Director of Technical Marketing Engineer (NextGen Firewalls and Strata Cloud Manager)

Santa Clara, CA (Hybrid)

$159K/yr – $255K/yrDirector/ExecutiveFull time

Posted 7 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own the cross-functional technical marketing effort and ensure technical marketing plan is executed across tools, demos, and training; drive automation and release excellence; establish domain authority and actionable competitive messaging to sales and partners.

  • Growth Infrastructure: Deliver whitepapers, demos, videos, and technical training for sales, customers, and partners.
  • Competitive Intelligence: Lead lab testing, competitive research, and battlecards to empower sales and posture.
  • Technical Evangelism: Represent the product in seminars and customer briefings to build credibility.

Job Description

Own the cross-functional technical marketing effort and ensure technical marketing plan is executed across tools, demos, and training; drive automation and release excellence; establish domain authority and actionable competitive messaging to sales and partners.

  • Growth Infrastructure: Deliver whitepapers, demos, videos, and technical training for sales, customers, and partners.
  • Competitive Intelligence: Lead lab testing, competitive research, and battlecards to empower sales and posture.
  • Technical Evangelism: Represent the product in seminars and customer briefings to build credibility.
  • Documentation & Enablement: Document technical concepts to maximize product understanding and usage.
  • Test Lab & Automation: Set up and maintain competitive test labs with harnesses, automation, and test data.
  • Collaboration with Engineering: Identify gaps and drive enhancements with Product Management.
  • Competitive Feedback Loop: Capture sales challenges and provide solutions based on competitive contexts.
  • Collateral Development: Produce battle cards, presentations, and white papers with marketing teams.
  • Quality Assurance: Ensure accuracy and consistency across technical content and enablement assets.
  • Public Speaking & Outreach: Speak at seminars and conferences to reinforce product leadership.
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Palo Alto Networks, the global cybersecurity leader, is shaping the cloud-centric future with technology that is transforming the way people and organizations operate. Our mission is to be the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life. We help address the world's greatest security challenges with continuous innovation that seizes the latest breakthroughs in artificial intelligence, analytics, automation, and orchestration. By delivering an integrated platform and empowering a growing ecosystem of partners, we are at the forefront of protecting tens of thousands of organizations across clouds, networks, and mobile devices. Our vision is a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before. For more information, visit www.paloaltonetworks.com.

Founded in 2015
Santa Clara, California, USA
18K employees (731 in marketing)
77% recommend to a friend
90% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
4.3M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$664.2K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
37.4%
Direct
42.4%
Referral
17.4%
Social
0.9%
Paid
1.8%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~18.4K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
501 (3% of company)
Median Career Experience
17.5 years
Median Tenure
5 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
10

Funding

Total Funding
$65M
Last Raise
$10M
Series C, 17 years ago

Funding History

  • Nov 2008
    Series C • $10M
  • Aug 2008
    Series C • $27M
  • Jun 2007
    Series B • $18M

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