Sr Product Marketing Manager, Prisma SD-WAN

Palo Alto Networks; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 206,000 - 252,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in cybersecurity is seeking a Sr. Product Marketing Manager to shape the future of digital security. In this pivotal role, you will plan and execute marketing strategies for the Prisma SD-WAN product, collaborating with diverse stakeholders to understand market needs and drive innovative solutions. Your expertise will empower you to create compelling content and enable sales teams, ensuring the company's leadership in the SD-WAN space. This is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact in a rapidly evolving industry while working in a collaborative and supportive environment.

Benefits

FLEXBenefits wellbeing spending account

Mental health resources

Financial health resources

Personalized learning opportunities

Employee benefits

Qualifications

• 5+ years in cybersecurity, ideally in SD-WAN or network security.
• 3+ years of product marketing experience required.

Responsibilities

• Establish unique value proposition and messaging for product line.
• Author compelling content in various formats including web and social media.

Skills

Cybersecurity

Product Marketing

Communication Skills

Collaboration

Creative Thinking

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

Our Mission

At Palo Alto Networks everything starts and ends with our mission:

Being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life.

Our vision is a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before. We are a company built on the foundation of challenging and disrupting the way things are done, and we’re looking for innovators who are as committed to shaping the future of cybersecurity as we are.

Who We Are

We take our mission of protecting the digital way of life seriously. We are relentless in protecting our customers and we believe that the unique ideas of every member of our team contributes to our collective success. Our values were crowdsourced by employees and are brought to life through each of us every day - from disruptive innovation and collaboration, to execution. From showing up for each other with integrity to creating an environment where we all feel included.

As a member of our team, you will be shaping the future of cybersecurity. We work fast, value ongoing learning, and we respect each employee as a unique individual. Knowing we all have different needs, our development and personal wellbeing programs are designed to give you choice in how you are supported. This includes our FLEXBenefits wellbeing spending account with over 1,000 eligible items selected by employees, our mental and financial health resources, and our personalized learning opportunities - just to name a few!

At Palo Alto Networks, we believe in the power of collaboration and value in-person interactions. This is why our employees generally work full time from our office with flexibility offered where needed. This setup fosters casual conversations, problem-solving, and trusted relationships. Our goal is to create an environment where we all win with precision.

Your Career

As a Sr. Product Marketing Manager at Palo Alto Networks, you will play a key role in planning and executing the product marketing strategy for the Prisma SD-WAN product within our Prisma SASE portfolio.

You will work closely with marketing, product management, industry analysts, sales, customers, and technology partners, to deeply understand our target audience, their key security issues, and the competitive landscape. This knowledge will empower you to define our unique value proposition then drive messaging, content creation, thought leadership, sales enablement, and competitive analysis for the product line that you are responsible for.

Working closely with key stakeholders to develop and execute your strategy, your success will drive innovation and establish Palo Alto Networks as the clear leader in SD-WAN.

Your Impact

1. Establish the unique value proposition and messaging for your product line, with a clear understanding of the target markets and buyer personas.
2. Author compelling, high-quality content, both at a business and a technical level, in a variety of formats including print, web, social media, and video.
3. Launch products and collaborate with field teams to execute marketing campaigns to deliver on awareness and pipeline targets.
4. Enable the sales and channel teams to understand, present and become subject matter experts in SD-WAN.
5. Effectively work at building and executing plans that cross different functional groups, including product management, GTM, sales, and cross-functional marketing teams.
6. Represent the company in customer engagements and at events, to evangelize our point of view and be recognized as an expert in your industry.

Your Experience

1. 5+ years in cybersecurity, ideally in SD-WAN, SASE, or network security technologies.
2. 3+ years of product marketing experience.
3. Outstanding verbal and written communication skills.
4. Proven ability to collaborate with diverse stakeholders.
5. Creative thinker able to develop and deliver engaging presentations in a range of environments, from large internal teams to industry conferences and customer briefings.
6. Experience in cybersecurity or with network security technologies.
7. Bachelor’s degree or equivalent required.

The Team

Our Marketing team has an opportunity like no other industry: high impact work and the chance to change the future of digital security, globally. Your hands will be in industry-leading content created in the face of rapidly growing threats: cyberattacks. Being in marketing at Palo Alto Networks means that you will be in the midst of the changes impacting our industry, and helping our internal teams, customers, and partners address the ever-changing threats we all face on a day-to-day basis.

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/commissioned roles) is expected to be between $206,000 - 252,000/YR. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here (http://benefits.paloaltonetworks.com/).

Our Commitment

We’re problem solvers that 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.