Sr Technical Program Manager

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

This role is remote, but distance is no barrier to impact. Our hybrid teams collaborate across geographies to solve big problems, stay close to our customers, and grow together. You will be part of a culture that values trust, accountability, and shared success where your work truly matters.

Job Description

Your CareerPalo Alto Networks is seeking an experienced and highly motivated Sr. Technical Program Manager to join our exciting, fast growing company. This dynamic individual will be the liaison between Devops engineering group and others (SW, Product etc) with a focus on high quality, on-time successful releases. This role reports to Devops Director, Cortex productYou will be expected to be versed in the technical domains and be able to engage with an experienced cross-disciplinary staff . We are looking for someone with strong critical thinking and analytical skills, who is a self-starter, a great communicator and has demonstrated ability to build consensus at all levels, and is passionate about driving change in a dynamic fast-paced environment.Your ImpactWork closely with DevOps, SRE and platform engineering teams to orchestrate end-to-end delivery of complex infrastructure and product capabilities across multiple services and environments.Serve as the primary integration point between DevOps and development teams, ensuring smooth alignment on architecture, deployment models, CI/CD processes, reliability targets, and production readiness.Partner with product management to translate high-level requirements into technical execution plans, define realistic timelines, and track cross-team commitments.Maintain a system-level understanding of all moving parts: production change process, infra upgrades, migrations, capacity plans and rollout constraints.Identify and flag technical dependencies early, particularly those affecting infrastructure, deployment flows, monitoring, and scaling requirements.Drive and define change-management processes: release planning, rollout strategies, maintenance windows, gating criteria, risk assessments, observability readiness, and post-launch validations.Coordinate sprint plans, milestones, and execution cycles across DevOps and development organizations, ensuring teams deliver aligned increments that fit into broader program roadmaps.Provide regular communication to senior engineering leadership on execution status, blockers, architectural risks, and operational concerns.Work hand-in-hand with technical leads/architects to understand deep technical topics such as Kubernetes upgrades, multi-region deployments, data-store migrations, networking changes, or infra cost optimizations.