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Our MissionAt Palo Alto Networks® everything starts and ends with our mission:Being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life.We have the vision of a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before. These aren’t easy goals to accomplish – but we’re not here for easy. We’re here for better. We are a company built on the foundation of challenging and disrupting the way things are done, and we’re looking for innovators who are as committed to shaping the future of cybersecurity as we are.Disruption is at the core of our technology and on our way of work to meet the needs of our employees now and in the future through FLEXWORK, our approach to how we work. We’re changing the nature of work from benefits to learning, location to leadership, we’ve rethought and recreated every aspect of the employee experience at Palo Alto Networks. And because it FLEXes around each individual employee based on their individual choices, employees are empowered to push boundaries and help us all evolve, together.This position is responsible for managing technical projects for enterprise, partner, and customer facing services. A successful candidate for this role will have strong Program management and organization skills to complement their technical skills. You will work with a team of senior level managers and highly technical engineers to lead complex IT projects, particularly in the Infrastructure Networking area. The role will engage with a wide range of Internal stakeholders, understand and document their needs and will play the role of IT Program Manager to projects, manage the sprints and overall release of business capabilities to production. Your Impact: Excellent knowledge of Agile SCRUM process with at least 8 years of experience as a IT Program Manager and SCRUM master managing IT project implementations
Build relationships with various Product Managers to understand their Product Roadmaps. Plan and execute on dependent work from our team.
Ability to track developer progress, against user stories, develop burn down charts to assess sprint velocity and manage the overall release
Oversee multiple software development projects on a variety of platforms that will require collaboration with the software engineering teams and business stakeholders
Full project ownership, including the understanding of scope, planning resource needs with inputs from other stakeholders, and uncovering dependencies
Facilitate and manage technical projects, develop and track project milestones
Define and manage project schedules, dependencies, deliverables and responsibilities
Manage product and project quality by being a gatekeeper for prioritization and addressing root causes
Continuously identify and close process gaps to improve developer productivity
Estimate work efforts and manage competing priorities
Provides leadership to the cross-functional teams by helping define clear, realistic goals; clears barriers to team progress and manages the resolution/mitigation of project risks and issues.
Lead regular stakeholder reviews; communicate and present status and issues effectively to all levels of the organization, both verbally and in writing
Knowledge of some of the business processes for quoting, sales, fulfillment or support would be a plus.
Your Experience8+ years of Technical Project Management experience for complex IT projects
3 + yrs of exp. in fundamentals of Infrastructure, particularly Networking
Owning and driving change management to build strong relationships and gain adoption
Experience overseeing and developing large matrix project management resources and teams
Proven expertise in Scrum, SDLC, change and project management methodologies, concepts, practices, procedures and standards
Technical Program Management experience in an Agile environment
Ability to take high level ambiguous information and turn it into solidified detailed plans that drive results.
Strong written and verbal communication, with ability to communicate to executives, managers and engineers
Understand the challenges of working in distributed environment with multiple teams working on different problems
Publish Metrics and reports to accurately track progress of projects
PMP and SCRUM certification is strongly preferred
Minimum 8 years of experience with the Bachelor's degree in CS or MIS.
Prefer to be located in SF Bay area.
Our CommitmentWe’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.Palo Alto Networks is evolving and changing the nature of work to meet the needs of our employees now and in the future through FLEXWORK, our approach to how we work. From benefits to learning, location to leadership, we’ve rethought and recreated every aspect of the employee experience at Palo Alto Networks. And because it FLEXes around each individual employee based on their individual choices, employees are empowered to push boundaries and help us all evolve, 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.Disclosure required by sb19-085 (8-5-20) of the minimum compensation (includes on-target earnings = base + on target incentives for sales roles) for this role to be located in the state of Colorado. If hired in Colorado, this position starts at $91400/yr. Depending on the position offered, restricted stock units and incentive or bonus pay may be provided as part of this compensation package. Additional benefits may be found here (http://benefits.paloaltonetworks.com/) .Covid-19 Vaccination Information for Palo Alto Networks JobsVaccine requirements and disclosure obligations vary by country.
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