Senior Product Manager (Strata Cloud Manager - Platform)

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 We are the global leader in cybersecurity, and Strata Cloud Manager is the brain of our network security platform. This is a high-visibility role where you will define the standards for reliability and innovation in a market that never stops evolving. As a Senior Product Manager for Strata Cloud Manager, you will build a scalable, resilient, and cost-efficient engine that powers Palo Alto Networks’ security services globally. This role is designed for a platform-focused product manager who understands the intersection of network security domain expertise and the mechanics of massive-scale SaaS infrastructure. You will leverage AI and Agentic workflows to automate platform operations and simplify the complexity of network security management, all while maintaining a relentless focus on the unit economics and profitability of our SaaS delivery. Whether you are optimizing cost or pioneering self-healing platform agents, your work will directly impact the resiliency and success of our largest enterprise customers. Key Responsibilities Platform Scale & Reliability: Define the strategy for platform architecture to support massive scale, focusing on seamless customer onboarding, robust multi-tenancy models, and sophisticated inventory management for global network environments. AI-Driven Agentic Workflows: Integrate AI/ML to automate platform health, lifecycle management, and network security support flows, moving from reactive management to proactive, agent-led operations. Network Security Domain Excellence: Apply deep knowledge of network security (Firewalls, SASE, SD-WAN) to build a platform that intuitively handles the complexities of security policy, device connectivity, and threat management at scale. SaaS Economics & Profitability: Act as the business owner for platform costs. Drive initiatives to optimize costs, improve resource utilization, and ensure the long-term profitability of the SaaS offering. Inventory & Identity Architecture: Lead the vision for how large-scale enterprise assets—from hardware firewalls to virtual appliances—are discovered, managed, and secured across the Strata ecosystem. Future-Proofing Initiatives: Identify gaps in platform resiliency and look around the corner to build capabilities that anticipate the needs of Fortune 100-scale deployments. Cross-Functional Leadership: Partner with Engineering, SRE, and Finance to balance rapid feature velocity with platform stability and margin targets. Qualifications Required Qualifications Technical Foundation: BS/MS in a technical field or equivalent practical experience. SaaS PM Expertise: 5-8 years of product management experience (leveling dependent on experience), specifically within SaaS Platform/Infrastructure organizations. Network Secur ... (truncated, view full listing at source)