with industry‑standard design tools: e.g. Figma


• Have knowledge of and experience with working with UI teams using modern extended front‑end web technologies


• Own a design portfolio showcasing your excellent design work


• Have a college degree in design, human computer interaction, or related fields


• Have at least 4+ years of experience

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/com‑missioned roles) is expected to be the annual range listed below. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here.

$137,500.00 - $222,375.00/yr

Our Commitment

We’re trailblazers that dream big, take risks, and challenge cybersecurity’s status quo. It’s simple: we can’t accomplish our mission without diverse teams innovating, together.

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for all qualified individuals with a disability. If you require assistance or accommodation due to a disability or special need, please contact us at [e-mail].

Palo Alto Networks is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity in our workplace, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation or other legally protected characteristics.

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

Is role eligible for Immigration Sponsorship?: Yes