Senior Manager, Technical Marketing Engineer

paloaltonetworks· Palo Alto Networks, Inc.
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📍 Office - USA - CA - HeadquartersFull time💰 USD 168K–272K
Full timeNoPalo Alto Networks, Inc.

About this role

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

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

Lead and scale a high-performing TME team focused on SASE/SSE while staying hands-on as an individual contributor. You will drive technical strategy, field enablement, and customer engagement — operating at the intersection of Product, Engineering, and GTM. This role blends people leadership with deep technical execution.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead, mentor, and develop a team of TMEs supporting the Prisma SASE/SSE portfolio.
  • Own technical product strategy across field enablement, analyst programs, and customer engagement.
  • Define and evangelize SASE/SSE architectures with competitive differentiation.
  • Influence product roadmap as the voice of the customer.
  • Present at EBCs, industry conferences, and strategic customer engagements.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

  • 10+ years in cybersecurity — TME, Product Management, Solutions Engineering, or Engineering.
  • 3+ years leading or mentoring technical teams in customer-facing environments.
  • Deep expertise in SASE, SSE, SD-WAN, ZTNA, SWG, CASB, DLP, and Zero Trust architectures.
  • Strong networking and security fundamentals across cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
  • Proven track record building demos, labs, reference architectures, and field-ready technical content.
  • Excellent executive communication, storytelling, and presentation skills.
  • Hands-on expertise using AI tools such as Claude, ChatGPT/OpenAI, Gemini, LangChain/LlamaIndex, and AI-native IDEs.
  • Experience building AI-driven demos, copilots, automation workflows, and agentic pipelines.
  • Strong Python and API integration skills.
  • Understanding of AI security risks — DLP, prompt injection, data exposure, and agentic threat vectors.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with Gartner MQ, Forrester Wave, or analyst evaluation programs.
  • Demonstrated ability to be a Leader and Builder, comfortable mentoring a team and executing hands-on.
  • A systems thinker who focuses on architecture and outcomes, not just individual product features.
  • A storyteller who can simplify complexity and make technical concepts understandable to any audience.
  • A scale-minded individual who builds things that replicate, automate, and run without direct involvement.

Compensation 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/com-missioned roles) is expected to be the annual range listed below. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here.

$168,000.00 - $271,500.00/yr

Our Commitment

We’re trailblazers that dream big, 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.

Is role eligible for Immigration Sponsorship? No. Please note that we will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position.

 

 

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