Certification Manager

The TeamTo stay ahead of the curve, it’s critical to know where the curve is, and how to anticipate the changes we’re facing. For the fastest growing cybersecurity company, the curve is the evolution of cyber attacks and the products and services that proactively address them. Our Product Management Team helps us do just that.Our organization and employees are committed to changing as rapidly as our industry’s threats do, and to do that, we need creative product teams to address emerging cyber threats. They provide the behind-the-scenes support for our products by being a source of information on our products for our systems engineers, staying on top of the environment we sell in, and helping to implement product wide technical solutions based on our client’s feedback and needs. As threats and technology evolve, we stay ahead to accomplish our mission.Job SummaryPalo Alto Networks is building a world-class product management organization and continues to look for top-notch product managers to expand the team. As a certifications manager of global certifications at Palo Alto Networks, you will play an instrumental role in attaining many certifications across our product line.  Certifications are of high value as they enable our products to be sold into many key markets around the world.  In this role, you will be responsible for coordinating all activities related to the product certifications, as well as individually contributing much of the content required to obtain these certifications.Key ResponsibilitiesWork closely with Product Management, Sales, Engineering and other stakeholders to develop certification strategies and execute in a timely manner, ensuring alignment of certification strategies and execution plans to business and product imperativesOwn and drive all aspects of certification projects from start to finish with an eye for detail and accuracyUnderstand complex technical security architectures (including cloud architecture) and apply that to certification and compliance projects as neededEffectively communicate with all invested areas of the organization and management stakeholders, from engineering to salesDevelop a solid technical understanding of the product line to speak fluently with consultants, certification agencies, and more to achieve certifications with a few additional resources as possiblePerform basic product testing and certifications documentation development to ensure success during the certification process