Principal Product Manager (AI Runtime Security)

Job Summary

As a Principal Product Manager for AI Runtime Security, you will join a world-class team to tackle complex security challenges. You will be instrumental in conceptualizing and building innovative, AI/ML-powered security solutions for private and public clouds, directly shaping the future of cloud security and collaborating with internal teams to solve challenging problems.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and manage the product requirements backlog for AI-powered runtime security features, ensuring alignment with strategic goals.

• Collaborate proactively with engineering and DevOps teams to deliver cutting-edge cloud security solutions on a SaaS platform.

• Lead design partner programs to validate new product ideas and gather direct customer feedback, challenging assumptions curiously and positively.

• Analyze and stay ahead of the latest market trends in cloud security, AI/ML, and the competitive landscape to inform product strategy.

• Work closely with other product teams to create integrated solutions with a unique customer value proposition, ensuring alignment across the organization.

• Enable sales and marketing teams by providing deep market insights and comprehensive product training.

• Partner with customer success and field organizations to ensure customer delight and successful product adoption.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• BS/MS in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science, or equivalent military experience.

• 5-7+ years of product management experience, specifically with SaaS products.

• Demonstrable domain experience in cybersecurity.

• Strong domain experience with public cloud technologies such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.

Preferred Qualifications

• Domain knowledge of AI/ML technologies and their application in security.

• Experience managing products that process big data and prioritize exceptional UX design.

• Proven experience driving high-velocity product releases using Agile methodologies in a hyper-growth market.

• Experience making product decisions based on imperfect market data and ambiguous information.

Additional Information

The Team

Product Management or PDM - To stay ahead of the curve, it’s critical to know where the curve is and how to anticipate the changes we’re facing. For the fastest-growing cybersecurity company, the curve is the evolution of cyberattacks and the products and services that proactively address them. Our Product Management team helps us do just that. This team provides the behind-the-scenes support for our products by being a source of information for our Systems Engineers, staying on top of the environment we sell in and helping to implement technical solutions based on our clients' feedback and needs. As threats and technology evolve, we stay ahead to accomplish our mission

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 $171,200 - $276,800/YR. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here.

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  accommodations@paloaltonetworks.com.

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.

Is role eligible for Immigration Sponsorship?: Yes

About the Company

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.