Principal, Cloud and Cortex Product Strategy & Operations
About The Position
As Principal, Product Strategy and Operations you will be shaping the future of our security business. You are a seasoned strategist (ideally with a mix of significant strategy consulting and in-house experience) with hands-on product strategy & operations experience and depth in Enterprise Tech (cybersecurity preferred). The scope of this role spans conception of strategy all the way through execution. You will be accountable for shaping the strategy and delivering operations for the product business. Balancing big-picture thinking and C-suite level influencing skills with a nose-for-value and ‘roll up your sleeves’ mindset is critical. This role leads a disruptive team of strategy professionals (most are former MBB consultants) that are highly valued by the C-Suite and executives within Palo Alto Networks.
Requirements
- 15+ years of total experience in product development and strategy, including MBA from a top-10 b-school
- Significant experience in a top tier consulting firm (BCG, Bain, McKinsey- either current or in the past) and / or top enterprise tech companies
- Demonstrated product strategy & operations experience - developing and rolling out programs, driving x-functional initiatives with product and engineering teams
- Material Enterprise Tech experience with a deep understanding of Cybersecurity / SaaS business models and key levers to scale
- Superior analytical and problem-solving skills with a focus on attention to detail, identify patterns, and process information quickly to deliver against tight deadlines
- Proven ability to engage with and influence CxOs in corporate environments
- Ability to build and nurture a team
- Extreme accountability mindset - focused outcomes and thinks like an ‘owner’
Responsibilities
- Own and Lead the development of long term product strategies
- Track competitive product strategies
- Build segment and market specific plans to drive product growth
- Drive strategic x-functional projects based on c-suite priorities
- Provide systematic support & analysis for priorities (e.g., competitive tear-downs, narrative re-write and enablement)
- Engage closely with Product Management and Product Marketing to identify opportunities and gaps in the business to increase awareness, propose solutions/choices and develop programmatic responses
- Track the market, collate customer feedback and understand competitive movement, to influence product roadmap
- Maintain a view of M&A opportunities
- Act as the connective tissue between product and GTM teams
- Drive execution and optimization on core product operations related topics like product telemetry, licensing, provisioning, enablement / activation, deployments etc.
- Drive rhythms around capturing voice-of-sales / customers and surfacing insights to the product teams to inform product development efforts
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Principal
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
