Sr Manager, Product Management (Cortex XDR)

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.

• Lead & Mentor: Manage and scale a high-impact team, providing strategic product direction to your Product Manager and technical/go-to-market guidance to your Technical Marketing Engineer.
• Own the Cortex Ecosystem: Define the vision and roadmap for our 1st and 3rd-party connector strategy, ensuring flawless data ingestion, integrity, and depth across the platform.
• Supercharge Automation & Content: Drive the lifecycle of high-value platform content-including automated playbooks, integration packs, and streamlined onboarding workflows that turn complex security data into immediate value.
• Scale the Marketplace: Treat our Marketplace as a strategic product lever, maximizing the velocity, quality, and adoption of community and partner integrations.
• Drive Platform-Wide Synergy: Act as a central bridge, collaborating closely with Engineering, Security Research, and peer PMs across XSIAM and Cortex modules (XDR, Cortex Cloud, Exposure Management) to deliver a unified, elite security experience.

• Proven Leader: At least 5 years of Product Management experience, including a minimum of 2 years successfully managing and coaching team members (PMs, TMEs, or closely related technical roles).
• Cybersecurity Native: A solid background in cybersecurity from at least one of your previous positions.

• Domain Expertise: Hands-on experience in SOAR (Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response) or SIEM environments, with a strong preference for product management experience in these areas. You know what makes an automated playbook effective and why seamless integration matters.
• Integration Champion: A proven track record of managing complex 3rd-party integrations, navigating external vendor/partner ecosystems, and building developer-friendly APIs.
• SecOps & Workflow Knowledge: A deep understanding of SecOps workflows and how security analysts operate daily.
• Ecosystem Thinker: You look at platforms holistically and understand how to bridge the gap between core product strategy (PM) and technical enablement, validation, and content creation (TME).