Strategic Account Manager

Our MissionAt Palo Alto Networks® everything starts and ends with our mission:Being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life.We have the vision of a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before. These aren’t easy goals to accomplish – but we’re not here for easy. We’re here for better. 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.We’re changing the nature of work. Palo Alto Networks is evolving to meet the needs of our employees now and in the future through FLEXWORK, our approach to how we work. From benefits to learning, location to leadership, we’ve rethought and recreated every aspect of the employee experience at Palo Alto Networks. And because it FLEXes around each individual employee based on their individual choices, employees are empowered to push boundaries and help us all evolve, together. Your CareerThe Strategic Account Manager 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. 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.You’ll be responsible for meeting and exceeding your quota by crafting and implementing strategic territory plans targeting deployments of the Palo Alto Networks Next Generation Security Platform. This is a unique opportunity for a closer with a go-getter mentality to win business and market share by actively displacing competing technologies. Your Impact

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

Bring your experience and consultative selling skills to initiate long-standing relationships with prospective customers and executive sponsors

Your focus will be to create and implement strategic account plans focused on attaining enterprise-wide deployments

Understanding of the strategic competitive landscape and customer needs so you can effectively position Palo Alto Networks

Engage a programmatic approach to demand to generate, develop, and expand your territory

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

Your Experience

Successful background selling into and working with large enterprise organizations

Experience and knowledge of SaaS-based architectures, ideally in a networking and/or security context - awareness of SASE technology is preferred

Experience cultivating mutually beneficial relationships with our channel partners to bring channel-centric go-to-market approach for our customers

Have and able to lead all aspects of the sales cycle with the ability to uncover, qualifying, developing, and closing new, white-space territories and accounts

Possess a successful track record selling complex-solutions

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

Highly competitive, ramp quickly, extremely adaptive, and pride yourself on exceeding production goals

The TeamOur sales team members work hand-in-hand with large organizations around the world to keep their digital environments protected. We educate, inspire, and empower our potential clients in their journey to security.As part of our sales team, you are empowered with unmatched systems and tools, constantly updated research and sales libraries, and a team built on joint success. You won’t find someone at Palo Alto Networks that isn’t committed to your success – with everyone pitching in to assist when it comes to solutions selling, learning, and development. As a member of our sales team, you are motivated by a solutions-focused sales environment and find fulfillment in working with clients to resolve incredibly complex cyberthreats. Our Commitment We’re trailblazers that dream big, 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.The compensation offered for this position will depend on qualifications, experience, and work location. For candidates who receive an offer at the posted level, the starting base salary (for non-sales roles) or base salary + commission target (for sales/commissioned roles) is expected to be between $250,000/yr to $343,750/yr. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here .