Sr. Director, Product Marketing Manager (SASE)

Palo Alto Networks•Office - USA - CA - Headquarters, CA

1d•$252,000 - $346,500•Onsite

About The Position

The Team Marketing or Advertising - Step into a marketing role at Palo Alto Networks, where your innovation drives global impact against escalating cyber threats in this era of AI. You'll seize the unique opportunity to develop cutting-edge strategies and compelling content while collaborating with industry-leading experts in the fast-paced cybersecurity landscape. Here, your creativity directly contributes to a safer digital future for everyone, fostering your growth and development in this ever-evolving market. Your Career As the product marketing leader for our flagship SASE portfolio, your team is responsible for the global market success, strategic positioning, and scale of Palo Alto Networks’ industry-defining Secure Access Service Edge platform (Prisma SASE). This role will set the marketing direction and own the messaging architecture for our end-to-end SASE business, seamlessly integrating our core networking capabilities with our comprehensive suite of Cloud-Delivered Security Services (CDSS) to deliver an unmatched, unified security edge solution. You will oversee the marketing strategy for our comprehensive suite of Cloud-Delivered Security Services (CDSS)—including Advanced Threat Prevention, URL Filtering, DNS Security, and IoT Security—positioning them as the native, AI-powered security engine that gives our SASE platform its unparalleled competitive edge. This is a high-profile, vision-setting leadership role. You will manage all aspects of global go-to-market (GTM) strategy, multi-million dollar budgets, and team development. The ideal candidate is an elite product marketing executive with profound domain expertise in cloud security, networking (SD-WAN, ZTNA), and edge security, combined with a rare ability to capture market mindshare and lead a category defining evolution.

Requirements

15+ years of experience in enterprise marketing, including a strong, demonstrated track record of leading high-performing product marketing teams in cloud or network security markets.
Deep SASE Domain Expertise: Proven track record demonstrating profound knowledge of SASE architectures, Zero Trust framework, SD-WAN, SSE (Security Service Edge), and cloud-delivered service models.
Demonstrated ability to simplify deeply complex networking and edge security concepts into highly articulate, value-driven narratives for both technical and business buyers.
Exceptional communication and presentation skills, with the rare ability to build compelling, narrative-driven content that inspires internal teams, partners, and customers alike.
Extensive experience managing full product lifecycle marketing—from initial business planning and platform positioning to global launch execution and performance measurement.
Demonstrated capability to integrate advanced automation and AI tools within marketing workflows to streamline asset creation and uncover data-driven target audience insights.
Proven ability to influence up, down, and across a heavily matrixed global enterprise, building strong partnerships with Product Management, Demand Gen, Analyst Relations, and Sales.

Nice To Haves

An MBA is highly preferred.

Responsibilities

Own the global messaging architecture for SASE, acting as the primary visionary responsible for defining, simplifying, and articulating the market's evolution toward a unified network security platform.
Position Palo Alto Networks as the undisputed leader in SASE, ensuring our platform shape-shifts the industry narrative, dominates analyst evaluations (Gartner, Forrester, etc.), and wins executive-level mindshare.
Capitalize on SASE adoption to maximize the attack rate, positioning our Cloud-Delivered Security Services (Advanced Threat Prevention, URL Filtering, DNS Security) as the native engine powering the secure edge.
Champion an AI-first culture across your product marketing workflows, utilizing advanced automation and AI tools to accelerate content generation, scale enablement assets, and optimize go-to-market execution.
Partner closely with your direct reports to develop, track, and evaluate major SASE product launch plans and tentpole marketing campaigns to hit pipeline and growth targets.
Define and monitor clear SASE marketing performance metrics (ROI, pipeline velocity, market share expansion), effectively communicating these insights across company leadership.
Analyze shifting market demands, competitive dynamics, and customer feedback to influence SASE packaging, pricing models, and overarching GTM priorities.
Master our key buyer personas (from network architects to CISOs) and collaborate deeply with global sales leadership to deploy high-velocity SASE sales plays and technical enablement.