Senior Product Marketing Manager

Santa Clara, CA, United States

Company 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.

Our Approach to Work

We lead with flexibility and choice in all of our people programs. We have disrupted the traditional view that all employees have the same needs and wants. We offer personalization and offer our employees the opportunity to choose what works best for them as often as possible - from your wellbeing support to your growth and development, and beyond!

At Palo Alto Networks, we believe in the power of collaboration and value in-person interactions. This is why our employees generally work from the office three days per week, leaving two days for choice and flexibility to work where you feel most effective. This setup fosters casual conversations, problem-solving, and trusted relationships. While details may evolve, our goal is to create an environment where innovation thrives, with office-based teams coming together three days a week to collaborate and thrive, together!

Job Description Your Career

As a Senior Product Marketing Manager, Software Firewalls, you will be the voice and go-to-market driver for our Cloud Network Security business. Palo Alto Networks ML-Powered Firewalls continues to be the leader for over 11 years. You will work closely with product management, product marketing, and other cross-functional stakeholders to define and execute the positioning, messaging, and marketing activities for the Cloud Network Security products.

Developing narratives and materials that help customers understand the value of Software Firewalls by effectively translating product capabilities into compelling messages that resonate with customers.

Translating technical features and capabilities into compelling differentiators.

Creating impactful product marketing content, including datasheets, whitepapers, blogs, and presentations.

Defining, implementing, and collaborating with cross-functional marketing teams on GTM strategy for new launches & campaigns.

Contributing to our vision for how Cloud Network Security is key to securing customers’ cloud posture at both internal and external events .

Your Impact

You will work closely with Product Management to build a shared market and product vision, value proposition, and messaging that resonates with our target buyer personas. forming the foundation for all product marketing activities.

You will act as the primary thought leader for the products you support externally, including speaking engagements and content development.

You will be able to simplify product capabilities into compelling messages and tools that resonate with customers.

You will play a crucial role in creating powerful product marketing content, including datasheets, whitepapers, blogs, and presentations.

You will educate and excite our Sales, GTM, and field marketing teams on our products' customer and business value.

Qualifications Your Experience

Eight plus years in product marketing. Experience in cybersecurity and cloud networking is a bonus.

Experience leading company and solution-wide product launches and releases – from crafting messaging, content, and initiatives to tracking progress and measuring results.

Excellent written, verbal communication and presentation skills (developing webinars and delivering presentations).

Candidates who exhibit a career-long pattern of commitment to continuous learning and development.

Additional Information 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.

Our Commitment

We’re trailblazers that dream big, 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 [email protected].

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.

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/com-missioned roles) is expected to be between $152,400 - $246,500/yr. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here.

Is role eligible for Immigration Sponsorship?: No.  Please note that we will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position.