Intern - Prisma Cloud Product Marketing Specialist

Palo Alto Networks • Full-time • Santa Clara, CA, US • 3w ago

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 take our mission of protecting the digital way of life seriously. We are relentless in protecting our customers and we believe that the unique ideas of every member of our team contributes to our collective success. Our values were crowdsourced by employees and are brought to life through each of us everyday - from disruptive innovation and collaboration, to execution. From showing up for each other with integrity to creating an environment where we all feel included.

As a member of our team, you will be shaping the future of cybersecurity. We work fast, value ongoing learning, and we respect each employee as a unique individual. Knowing we all have different needs, our development and personal wellbeing programs are designed to give you choice in how you are supported. This includes our FLEXBenefits wellbeing spending account with over 1,000 eligible items selected by employees, our mental and financial health resources, and our personalized learning opportunities - just to name a few!

At Palo Alto Networks, we believe in the power of collaboration and value in-person interactions. This is why our employees generally work full time from our office with flexibility offered where needed. This setup fosters casual conversations, problem-solving, and trusted relationships. Our goal is to create an environment where we all win with precision.

Job Description

Your Career

As a Product Marketing Intern, you will have the opportunity to work with a range of subject matter experts to lead team projects, understand existing products or solutions, perform analysis of competitors, determine market differentiators, and create compelling messaging across a range of potential content to captivate a customer’s interest.

You will work cross-functionally across product marketing, content marketing, campaigns, and product management to complete projects that will deliver value to our customers and the team. This is entry-level into the Palo Alto Networks product marketing organization, that revolutionized the security market with the creation of the “Next-Generation” branding that has been copied by every organization in the security industry.

This is a rare opportunity to utilize marketing, business, technology/engineering, and writing skills in a single role, bringing security products to the people who need them.

Our global internship program trains the next generation of cybersecurity talent across a range of specializations, from threat intelligence to information security, engineering, and marketing. Interns and recent graduates can learn about the network security industry from leading thinkers, grow their professional networks, and be part of a career-defining experience.

Your Impact

Interaction with various roles across marketing
Fast paced learning of cybersecurity concepts and solutions
Research and analysis of competitors
Systematic evaluation of market and customer
Understanding the effects and power of branding
Creation of captivating content for external and internal consumption
Project management from inception to delivery
Analytical analysis of a multi-solution business to ensure day-to-day reporting

Qualifications

Your Experience

Have an interest in product marketing and/or product management
Proven ability to learn new technology quickly, adapt to changing needs and possess strong analytical skills
Analytical and problem solving mindset with the ability to articulate complex issues simply,
Interested/willing to learn about cybersecurity
Strong written and verbal communication
Enthusiastic, driven and confident - the ability to clearly and persuasively articulate the company’s mission, product and business opportunity
To apply, you must be pursuing a 4-year Undergraduate Degree with a GPA of 3.0 or above, a 2-year Master's Degree or a Doctorate degree and returning to school in the fall

Additional Information

The Team

Our Prisma Cloud marketing team has an opportunity like in no other industry: high impact work and the chance to change the future of cloud and digital security, globally. Your hands will be in industry-leading content created in the face of rapidly growing threats: cyberattacks. Being in marketing at Palo Alto Networks means that you will be in the midst of the changes impacting our industry, and helping our internal teams, customers, and partners address the ever-changing threats we all face on a day-to-day basis.

Compensation Disclosure

The compensation offered for this position will depend on your degree or progress toward degree, qualifications, experience, and work location. For candidates who receive an offer, the starting hourly rate is expected to be between $25/hr to $32/hr for the specific role.

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.