Senior Product Designer - Strata Cloud Manager
Our Mission
Strata Cloud Manager
, Palo Alto Networks' AI-powered platform for unified network security management and operations.
You will work on complex challenges in enterprise cybersecurity, transforming sophisticated security workflows, configurations, data, and AI capabilities into experiences that are clear, efficient, and easy to use.
You will partner closely with Product, Engineering, Research, and Design teams to understand customer needs, define solutions, and deliver high-quality experiences from early concepts through production. You will bring strong product thinking, interaction design, visual craft, and systems thinking to solve meaningful customer problems.
As a Senior Product Designer, you will own significant product experiences, contribute to product strategy, and help establish patterns that create consistency across the NetSec ecosystem. You will also help raise the quality of design through collaboration, critique, and mentorship.
Your Impact
- Own end-to-end product design
for complex features, workflows, and product areas within Strata Cloud Manager-from discovery and problem definition through interaction design, prototyping, validation, and production. •
Partner with Product and Engineering
Translate complex cybersecurity workflows
Drive UX strategy within your product area
Create high-quality interaction and visual designs
Design for complex data and workflows
Contribute to AI-powered experiences
Contribute to a cohesive product experience
Partner with Design Systems and Engineering
Facilitate design workshops and collaborative sessions
Use prototypes to communicate and validate ideas
Advocate for the customer
Use qualitative and quantitative data
Collaborate closely with engineers during implementation
Participate actively in design critiques and reviews
Mentor and support other designers
Qualifications
What You Should Have
- 3+ years of professional product or UX design experience
, with a demonstrated track record of shipping high-quality digital products.
- A
strong portfolio
demonstrating excellent product design craft, problem-solving, interaction design, visual design, and end-to-end ownership. Your portfolio should clearly communicate your role, process, decisions, and outcomes.
- Experience designing enterprise SaaS, cybersecurity, cloud platforms, infrastructure, developer tools, networking, IT operations, or other technically complex products .
- Strong understanding of
user-centered design methodologies
, including discovery, research, information architecture, interaction design, prototyping, usability testing, and iterative product development.
- Demonstrated ability to
take ambiguous problems and turn them into clear, actionable design solutions
.
- Strong interaction design and visual design skills with an
exceptional attention to detail
and a high bar for usability and quality.
- Ability to
simplify complex technical concepts and workflows
into intuitive experiences.
- Experience working closely with
Product Managers, Engineers, Researchers, and other designers
throughout the product development lifecycle.
- Experience designing
complex enterprise workflows
, such as configuration, dashboards, data visualization, policy management, analytics, alerts, or operational experiences.
- Familiarity with
design systems and reusable design patterns
, with the ability to contribute to and extend established systems.
- Experience designing or contributing to
AI-powered product experiences
, including recommendations, automation, intelligent workflows, conversational interactions, or other emerging AI patterns.
- Strong communication and presentation skills, with the ability to
explain design decisions and influence cross-functional stakeholders
.
- Ability to facilitate
design critiques, workshops, and collaborative problem-solving sessions
.
- Strong understanding of modern product-development processes, including
Agile/iterative development and collaboration with engineering teams
.
- Expert proficiency with modern design tools such as
Figma
and contemporary prototyping workflows.
- Working knowledge of modern web technologies and the ability to
partner effectively with front-end engineers
.
- Strong business and product curiosity, with an understanding of how
customer needs, technology, and business objectives
influence product decisions.
- A growth mindset, intellectual curiosity, humility, and willingness to
seek and provide candid, constructive feedback
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience designing
cybersecurity, network security, SASE, cloud security, networking, IT operations, or security operations products
.
- Experience designing for
security administrators, network engineers, IT administrators, or other highly technical users
.
- Experience working on
large-scale enterprise SaaS or cloud platforms
.
- Experience designing
data-rich and operationally complex interfaces
.
- Experience contributing to or scaling
enterprise design systems
.
- Experience with
GenAI, AI-assisted workflows, automation, or intelligent enterprise applications
.
- Experience collaborating with distributed or cross-functional design and engineering teams.
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Cognitive Science, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
What Success Looks Like
In this role, success means:
- Delivering high-quality end-to-end product experiences
that solve meaningful customer problems.
- Making complex cybersecurity workflows
simpler, clearer, and more efficient
.
- Becoming a trusted design partner to Product and Engineering within your product area.
- Contributing meaningfully to
product strategy and prioritization
through customer-centered design thinking.
- Creating experiences that are
consistent, accessible, scalable, and aligned with the broader NetSec ecosystem
.
- Helping evolve AI-powered experiences that provide meaningful value to security professionals.
- Using research, customer feedback, and product data to
continuously improve the experience
.
- Maintaining a high bar for interaction and visual design quality through both design and implementation.
- Contributing reusable patterns and insights to the broader design organization.
- Helping other designers grow through
mentorship, collaboration, and constructive feedback
Why Palo Alto Networks?
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