Job Description

Company Description
Our Mission
At Palo Alto Networks everything starts and ends with our mission:
Being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life.
Our vision is a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before. 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.
Who We Are
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.

Job Summary
As the Director of Product Design in Bangalore, you will be the senior-most design leader for our platform layer, guiding a large, globally integrated design organization. You will operate as a trusted partner to Product and Engineering, ensuring coherence where multiple products and workflows intersect. This strategic leadership role focuses on evolving systems, aligning the organization, and building trust to solve complex challenges at scale.
Key Responsibilities

• Define and evolve a clear UX strategy for the platform, making informed tradeoffs to translate long-term vision into executable near-term decisions.
• Lead the Bangalore-based design organization, focusing on recruitment, mentorship, and development of design leaders to build a culture of accountability and executional excellence.
• Cultivate an environment of psychological safety and high standards, delivering direct, respectful feedback to build trust and drive performance.
• Proactively collaborate and build trusted partnerships with senior leaders in Product Management and Engineering to shape strategy and reduce friction.
• Define, track, and hold teams accountable for platform-scale outcomes such as adoption, time-to-value, and reduction of user friction.
• Challenge the team curiously and positively to ensure they are solving the right problems through thoughtful experimentation and discovery.
• Communicate complex interaction and systems concepts with clarity and confidence to senior leadership, connecting user needs with business and technical goals.

Qualifications
Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in UX or Product Design in complex, technical domains.
• 5+ years of experience leading and developing senior design leaders in large or distributed organizations.
• Proven experience leading design for platforms, design systems, or multi-product ecosystems where coherence and reuse were critical.
• Demonstrated ability to quickly understand complex technical domains and build credibility through sound judgment and decision-making.

Preferred Qualifications

• Fluency in modern discovery and delivery practices, with the judgment to adapt them to context.
• Direct experience leading geographically distributed teams and navigating cultural and operational complexity.
• Experience in the cybersecurity industry.

Additional Information
The Team
Our design organization is responsible for shaping how customers experience one of the most complex security platforms in the industry. We work at the intersection of systems, workflows, and emerging technologies, partnering closely with Product, Engineering, and Research to turn complexity into clarity. We value leaders who bring curiosity, warmth, and momentum to their work--who raise the energy of the room while keeping teams grounded and focused.
Our Commitment
We're problem solvers that take risks and challenge cybersecurity's status quo. It's simple: we can't accomplish our mission without diverse teams innovating, 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 .
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.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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