Program Manager

Program Manager

Palo Alto Networks has an exciting opportunity for a Finance Systems & Integrations, Program Management to join our finance, accounting and operations organization.

Our finance, accounting and operations groups deal with everything touching the CFO organization, covering the numbers, supporting infrastructure, automation, building solutions and providing accurate, insightful financial information to empower our business lines. Your efforts will directly impact the overall transformation and success of a world-leading cybersecurity business.

You'll collaborate on complex business, financial and technology problems that are top-of-mind for our executives. You possess a unique blend of business insight, big-picture thinking, deep understanding of end-to-end financial processes and related systems, strong project management skills, ability to influence and collaborate with a large number of constituents within Palo Alto Networks. The role will partner closely with subject matter experts and leaders within finance and operations.

A successful candidate for this role will be proactive, confident and solution-oriented, have a broad set of work experiences within a finance organization, will provide a strong voice to represent finance across the portfolio of initiatives - and will work collaboratively with finance and operations leaders and outside the CFO organization (IT, etc.). The Program Manager will be an individual contributor role, reporting directly to the Head of CFO Program Ops.

Your impact :

• Drive change across the CFO organization and be willing to wear multiple hats (strategy development, project management and execution) to do what it takes to "move the needle"
• Assess current processes and use first principles to design future state business processes to create operational efficiencies
• Work collaboratively across a cross-functional set of stakeholders to gather the right information, pressure test hypotheses, articulate complex business problems, mobilize a project team, implement solutions and drive accountability
• Structure and size large complex projects into an executable plan
• Develop long-term roadmaps, detailed project plans, project success criteria and key metrics, change management strategies, communication plans and conduct post implementation reviews to ensure the value of a project was successfully unlocked
• Create deliverables (business case memos, key decision documents, presentations, etc.) for executive level consumption
• Capture and drive accountability of RAID items
• Drive adherence to transformation playbook software development lifecycle

Your experience :

Compensation disclosure : The compensation offered for this position will depend on qualifications, experience, and work location. For candidates who receive an offer at the posted level, the starting base salary (for non-sales roles) or base salary + commission target (for sales / commissioned roles) is expected to be between $146000 / YR - $236500 / YR. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here.

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 accommodations@paloaltonetworks.com.

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.