Senior Product Manager - Cortex 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

Palo Alto Networks is seeking a Senior Product Manager for the Cortex Platform to drive the core components of its industry-leading cloud security portfolio, including XSIAM, XDR, XSOAR, AgentiX, and Cortex Cloud.

In this role, you will own the entire product lifecycle, from understanding customer needs and defining product requirements (including prioritization and trade-offs) to partnering with global engineering teams to deliver impactful solutions. You'll lead cross-functional initiatives that address complex, high-impact challenges, such as scaling multi-tenancy for enterprise customers, improving detection analytics, and building the platform foundation that enables Agentic AI to autonomously defend global enterprises.

You'll collaborate closely with engineering, research, UX, sales, marketing, and product enablement teams to deliver enterprise-grade, cloud-scale capabilities while evangelizing the Cortex Platform to both internal and external stakeholders.

This is an opportunity to make a significant impact by helping secure some of the world's most critical digital assets within one of the fastest-growing cybersecurity organizations.

At Palo Alto Networks, we're not just building products - we're revolutionizing cybersecurity. As the Senior Product Manager for Cortex Platform, you'll lead our mission to secure the world's digital transformation. If you're ready to lead the charge in revolutionizing cloud security, we want to hear from you.

Why Cortex?

• Market Leader - Join the fastest-growing cloud security platform, trusted by many customers worldwide

• Innovative Culture - Work alongside some of the brightest minds in cybersecurity, constantly pushing boundaries

• Massive Impact - Protect the world's most critical digital assets and shape the future of cloud security

• Rapid Growth - Be part of a team that's scaling at an unprecedented rate, with abundant opportunities for career advancement

Your Impact

The Cortex Platform team develops the foundation that power the entire Cortex product portfolio, including XSIAM, XDR, AgentiX, and Cortex Cloud.

As a Senior Product Manager, you will:

• Own features throughout the entire product lifecycle-from customer discovery and feedback collection to prioritization, requirement definition, roadmap execution, and successful delivery.

• Gather customer requirements and balance priorities through thoughtful product trade-offs.

• Write clear product requirements and work closely with engineering teams to deliver high-quality solutions.

• Collaborate across product, engineering, research, UX, and other cross-functional teams in a global organization.

• Deliver enterprise-grade, highly reliable, cloud-scale platform capabilities that customers trust.

• Partner with product enablement, marketing, and sales teams to evangelize the platform through product demos, presentations, and customer engagements.

• Lead cross-company initiatives that require alignment across multiple teams to build foundational platform capabilities.

• Solve complex technical and business problems that impact the broader Cortex ecosystem.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of Product Management experience in SaaS cybersecurity products.

• Proven track record of delivering products and features from inception through production.

• Experience collaborating with highly technical engineering, research, and UX/UI teams.

• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.

• Ability to manage multiple products, priorities, projects, and deadlines simultaneously.

• Self-driven learner who thrives in complex, fast-paced environments.

• Strong team player with a proactive, can-do attitude.

• Comfortable presenting to partners and enterprise customers.

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.

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