Director, Product Management (Cortex)

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

As the Director of Product Management for Cortex Cloud, you will lead the strategic migration of customers from Prisma Cloud to Palo Alto Networks' next-generation CNAPP platform. You will own the product vision, roadmap, and execution for customer migration, ensuring feature parity, improved outcomes, and seamless onboarding. This pivotal role sits at the intersection of product strategy, customer experience, engineering execution, and go-to-market alignment, driving a critical company priority for the future of cloud security.Key Responsibilities Develop and own the end-to-end product strategy and roadmap for migrating customers from Prisma Cloud to Cortex Cloud.Design seamless, customer-centric migration workflows and onboarding experiences that ensure feature parity and deliver clear value uplift.Serve as the single-threaded owner for migration outcomes, driving accountability and ensuring long-term customer success and retention.Collaborate proactively with Engineering, Customer Experience, and Go-To-Market teams to ensure alignment and successful execution of the migration strategy.Partner with Customer Success, Marketing, and Sales to support existing customers, identify common user challenges, and effectively launch new migration solutions.Define and analyze key metrics to track the success of migration initiatives, making data-driven decisions to optimize the customer experience and business outcomes.Act as the primary product evangelist for the migration program, articulating the vision and value proposition to internal stakeholders, customers, and partners.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of product management experience in a technology company.
• Minimum 3 years of product management domain expertise in cloud security (e.g., CNAPP, CSPM, CWPP) from a cloud security vendor.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, a related technical field, or equivalent military experience.
• Demonstrated track record of delivering customer growth, retention, and optimization across key business metrics.
• Proven experience leading large-scale, cross-functional strategic initiatives from concept to launch.

• Experience with customer migration or platform transition projects.
• Strong go-to-market and business analysis skills with experience in a fast-paced environment.
• Direct experience with AI/ML-driven products or platforms.
• A strong passion for cybersecurity and a problem-solving mindset that challenges the status quo.