Lead, AI Strategy and Transformation

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.

The Team Our Strategy and Business Operations is a focused team that works on our most critical business challenges to drive and support our industry-leading growth. Your efforts will directly affect the overall strategy and success of a world-leading cybersecurity business. You will collaborate on complex business and technology problems that are top of mind for our executives. You possess a unique blend of business insight, business strategy experience, big-picture thinking, and influencing skills and the ability to collaborate with a large number of constituents within Palo Alto Networks.

Palo Alto Networks is scaling its strategy and transformation organization and looking for its next senior leader to drive AI transformation. Your work as a Strategy Lead will directly and visibly shape how our Finance organization works with AI. You will work directly with senior Finance leaders on transformation initiatives to solve complex problems that are top of mind for our executives.

Define AI transformation strategy and roadmaps, identify where AI can fundamentally change how work gets done, size the value and prioritize initiatives with Finance and IT leaders Develop and present high-quality recommendations and deliverables for executive-level consumption to align Finance leadership on strategy, priorities and key decisions Prototype AI solutions hands-on to rapidly test and validate ideas before committing to a full build Partner with IT to take proven prototypes into production, define requirements, manage trade-offs and ensure solutions deliver the intended business value Work with Finance teams to redesign existing workflows and processes as AI-native and drive adoption, rethinking roles, handoffs and controls rather than automating current steps Own execution of the transformation portfolio end to end, managing plans, milestones, dependencies and risks to keep multiple workstreams across Finance and IT on track Structure and break down complex, ambiguous business problems, develop a hypothesis, drive analysis and deliver recommendations Drive change across the organization and be willing to wear multiple hats (strategy development, prototyping, project management and execution) to do what it takes to “move the needle” Qualifications Required Qualifications 8+ years relevant work experience with at least 3 years in top-tier strategy consulting (McKinsey, BCG or Bain) MBA graduate from a top-tier business school or similar academic credentials, “direct promote” in consulting or equivalent military experience Strong generalist problem-solver with a track record of structuring ambiguous problems and delivering results across a wide range of topics Proven ability to perform