Senior Product Manager, Strata Cloud Manager Data Platform

Palo Alto Networks; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Palo Alto Networks seeks a Senior Product Manager for the Strata Cloud Manager Data Platform to lead the Strata Logging Service. You will shape the strategy, roadmap, and lifecycle, partnering with engineering, customers, and field teams to scale a cloud-based data platform.

You will own priorities around ingestion, processing, storage, forwarding, reliability, and platform scale while driving analytics and automation across the network security portfolio.

Qualifications

• 10 years of product management experience.
• Experience with technical, platform, or enterprise software products.
• Experience in networking, network management, network security, or next-generation firewalls.
• Experience with cloud services, SaaS platforms, or distributed systems.
• Experience with logging, telemetry, data ingestion, processing, storage, forwarding, or large-scale data platforms.
• Experience owning product strategy and roadmap.
• Experience partnering closely with engineering.

Responsibilities

• Own the Strata Logging Service roadmap.
• Define product strategy and priorities.
• Drive data ingestion and processing capabilities.
• Shape storage and forwarding experiences.
• Improve platform scalability and reliability.
• Optimize cloud performance and cost.
• Advance AI-driven analytics and automation.
• Partner closely with engineering.
• Gather customer and field insights.
• Translate needs into product requirements.
• Define product KPIs and success metrics.
• Support launches, adoption, and field enablement.
• Help evolve logging into a platform for operational insight and automation.

Skills

Product management

Roadmap ownership

Data platforms

Cloud services

Distributed systems

Networking knowledge

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Stakeholder collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Help shape the data platform powering visibility across network security.

Lead the product direction for Strata Logging Service, from data ingestion and processing to scale, reliability, and analytics.

Palo Alto Networks is seeking a Senior Product Manager, Strata Cloud Manager Data Platform to help lead the evolution of Strata Logging Service and the data platform capabilities that support our Network Security portfolio.

This role will focus on scaling a cloud-based platform that supports rapidly growing customer demand and data volumes across ingestion, processing, storage, forwarding, reliability, performance, and platform scale.

You’ll own the strategy, roadmap, and product lifecycle while partnering closely with engineering, customers, field teams, product marketing, and other Network Security product teams.

Your Impact

• Own the Strata Logging Service roadmap
• Define product strategy and priorities
• Drive data ingestion and processing capabilities
• Shape storage and forwarding experiences
• Improve platform scalability and reliability
• Optimize cloud performance and cost
• Advance AI-driven analytics and automation
• Partner closely with engineering
• Gather customer and field insights
• Translate needs into product requirements
• Define product KPIs and success metrics
• Support launches, adoption, and field enablement
• Help evolve logging into a platform for operational insight and automation

Your Experience

• 10 years of product management experience
• Experience with technical, platform, or enterprise software products
• Experience in networking, network management, network security, or next-generation firewalls
• Experience with cloud services, SaaS platforms, or distributed systems
• Experience with logging, telemetry, data ingestion, processing, storage, forwarding, or large-scale data platforms
• Experience owning product strategy and roadmap
• Experience partnering closely with engineering
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to translate complex technical needs into clear product direction
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Large-scale logging or observability platforms
• High-volume cloud services and distributed systems
• Cloud scalability, reliability, and performance
• Network or security device lifecycle experience
• Security operations or network operations experience
• AI-enabled analytics or automation
• Enterprise customer experience
• Product launch and adoption experience
• Sales engineering, technical marketing, or support partnership