Senior Staff Product Owner

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!

Job Summary

• Produce valuable content for our customers.
• Own the product backlog by deconstructing large features into smaller pieces, then defining and prioritizing them to compose a releasable product.
• Act as the central focal point for all internal and external parties on how the product works, its capabilities, and the effects of any changes.
• Analyze product business requirements and produce a functional design.
• Utilize deep knowledge of the product and its customer use cases to collaborate with R&D, explain requirements, and answer functional questions.
• Lead large, high-visibility projects that involve multiple development teams.

Qualifications

• 5-8 years of experience as a functional analyst, product owner, business analyst, or in product management within the software industry.
• BTech, or BE in Computer Science/Engineering, or 3-5 years of hands-on experience in software development.
• Deep expertise in Digital Identity and Access Management (IAM), including protocols (OAuth 2.0, OIDC, SAML 2.0), MFA, SCIM, SSO, federation, and access control models (RBAC/ABAC/PBAC/ReBAC).
• Proven technical skills and self-learning ability, capable of thoroughly understanding the functional and technical aspects of IAM domains.
• Experience in writing functional designs.
• Proven Agile experience.
• Proven management skills.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Proactive, highly motivated individual with a serious work ethic and goal-oriented approach.
• Innovative 'out of the box' thinker.
• Experience with an AI-First strategy for initiatives.

• Previous experience in a pre-sale or post-sale role.
• Information security experience.

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.