Palo Alto Networks

District Sales Manager

Palo Alto Networks$332K — $457K *
US-AnywhereRemote in Oklahoma, US
Enterprise Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of experience in SaaS, particularly in networking/security sectors.
  • Knowledge of channel and partner sales strategies.
  • Proven track record in building and leading high-performing sales teams.
  • Demonstrated success in managing sales pipelines and achieving revenue goals year over year.
  • Strong entrepreneurial mindset with execution-focused drive.
  • Adept at handling client escalations and complex issues effectively.
  • Excellent communication skills for influencing cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

  • Understand customer needs through research and insights.
  • Lead and support team in prospect meetings.
  • Analyze territory pipeline and coach team on closing strategies.
  • Engage in territory planning and relationship development to enhance revenue.
  • Foster a high-performance sales culture and mentor team members.
  • Leverage technical knowledge to provide comprehensive solutions to clients.
  • Drive collaborative selling opportunities and team accountability.

Benefits

  • Professional development programs.
  • Mentorship opportunities to enhance leadership skills.
  • Collaborative team environment fostering innovation.
  • Flexibility in territory planning to support work-life balance.
  • Access to industry-leading training resources.
  • Engagement in a high-performance culture with clear metrics for success.
Full Job Description
Job Summary

  • Deeply understanding your customers' needs by doing the research to develop insight into their priorities
  • Bring support to your team by participating in and leading prospect meetings
  • Deep dive into weekly territory pipeline and forecasting activities to coach direct reports on strategies to drive closure
  • Actively engage in territory planning and development, relationship development and opportunity to drive revenue by supporting and assisting your team in closing opportunities
  • Lead a high-performance sales culture that delivers results in bookings, sales development, and forecast accuracy while simultaneously mentoring and developing your team
  • In-depth technical knowledge of our portfolio with the ability to take a holistic approach to help solve our customers' problems
  • Drive and oversee team selling opportunities
  • Holds team and self accountable to achieve challenging goals while maintaining a forward-thinking approach when faced with setbacks
  • Ability to communicate with leaders at all levels, including C-suite and establishes open and trusting relationships
  • Successfully influences others through change management
  • Development of a winning team, including recruiting, hiring and training while upholding our core values.


Qualifications
  • Experience and knowledge of SaaS-based architectures, ideally in a networking and/or security industry
  • Experience with channel and partner sales models
  • Proven leader with the ability to create high performing teams in a rapidly growing sales environment.
  • Year over year track record of successful sales pipeline management and results
  • Highly driven individual with an execution focus and a strong sense of urgency with an entrepreneurial mindset.
  • Track record of consistently delivering revenue numbers and goals while maintaining a focus on team development and growth.
  • Capable of successfully managing significant client escalations and issues
  • Excellent at influencing others, both externally and internally; ability to communicate effectively and build consensus across various functional groups to achieve goals.
  • You're a leader and you know that to get the best results, you also have to be a great team player, building excellent rapport and collaboration with cross-functional teams.


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.

$332,400.00 - $457,050.00/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
NASDAQ

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