Senior Product Manager, Identity and Access Management (Strata Cloud Manager)

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.

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   - Define and drive the IAM product vision, strategy, and multi-quarter roadmap, including RBAC, fine-grained authorization, identity federation (SAML/OIDC/SCIM), and MFA/SSO.                                         - Own the cross-platform access control model across SCM, ensuring consistent policy enforcement for operators, customers, and service-to-service interactions in a multi-tenant environment.   - Partner with downstream product teams (NGFW, Prisma, Cortex) to define IAM integration requirements and ensure platform capabilities meet their go-to-market needs.                                                  - Engage directly with enterprise customers, field teams, and security architects to validate requirements and translate feedback into prioritized product decisions.                                                  - Drive alignment with compliance and regulatory requirements (SOC 2, FedRAMP, GDPR) as they relate to identity, access control, and audit logging.                                                                    - Collaborate with Product Marketing to build messaging, technical documentation, and competitive positioning for IAM capabilities.                                                                                    - Define and track success metrics: adoption, time-to-provision, MTTR for access incidents—and use data to drive continuous improvement.                                                                                - Contribute to platform-level decisions on API security, service authorization, and developer-facing identity primitives (tokens, scopes, API keys).

Required Qualifications                      - Education & Experience: BS/MS in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.                                                                           - Product Management Track Record: 5+ years of product management experience, with a demonstrated history of shipping enterprise SaaS or cloud platform products.   - Identity & Access Management Expertise: Deep understanding of IAM concepts and protocols, including RBAC, ABAC, SAML 2.0, OIDC/OAuth 2.0, SCIM, MFA, SSO, and directory