Palo Alto Networks

Named Account Manager SLED

Palo Alto Networks$311K — $427K *
Enterprise Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Proven ability to manage complex sales cycles effectively.
  • Strong consultative selling skills with relationship-building expertise.
  • Experience in creating and executing strategic account plans for enterprise deployments.
  • Deep understanding of the competitive landscape and customer requirements.
  • Ability to generate and expand demand through a programmatic approach.
  • Skill in leveraging customer insights to craft compelling value propositions.
  • Current knowledge of industry trends impacting security solutions.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and execute sales engagements targeting the SLED sector.
  • Develop and implement strategic plans to exceed sales quotas.
  • Establish solid relationships with prospective customers and executive sponsors.
  • Analyze competitive landscape to position Palo Alto Networks effectively.
  • Generate demand and expand your market territory strategically.
  • Utilize success stories to create persuasive account-specific value propositions.
  • Maintain awareness of industry trends affecting product and service offerings.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive onboarding through FLIGHT program for new sales hires.
  • Focused training environment ensuring dedicated learning time.
  • Opportunities for professional growth and development within the company.
  • Exposure to a leading product portfolio in cybersecurity.
  • Collaborative work culture with internal partners and teams.
Full Job Description
Job Summary

The Named Account Manager - SLED 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.

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
  • As a Named 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


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.

$311,200.00 - $427,900.00/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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