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As the Director of Professional Services Program Management, you will lead a regional team responsible for overseeing complex customer deployments of Palo Alto Networks solutions. This role is accountable for ensuring successful program delivery across a portfolio of customer engagements while enabling customers to realize the full value of their investment. You will provide strategic leadership for program execution across the theater, driving operational excellence, delivery consistency, and strong customer outcomes. In partnership with the Global PMO and cross-functional teams, you will help establish scalable delivery standards, improve program governance, and advance best practices across Professional Services. With a strong focus on both customer success and business performance, you will oversee a portfolio of enterprise programs while guiding teams responsible for delivering complex security deployments in some of the world’s most demanding environments.
Job Responsibility:
Lead, mentor, and empower a theater team of Managers and Program Managers, fostering a collaborative, high-performance culture
Own the overall portfolio of projects for the region, ensuring alignment with business objectives and strategic goals
Oversee the governance of project management methodology, driving process improvements to optimize project execution and quality
Collaborate with internal teams such as Sales, Customer Success, and Operations to ensure overall deployment success
Lead theater-level strategic resource planning and forecasting to ensure optimal staffing levels that meet customer demand
Serve as a senior escalation point for high-risk engagements, proactively identifying and mitigating risks to resolve issues effectively
Manage operational performance metrics to accelerate revenue, improve deployment time, and achieve high customer satisfaction (CSAT) scores
Champion operational excellence and disciplined execution practices to drive a culture of accountability and continuous improvement
Requirements:
12+ years of experience in Professional Services, program management, consulting delivery, or related leadership roles, preferably within a high-growth technology environment
5+ years of experience leading and developing high-performing teams, with the ability to influence leaders and stakeholders across a highly matrixed organization
Proven ability to translate strategic initiatives into operational execution, driving measurable outcomes across complex programs and customer deployments
Experience overseeing large-scale delivery portfolios consisting of multiple concurrent projects, teams, and cross-functional stakeholders
Strong background managing operational performance metrics including utilization, revenue delivery, backlog management, and customer satisfaction
Experience engaging with senior customer stakeholders and leading complex, customer-facing delivery initiatives at scale
Demonstrated ability to forecast and manage services business performance including revenue, margins, bill rates, and utilization across a regional team
Strong experience navigating customer escalations and driving resolution across technical, operational, and executive stakeholders
Ability to operate effectively in a highly collaborative, matrixed environment aligned to our values of Collaboration, Disruption, Execution, Inclusion, and Integrity
Ability to travel as needed to support strategic customer engagements and key deployment milestones
Nice to have:
PMP certification or equivalent project management credential preferred
Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field, equivalent experience, or military experience required
Master’s degree preferred
Familiarity with firewall and SASE technologies preferred