Senior Certification Manager

Your CareerPalo Alto Networks has built a world-class product management organization and continues to expand it with top-notch members of the team. As a Senior member of the certifications team at Palo Alto Networks, you will play a critical role in driving the attainment and ongoing maintenance of certifications across our product portfolio.Certifications are essential to enabling our products to be sold into key global markets. In this role, you will own the technical execution of product certifications end-to-end, partnering closely with cross-functional teams while personally contributing core certification artifacts and content required for successful outcomes.Your ImpactOwn and execute certification strategies in close partnership with product management, sales, engineering and other stakeholders ensuring certification outcomes are aligned with company priorities, product direction, and compliance changes. Drive FedRAMP Moderate, High, and IL5 assessment activities in partnership with engineering, security, and external assessorsApply NIST 800-53, FedRAMP, and DoD SRG requirements to define clear, actionable expectations and deliverables for internal teamsLead audit and ConMon execution, including evidence coordination, remediation planning and triage, and POAM lifecycle managementAuthor and maintain the System Security Plan (SSP) and supporting artifacts as systems and processes changeApply deep understanding of complex security and cloud architecture to evaluate control implementation, identify gaps, and drive remediation with engineering teamsBuild deep technical fluency across the product portfolio to lead discussions with assessors, agencies, and PMO certification bodies, allowing internal subject matter experts to remain focused on deliveryCommunicate clearly and effectively across all levels of the organization, from hands on engineers to executive leadership, as well as external certification stakeholdersManage certification execution with a program management mindset by owning project plans, timelines, dependencies, and risks, and by providing clear status to stakeholders and leadership