Senior Director of Product Management, Threat Intelligence - Unit 42

Our Mission

At Palo Alto Networks® everything starts and ends with our mission:

Being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life.
Our vision is a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before. We are a company built on the foundation of challenging and disrupting the way things are done, and we’re looking for innovators who are as committed to shaping the future of cybersecurity as we are.

Who We Are

We take our mission of protecting the digital way of life seriously. We are relentless in protecting our customers and we believe that the unique ideas of every member of our team contributes to our collective success. Our values were crowdsourced by employees and are brought to life through each of us everyday - from disruptive innovation and collaboration, to execution. From showing up for each other with integrity to creating an environment where we all feel included.

As a member of our team, you will be shaping the future of cybersecurity. We work fast, value ongoing learning, and we respect each employee as a unique individual. Knowing we all have different needs, our development and personal wellbeing programs are designed to give you choice in how you are supported. This includes our FLEXBenefits wellbeing spending account with over 1,000 eligible items selected by employees, our mental and financial health resources, and our personalized learning opportunities - just to name a few!

At Palo Alto Networks, we believe in the power of collaboration and value in-person interactions. This is why our employees generally work full time from our office with flexibility offered where needed. This setup fosters casual conversations, problem-solving, and trusted relationships. Our goal is to create an environment where we all win with precision.

Your Career

As a Senior Director of Product Management, Threat Intelligence, you will play a pivotal role in advancing the mission of Unit 42—Palo Alto Networks’ world-class threat intelligence and security services team. 

In this role, you will work side by side with the Unit 42 Threat Intel leadership team to help define and execute a product strategy for how Unit 42 intelligence powers both our product platform and the services we deliver directly to customers. You’ll drive initiatives that bring actionable insights from real-world investigations into our products, while also shaping the roadmap for Unit 42-led offerings that position us as the trusted partner for global security teams. 

This role calls for a strategic leader with strong domain expertise in the evolving threat landscape and a proven ability to collaborate across research, engineering, and go-to-market teams.

Your Impact

You will work closely with other leaders and experts across Unit 42 to help define and drive the product vision for how Unit 42 threat intelligence—sourced from global research teams, frontline incident response to advanced threats and cybercrime, partnerships with government and industry, and Palo Alto Networks’ proprietary telemetry—delivers value across both our security platform and customer-facing services. 

Your role is critical in aligning intelligence-driven insights with product and service strategy: working cross-functionally to ensure that adversary TTPs, threat actor trends, and emerging attack patterns directly inform the capabilities we bring to market. You’ll partner closely with product management, threat researchers, and field teams to shape offerings that empower customers—whether through integrated product features or through Unit 42-delivered services—to stay ahead of evolving threats and strengthen their security operations.

Responsibilities:

• Help define and drive product vision, strategy, and roadmap for leveraging Unit 42 threat intelligence across both Palo Alto Networks' product portfolio and Unit 42-delivered customer services.
• Help build and scale Unit 42-delivered threat services such as dark web monitoring, ask-an-analyst, malware analysis, and other high-value offerings—available as part of the Unit 42 retainer model.
• Partner closely with Unit 42 threat researchers, consultants, and malware analysts to identify emerging threats, adversary tactics, and operational pain points that can be translated into product and service capabilities.
• Collaborate with product management teams across Cortex, NGFW, Prisma, and other business units to ensure threat intelligence is effectively integrated into product workflows, detection content, and automation.
• Work directly with engineering teams to prioritize product requirements based on threat research needs, including access to global telemetry and scalable search capabilities that accelerate analyst workflows.
• Represent Unit 42 threat intelligence in external analyst reports and product evaluations, both for dedicated threat intelligence coverage and as a strategic component of the broader Palo Alto Networks platform.
• Stay informed on the evolving threat landscape, customer needs, competitive trends, and industry best practices in threat intelligence and security services.
• Help position Unit 42 as a market leader in threat intelligence products and services, driving strategic differentiation for Palo Alto Networks.

Your Experience 

• Experience in one or more areas of threat intelligence, such as threat analysis, research, or operational intelligence sharing, with the ability to apply those insights to product or service development.
• Familiarity with adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs), and the ability to translate security insights into product features, detection logic, or service offerings.
• Proven track record in product management, ideally within the cybersecurity space, with a strong grasp of the product lifecycle—from strategy and roadmap development to execution and delivery.
• Demonstrated success working cross-functionally across engineering, research, go-to-market, and services teams to deliver on complex, multi-stakeholder initiatives.
• Experience working with or alongside security consulting or incident response teams is a plus.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and collaboration skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders and align priorities across diverse technical and business teams.

The Team

Unit 42 brings together our world-renowned threat researchers with an elite team of security consultants to create an intelligence-driven, response ready organization. The Unit 42 Threat Intelligence team provides threat research that enables security teams to understand adversary intent and attribution, while enhancing protections offered by our products and services to stop advanced attacks. As threats escalate, Unit 42 is available to advise customers on the latest risks, assess their readiness, and help them recover when the worst occurs.

Compensation Disclosure

The compensation offered for this position will depend on qualifications, experience, and work location. For candidates who receive an offer at the posted level, the starting base salary (for non-sales roles) or base salary + commission target (for sales/commissioned roles) is expected to be between $253,000 - $346,500/YR. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here.

Our Commitment

We’re problem solvers that 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.

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