**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** This role is remote, but distance is no barrier to impact. Our hybrid teams collaborate across geographies to solve big problems, stay close to our customers, and grow together. You will be part of a culture that values trust, accountability, and shared success where your work truly matters. **The Team** To 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 Summary** Palo 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 Responsibilities** + Work 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 imperatives + Own and drive all aspects of certification projects from start to finish with an eye for detail and accuracy + Understand complex technical security architectures (including cloud architecture) and apply that to certification and compliance projects as needed + Effectively communicate with all invested areas of the organization and management stakeholders, from engineering to sales + Develop 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 possible + Perform basic product testing and certifications documentation development to ensure success during the certification process **Preferred Qualifications** + At least 3-5 years of total experience in Compliance or Governance and Risk Management + At least 3 years for technology focused risk assessments and remediation management + At least 3 years experience managing third party audits such as SOC2, ISO 27001 ( and/or other ISO extensions), and PCI-DSS + Skilled in cross-functional team project and program management + CISA certification required + Excellent written and verbal communication skills + Working experience in one or more of these certifications including ISO 27001 (and/or other ISO extensions), SOC2 or other country-specific certifications for European and APAC countries + Hands-on in-style and approach to working with very strong interest and demonstrable aptitude in technology products + A real passion to learn new certification schemes and processes + Ability to communicate effectively with a variety of internal partners and customers + Understand the challenges of working in distributed environment with multiple teams working on different problems + Curious, positive, “can-do” and transparent attitude is very critical for success + Unafraid to take charge, ask hard questions, manage distractions confidently yet respectfully and drive to goals + Strong ability to work with minimum supervision + Assertive yet open, thoughtful, respectful, and easy to work with; must embody Palo Alto Networks values + CRISC, CISSP or other similar security certifications desired **Required Qualifications** + BS degree (or equivalent technical degree) required; MS preferred or equivalent military expeiance required **Salary 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 $148700/YR - $240500/YR. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here (http://benefits.paloaltonetworks.com/) . **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 accommodations@paloaltonetworks.com . 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.