Senior Product Manager, AppSec & API Security

Palo Alto Networks, Inc.; Santa Clara (CA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

Palo Alto Networks, within the CDSS organization, seeks a Senior Product Manager to drive the AppSec strategy for protecting web applications and AI services. You will translate strategic vision into high‑quality capabilities, collaborating with Engineering, Threat Research, and UX to build robust defenses against threats and API risks.

You will own the product roadmap, guide agile cycles with cross‑functional teams, and work with customers to prioritize features from telemetry and threat

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in technical product management, software engineering, or application security.
• Deep technical understanding of modern web architectures, HTTP/HTTPS, microservices, and Kubernetes.
• Extensive knowledge of the application threat landscape, including OWASP Top 10 and API vulnerabilities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
• Strong team player with collaboration across distributed teams.

Responsibilities

• Drive day‑to‑day execution of the AppSec product roadmap and translate strategy into PRDs.
• Lead development of capabilities to detect and mitigate Layer 7 attacks and OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities.
• Champion features for visibility and control over API endpoints and defenses against malicious automation.
• Partner with engineering leads and scrum teams to manage agile cycles and ensure high‑quality feature delivery.
• Engage with customers and analyze cloud‑native deployments to inform feature prioritization.
• Monitor product telemetry and threat intelligence to optimize security rules and ML models.
• Support marketing teams in creating technical collateral and enablement materials for delivered features.

Skills

Product management

Agile methodology

Technical communication

Cross‑functional collaboration

Security knowledge

Education

BS/MS in Computer Science or related

Tools

Kubernetes

Job description

Palo Alto Networks, within the CDSS organization, seeks a Senior Product Manager to drive the AppSec strategy for protecting web applications and AI services. You will translate strategic vision into high‑quality capabilities, collaborating with Engineering, Threat Research, and UX to build robust defenses against threats and API risks.

You will own the product roadmap, guide agile cycles with cross‑functional teams, and work with customers to prioritize features from telemetry and threat