Palo Alto Networks

Director - Hyperscaler Solutions & Sales Play

Palo Alto Networks$206K — $283K *
Information Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10-15 years of strategic leadership experience in alliance management, product strategy, or business development with a proven record of scaling high-growth businesses.
  • Demonstrated executive presence to influence C-suite stakeholders and lead transformation initiatives across companies.
  • Knowledge of AI security market trends, specifically Palo Alto Networks' roadmap and competitive products.
  • Familiarity with Hyperscaler strategy and their partnerships with independent software vendors (ISVs).
  • Strong comprehension of AI ecosystems, hyperscalers, large language models (LLMs), and the cybersecurity landscape.
  • Experience utilizing various AI tools in business operations.
  • Ability to think strategically and execute creatively with a proactive attitude towards business success.

Responsibilities

  • Lead global cross-functional teams to develop and execute plans for AI Security Sales Plays with hyperscalers.
  • Govern sales play planning and execution, leading quarterly business reviews and operational processes.
  • Exhibit thought leadership through an in-depth understanding of AI security solutions and product roadmaps.
  • Collaborate with internal product teams and broader ecosystems to identify technical integrations that enhance the customer value proposition.
  • Ensure strategic integration of agentic AI offerings into hyperscaler marketplaces to drive co-sell opportunities.
  • Engage with C-level executives on industry trends and changes impacting the AI security landscape, especially with Frontier Models.
  • Define account segmentation strategies and investment models for AI sales plays to align with hyperscaler sales leadership.

Benefits

  • Flexible remote work options that foster collaboration across geographies.
  • Opportunities for personal and professional growth in a supportive culture that values trust and accountability.
  • Access to innovative technology solutions within a leading-edge AI security environment.
  • Participation in cross-functional initiatives, enhancing skillsets and industry knowledge.
Full Job Description
This role is remote, but distance is no barrier to impact. Our hybrid teams collaborate across geographies to solve big problems, stay close to our customers, and grow together. You will be part of a culture that values trust, accountability, and shared success where your work truly matters.

Job Summary

In this role, you will define the global strategy and focus on building and maintaining our AI Security solutions related sales plays with our hyperscaler partners. These plays will drive measurable outcomes, including increased pipeline, opportunities and bookings. Success will be defined by your ability to strategize, develop, execute and govern sales play development and enablement plans with other stakeholders, internally in the ecosystems and product teams and externally within the hyperscalers and customers.

You will operate at all levels of hyperscaler organizations from C-level to sellers and technical resources. This role requires a strong technical knowledge of the rapidly evolving agentic AI ecosystem, PANW's and the hyperscalers' capabilities in this spac,plan solutions-related cross-functionalthe ,,,,e to jointly add value to mutual customers.

Your Impact
  • Lead global cross functional teams (product management, engineering, sales execution) to develop and deliver on a plan with each hyperscaler (Google Cloud, AWS, Microsoft Azure and Oracle Cloud) on AI Security Sales Plays
  • These plans will include incremental pipeline, opportunities and bookings goals. Govern sales play level planning and execution by leading quarterly business reviews (QBRs) and regular operational cadence
  • Demonstrate thought leadership through a deep technical understanding of AI security solutions and product roadmaps from both Palo Alto Networks and hyperscalers
  • Work with internal and hyperscaler product teams and broader ecosystems team to identify appropriate technical integrations and agentic plays to make the joint value proposition to customers more compelling
  • Oversee the strategic integration of our agentic AI offerings into hyperscaler marketplaces, ensuring our technical value proposition is accurately positioned to drive automated,,solutions-relatedcross-functional co-sell opportunities.
  • Converse at a C-level on industry trends and emerging changes to the AI security landscape that every customer must be aware of and planning to deal with (especially relevant with the onset of Frontier Models)
  • Define the global account segmentation strategy and investment model for AI sales plays, ensuring alignment with hyperscaler sales leadership to maximize pipeline velocity
  • Prepare an enablement plan and deliver focused enablement sessions to customers, hyperscaler sellers, PANW sellers, partner sellers and technical resources
  • Create and communicate compelling value propositions that motivate partners to prioritize our solutions
  • Present joint value proposition with partner teams at partner events and conferences
  • Track feedback from stakeholders to continuously improve the effectiveness and completeness of the AI Security sales play strategy


Qualifications
  • Well-versed in the10-15 years of strategic leadership experience in alliance management, product strategy, or business development, with a proven track record of scaling high-growth businesses and managing complex, cross-functional organizational ecosystems
  • Demonstrated executive presence with the ability to influence C-suite stakeholders and lead cross-company transformation initiatives
  • Industry knowledge of AI security product market trends, including awareness of Palo Alto Networks' AI Security roadmap and technology development efforts, and understanding of competitive AI security products
  • Industry knowledge of Hyperscaler strategy and roadmap, Knowledge should include how they partner with ISVs
  • Strong understanding of AI ecosystems, hyperscalers, LLMs and cybersecurity companies
  • Well versed with use of various AI tools in the normal course of business
  • Proven ability to think strategically and execute creatively
  • "Whatever it takes" attitude and motivation to do whatever is necessary to assist in winning business


Compensation Disclosure

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/com-missioned roles) is expected to be the annual range listed below. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here.

$206,100.00 - $283,500.00/yr

About Palo Alto Networks

Palo Alto Networks, Inc. is an American multinational cybersecurity company with headquarters in Santa Clara, California. Its core products are a platform that includes advanced firewalls and cloud-based offerings that extend those firewalls to cover other aspects of security. The company serves over 70,000 organizations in over 150 countries, including 85 of the Fortune 100. It is home to the Unit 42 threat research team and hosts the Ignite cybersecurity conference.
Learn more about Palo Alto Networks
Size
11,870 employees
Market Cap
$42.6 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$368.2 million
Founded
2005
5 Year Trend
+25.7%
Revenue
$3.7 billion
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