Senior Product Manager - AI-Driven Network Security

Palo Alto Networks, Inc.; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 153,000 - 248,000; Full time

Job summary

Palo Alto Networks, Inc. in Santa Clara seeks a Senior Product Manager to define and launch network security services, owning the vision and roadmap from concept to market launch on our platform.

You will work closely with engineering and security research to ideate, prototype, and test innovative product concepts and attack simulations, building defenses against evolving adversary tradecraft.

Qualifications

• BS/MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Cybersecurity, related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8+ years of combined experience in technical product management, security engineering, or offensive security.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in product management specifically for security products.
• Proven track record taking a new security product from conceptualization through launch and customer adoption.
• In-depth knowledge of cyber attacks, adversary tradecraft, and emerging automated attack behaviors.
• Hands‑on experience with internet attack surface discovery, IPS/IDS, network deception, and evasion techniques.
• Solid understanding of how modern AI and LLMs are used by adversaries and defenders.
• Strong ability to engage engineering technically, challenging assumptions and testing prototypes.
• Demonstrated experience working directly with enterprise security customers, from practitioners to CISOs.
• Strong bias to action with the ability to set direction and drive results without a predefined plan.

Responsibilities

• Define next generation network security services to stop agentic and automated attackers across platforms.
• Bootstrap new products from the ground up, validating problems and driving solutions to general availability.
• Own the product vision, strategy, roadmap, and execution plan through launch and adoption.
• Partner hands‑on with engineering and threat researchers to ideate, prototype, and validate product concepts.
• Track the evolving threat landscape and translate emerging attack behaviors into actionable product requirements.
• Shape the application of AI in products by understanding adversary LLM usage and defensive countermeasures.
• Engage enterprise security practitioners and CISOs to uncover problems and inform product decisions.
• Collaborate with go‑to‑market teams on positioning, pricing, and launch as a domain expert.
• Leverage telemetry, threat data, and usage metrics to guide prioritization and continuously improve products.

Skills

8+ years PM security

Security product PM

AI/LLM awareness

Technical engagement

Threat research collaboration

Go-to-market collaboration

Delivery ownership

Customer-facing empathy

Education

BS/MS in CS/Engineering/Cybersecurity

Tools

IPS/IDS

Network security concepts

Job description

Palo Alto Networks, Inc. in Santa Clara seeks a Senior Product Manager to define and launch network security services, owning the vision and roadmap from concept to market launch on our platform.

You will work closely with engineering and security research to ideate, prototype, and test innovative product concepts and attack simulations, building defenses against evolving adversary tradecraft.