Principal, Strategy & AI 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
The Strategy & Transformation team covers CEO-led initiatives ranging across driving operating efficiencies, margin improvement, revenue acceleration, and other central GTM initiatives. In addition, this team drives enterprise AI initiatives across Palo Alto Networks, embedding AI-native tools and processes into the rhythm of the business.

Job Summary

Palo Alto Networks is expanding its strategy organization and seeking a Principal for our central strategy and transformation team.

In the short-term, this role will focus on scaling and acceleration for strategic, high-growth businesses such as Observability. This will include working with key executives across product and GTM to design and operationalize highly cross-functional programs. In addition, this role will provide support to other corporate strategy and central GTM initiatives. The role is beyond strategy and goes deep into execution to own and drive business outcomes.

As a key leader, you will collaborate with top executives and cross-functional teams (Engineering, Finance, Sales, Operations, IT) to tackle mission-critical business challenges and contribute to our industry-leading growth. This role offers a supportive, dynamic, and meritocratic environment that values innovation, learning, and teamwork. In this role, your contributions will directly impact our strategic success and drive innovation in the constantly evolving security landscape.

• Own and drive impactful business outcomes, doing what it takes to 'move the needle' across strategy development, product, and program management.
• Drive transformative change within the organization by collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders to gather insights, co-create deliverables, and drive execution.
• Manage matrix teams effectively, providing coaching and mentoring to team members to achieve business goals.
• Structure and analyze complex business problems, develop hypotheses, and present data-driven recommendations to senior leadership.
• Develop high-quality deliverables for executive-level consumption, including comprehensive business cases and roadmap or execution plans.
• Support strategy and business planning processes while fostering strategic capabilities across the organization.

• 10+ years with a minimum of 4 years of experience in management consulting, top-tier tech strategy, or business operations roles.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to engage senior leadership and bridge business and technical…