# Director, Product Management - Federal Certifications & Regulated Products (Cortex) at Palo Alto Networks

- Company: Palo Alto Networks
- What the company does: Implement Zero Trust, Secure your Network, Cloud workloads, Hybrid Workforce, Leverage Threat Intelligence & Security Consulting. Cybersecurity Services & Education for CISO’s, Head of Infrastructure, Network Security Engineers, Cloud Architects & SOC Managers. Backed by Greylock, Sequoia and Felicis.
- Company website: https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: Office - USA - CA - Headquarters
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-10-23
- Apply by: 2026-12-07
- Apply: https://paloaltonetworks.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/panwexternalcareers/job/Office---USA---CA---Headquarters/Director--Product-Management---Federal-Certifications---Regulated-Products--Cortex-_JR-023016?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/palo-alto-networks-director-product-management-federal-certifications-and-regula/

## About the role

Own the Cortex product roadmap into US federal environments (FedRAMP Moderate/High, IL-5 etc.) and serve as the single product-facing POC for everything Cortex invests in across federal. You'll own commercial-vs-federal parity awareness, map which Cortex capabilities enter each boundary and when, drive the Cortex engineering teams to audit-readiness, and equip the field and federal customers with accurate readiness and roadmap information. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- Director-level product management experience with security or cloud platforms
- Ability to convert audit/compliance findings (controls, vulnerabilities, posture gaps) into engineering requirements and drive them to completion
- Strong technical depth - can read architectures and reason about data flows, module capabilities, and integrations, and hold credible conversations with technical leadership
- Proven ability to drive outcomes across many teams under sustained pressure (program-management strength and resilience, this role coordinates across 10+ teams)
- Strong customer-facing and field-enablement skills with senior federal stakeholders
- US citizenship - required for hands-on access to federal environments


Source: 1752vc Careers, https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/palo-alto-networks-director-product-management-federal-certifications-and-regula/