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.

We have the vision of a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before. These aren’t easy goals to accomplish – but we’re not here for easy. We’re here for better. 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.

Disruption is at the core of our technology and on our way of work to meet the needs of our employees now and in the future through FLEXWORK, our approach to how we work. We’re changing the nature of work from benefits to learning, location to leadership, we’ve rethought and recreated every aspect of the employee experience at Palo Alto Networks. And because it FLEXes around each individual employee based on their individual choices, employees are empowered to push boundaries and help us all evolve, together.

Your Career

And now we are looking for an exceptional and experienced CTO to join our leadership team to drive strategic sales engagements and provide thought leadership for the Cloud Security & SASE business in Greater China to help accelerate and secure our customers’ cloud journey. 

Your Impact

• The Field CTO will be responsible for telling our comprehensive Security Story and providing thought leadership, and be the voice of the customer back into the Product Management organization helping to prioritize product development and enhancements.

• Develop and Evangelize a “point of view” on the future of cloud security, reference architectures & technical approaches for 1:M distribution and consumption.

• Be a trusted advisor to existing and potential customers and partners. 

• Help the product team shape the roadmap based on what customers are telling you about the problems they are trying to solve.

• Determine the right speaking engagements for the region and work with the Field Event’s Team to capture keynote slots.

• Help drive the customer CISO/CxO engagements for the Greater China Executive Advisory Board.

• Coordinate with the regional sales team to target the right relationships to cultivate in strategic accounts.

Your Experience

• Experience in a client-facing role explaining strategic and tactical concepts to customers in digital and cloud transformation journeys 

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, interpersonal and collaboration skills, and the ability to communicate security and risk-related concepts to technical and nontechnical audiences.

• Experience with cross-team/matrixed organizations influencing multiple stakeholders is a must.

• Experienced Industry Analyst, CIO, CTO, CISO, CSO. 

• Well known in the region as a cyber security expert.

• Has a vision for the cybersecurity future and can help us think through and develop the roadmap.

• Able to have conversations with executives and then switching to a very technical conversation around solutions and features

• Demonstrated thought leadership & technical content creation

• Demonstrated track record as a speaker in front of large audiences

• Social Presence 

• Familiarity with local cybersecurity law and regulations, such China Cybersecurity Law, Data Security Law and PIP (Personal Information Protection)

• Fluent in both English and Mandarin.

• Following the latest security news and share experience, suggestions CxO

Our Commitment

We’re trailblazers that dream big, take risks, and challenge cybersecurity’s status quo. It’s simple: we can’t accomplish our mission without diverse teams innovating, together.

Palo Alto Networks is evolving and changing the nature of work to meet the needs of our employees now and in the future through FLEXWORK, our approach to how we work. From benefits to learning, location to leadership, we’ve rethought and recreated every aspect of the employee experience at Palo Alto Networks. And because it FLEXes around each individual employee based on their individual choices, employees are empowered to push boundaries and help us all evolve, 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 [email protected] 

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.

Covid-19 Vaccination Information for Palo Alto Networks Jobs

• Vaccine requirements and disclosure obligations vary by country.
• Unless applicable law requires otherwise, you must be vaccinated for COVID or qualify for a reasonable accommodation if:
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