Background

We are the world’s cybersecurity leader. Our technologies give 65,000 enterprise customers the power to protect billions of people worldwide.

The Major Account Manager partners with our public sector customers to secure their entire digital experience. You’re motivated by the desire to solve critical challenges facing our customer’s secure environment, so you’re prepared to connect them with a solution for every stage of threat prevention. This role is a significant driver of company revenue and growth. As an experienced and dynamic sales professional, you’re responsible for leading and driving sales engagements.

Palo Alto Networks is leading the charge in platformization, offering best-in-breed solutions that enable customers to build a truly zero-trust security architecture and navigate critical transformations. To ensure our sales team is equipped to guide customers, we've developed FLIGHT, an immersive onboarding program. Flight blends virtual and in-person learning at our headquarters, where new sales hires will participate in dynamic cohorts, fully dedicated to their training without customer distractions. This focused approach ensures they emerge as well-prepared sales professionals, ready to help customers leverage our comprehensive portfolio.

Responsibilities

As a Major Account Manager, you will drive and orchestrate large complex sales cycles and work with our internal partners and teams to best serve the customer

Your consultative selling experience will identify business challenges and create solutions for prospects and our customers

Understand the competitive landscape and customer needs so you can effectively position the portfolio of Palo Alto Networks solutions

Create clear goals and complete accurate forecasting through developing a detailed territory plan

Leverage prospect stories to create a compelling value proposition with insights into value for that specific account

Stay updated on industry news and trends, and how they affect Palo Alto Networks products and services

Travel as necessary within your territory, and to company-wide meetings

Qualifications

Your Experience

Experience and knowledge of SaaS-based architectures, ideally in a networking and/or security industry

Demonstrated experience selling complex solutions, value selling, and/or consultative sales techniques

Technical aptitude for understanding how technology products and solutions solve business problems

Identifies problems, reviews data, determines the root causes, and provides scalable solutions

Cultivate relationships with our channel partners to bring channel-centric go-to-market approach for our customers

Demonstrates in depth knowledge of the full sales cycle and the ability to follow a structured sales process

Ability to take a holistic approach to problem solving by understanding the bigger picture, and considering complex interrelationships and outcomes

Excellent time management skills, and work with high levels of autonomy and self-direction

• Drive and orchestrate large complex sales cycles and work with our internal partners and teams to best serve the customer
• Identify business challenges and create solutions for prospects and our customers using consultative selling experience
• Understand the competitive landscape and customer needs to effectively position the portfolio of Palo Alto Networks solutions
• Create clear goals and complete accurate forecasting through developing a detailed territory plan
• Leverage prospect stories to create a compelling value proposition with insights into value for that specific account
• Stay updated on industry news and trends, and how they affect Palo Alto Networks products and services
• Travel as necessary within your territory, and to company-wide meetings

• SaaS-based architectures (networking and/or security industry)
• Complex solution selling
• Value selling
• Consultative sales techniques
• Technical aptitude for understanding how technology products and solutions solve business problems
• Problem identification, data review, root cause determination, and scalable solution provision
• Channel partner relationship cultivation
• Full sales cycle knowledge
• Structured sales process adherence
• Holistic problem-solving approach
• Excellent time management
• High levels of autonomy and self-direction

• Experience and knowledge of SaaS-based architectures, ideally in a networking and/or security industry
• Demonstrated experience selling complex solutions, value selling, and/or consultative sales techniques
• Technical aptitude for understanding how technology products and solutions solve business problems
• Identifies problems, reviews data, determines the root causes, and provides scalable solutions
• Cultivate relationships with our channel partners to bring channel-centric go-to-market approach for our customers
• Demonstrates in depth knowledge of the full sales cycle and the ability to follow a structured sales process
• Ability to take a holistic approach to problem solving by understanding the bigger picture, and considering complex interrelationships and outcomes
• Excellent time management skills, and work with high levels of autonomy and self-direction