Palo Alto Networks

Named Account Manager

Palo Alto Networks$264K — $363K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Experience in driving complex sales cycles and collaborating with internal teams.
  • Proven track record in consultative selling and creating customer-centric solutions.
  • Strong understanding of the competitive landscape and customer needs.
  • Ability to set clear sales goals and develop accurate forecasting through detailed planning.
  • Skilled at crafting compelling value propositions tailored to specific accounts.
  • Familiarity with current industry trends and their implications for product offerings.
  • Willingness to travel within designated territory and for company events.

Responsibilities

  • Drive sales engagement and lead complex sales cycles.
  • Collaborate with internal partners to effectively serve customer needs.
  • Identify and address business challenges to propose tailored solutions.
  • Develop and execute a detailed territory plan for accurate forecasting.
  • Utilize prospect stories to present a compelling value proposition.
  • Stay informed on industry developments that impact offerings and strategies.
  • Participate in necessary travel for meetings and training.

Benefits

  • Access to the immersive FLIGHT onboarding program for new sales hires.
  • Training blending virtual and in-person formats at company headquarters.
  • Opportunities for collaboration within dynamic training cohorts.
  • Employee benefits including restricted stock units and bonuses.
Full Job Description
Job Summary

The Named Account Manager partners with our 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.

Qualifications
  • You will drive and orchestrate 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


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.

$264,000.00 - $363,000.00/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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