Palo Alto Networks

District Sales Manager - SLED

Palo Alto Networks$332K — $457K *
Education, Government & Non-Profit
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Experience with SaaS-based architectures in networking/security for SLED.
  • Proven track record leading a SLED sales team.
  • Familiar with channel and partner sales models.
  • Demonstrated ability to create high-performing teams in fast-paced environments.
  • History of successful sales pipeline management and results.
  • Highly driven with an entrepreneurial mindset and strong urgency for execution.
  • Ability to manage client escalations and issues effectively.

Responsibilities

  • Lead a team of field sellers to maximize business growth.
  • Understand customer needs through research and insight development.
  • Participate in and lead prospect meetings for team support.
  • Coach direct reports on territory pipeline and forecasting strategies.
  • Engage in territory planning, relationship development, and revenue driving opportunities.
  • Foster a high-performance sales culture focused on bookings and forecast accuracy.
  • Mentor and develop your team while holding them accountable for achieving challenging goals.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to build and develop a winning sales team through recruitment and training.
  • Exposure to working with C-suite leaders and external stakeholders.
  • Supportive company culture focused on mentorship and team development.
  • Engagement in a rapidly growing sales environment with significant opportunities for influence.
Full Job Description
Job Summary

As a District Sales Manager SLED , you will lead a team of field sellers and to help formulate and execute a strategy to maximize business growth. You are instrumental in developing and managing your team to generate revenue and achieve individual, team, and organizational quotas.

We are looking for a proven first-line sales leader with great energy, leadership, and initiative to drive team performance and revenue growth for our sales team. This role will entail:
  • 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 selling into the SLED vertical
  • Proven leading a SLED sales team
  • 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
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