Principal, AI Strategy and Transformation

Your CareerPalo Alto Networks is expanding its strategy organization and seeking a Principal (Director/Senior Director) for our strategy & transformation team. The Strategy & Transformation team covers CEO-led initiatives ranging from AI to drive efficiency and effectiveness, margin improvement and central GTM initiatives.  In the short-term, this role will focus on designing & deploying AI at Scale for better Sales and Marketing initiatives and may expand to additional use-cases. The role is beyond strategy and goes deep into execution to own and drive business outcomes. As a key leader, you will collaborate with top executives and cross-functional teams (Product, Engineering, Finance, Sales, Enablement, Documentation, IT) to tackle mission-critical business challenges and contribute to our industry-leading growth. This role offers a supportive, dynamic, and meritocratic environment that values innovation, learning, and teamwork. In this role, your contributions will directly impact our strategic success and drive innovation in the constantly evolving security landscape.Your Impact Push the thinking on “art of the possible” futureOwn and drive impactful business outcomes Drive transformative change with AI in the organization, wearing multiple hats (strategy, product & program management, execution) to do what it takes to “move the needle”Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to gather insights, co-create deliverables, and drive execution to achieve business goalsManage matrix teams and provide coaching & mentoring to team membersStructure and analyze complex business problems, develop hypotheses, experiment with AI and present data-driven recommendationsDevelop high-quality deliverables for exec-level consumption, including business cases and roadmap/execution plansSupport strategy and business planning processes while fostering strategic capabilities across the organization