Data Integrity and Policy Specialist

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

The Data Integrity Specialist is a critical individual contributor role responsible for the health, accuracy, and reliability of core business data across our sales and operational systems. This role operates at the intersection of business strategy and technical execution, focusing on enforcing data governance standards, driving data quality projects, and ensuring all stakeholders have the accurate information needed to make effective decisions.

The successful candidate will be a highly organized, proactive problem-solver with a strong acumen for the end-to-end software sales process and a deep commitment to data accuracy.

Your Impact

Data Governance and Quality Assurance

• Execute regular, periodic, and mass data maintenance and validation activities to ensure data accuracy and hygiene, focusing primarily on account and opportunity information.
• Design, build, and analyse reports and data visualizations (Dashboard) to proactively monitor and audit data accuracy, completeness, and integrity across systems.
• Define and enforce company data standards, policies, and processes in close collaboration with cross-functional teams.

Project Management and Optimization

• Identify, design, and formally advocate for opportunities to optimize data workflows, enhance scalability, and implement automation solutions.
• Manage optimization and data quality projects from inception through to completion, ensuring steady progress and alignment with business needs.
• Consult with downstream teams (e.g., Finance, Deal Desk, IT, Sales) to conduct comprehensive impact analysis of proposed data changes and optimization projects.

Cross-Functional Collaboration & Issue Resolution

• Act as the primary point of contact for complex, urgent, high-visibility data issues and escalations from Sales, Finance, Legal, IT and Deal Desk teams.
• Provide effective and frequent communication to cross-functional teams and stakeholders regarding project progress, data health metrics, and issue resolution status.
• Skilfully manage requestor expectations and escalations through appropriate internal channels.

Qualifications

Your Experience

• Experience: Minimum 7+ years in a data governance, business systems, or sales operations role focused on data integrity and process execution.
• Domain Expertise: Strong understanding of the end-to-end software sales process and the relationship between sales data and downstream financial/legal functions.
• System Proficiency: Required experience with Salesforce (SFDC) is mandatory. Prior experience working with Power BI, Clari, Tableau Google Suite or similar cloud-based collaboration platforms and understanding of leveraging AI/Automation tools to enhance data integrity processes is preferred.
• Data & Analytics: Proven ability to build reports, dashboards, and analyse large datasets to identify trends, anomalies, and root causes of data quality issues.

• Soft Skills:

• Highly organized, proactive, and capable of operating independently to solve complex problems with minimal guidance.
• Strong interpersonal skills and proven ability to work cross-functionally, particularly with Sales Operations and IT.
• Demonstrated ability to identify and lead process improvement or optimization projects.
• High attention to detail and an unwavering commitment to data accuracy.
• This is a global role, requiring flexibility to work in shifts to support our worldwide teams and business needs
• Highly organized, proactive, and capable of operating independently to solve complex problems with minimal guidance.
• Strong interpersonal skills and proven ability to work cross-functionally, particularly with Sales Operations and IT.
• Demonstrated ability to identify and lead process improvement or optimization projects.
• High attention to detail and an unwavering commitment to data accuracy.

Additional Information

The Team

Our  Strategy & Operations team at Palo Alto Networks works on a set of strategic initiatives to drive process improvement projects to deliver improved efficiency and scale through simplification, automation and innovation across Sales Operations tools and processes.

You will be part of a growing, passionate, and dynamic team with an opportunity to work on challenging and exciting projects – centered on what we believe is one of the most significant mission statements in the world.

• 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.