Palo Alto Networks

SASE Sales Specialist

Palo Alto Networks$264K — $363K *
Telecommunications & Hardware
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of field or technical sales experience with SASE or SD-WAN
  • Successful track record of exceeding sales quotas in a fast-paced environment
  • Familiarity with network infrastructure security appliances like firewalls and VPNs
  • Hands-on experience with routing and switching technologies
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills
  • Experience managing relationships with channel partners
  • Strong time management and self-direction abilities

Responsibilities

  • Partner with leadership to promote the SASE portfolio to stakeholders
  • Lead sales planning for accurate business forecasting
  • Develop a solid understanding of security threats and tools
  • Leverage cross-functional resources to meet sales targets
  • Stay informed about industry trends impacting products and services
  • Facilitate training sessions and workshops for audiences
  • Identify cross-selling and up-selling opportunities in accounts
  • Educate clients and partners on modern network security
  • Build and maintain relationships with channel partners
  • Travel extensively throughout the Western US for business needs

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health coverage
  • Retirement plans
  • Employee stock options
  • Paid time off for vacations and holidays
  • Continuing education opportunities
  • Flexible work schedules
Full Job Description
Job Summary

  • Ability to work in partnership with your respective geography's leadership to engage the SASE portfolio to customers, partners, and colleagues
  • Perform high-level sales planning, leading to accurate forecasting of the business
  • Build a fundamental understanding of security threats, solutions, security tools or network technologies
  • Bring to bear all cross-functional resources to achieve your quota.
  • Stay updated on industry news and trends, and how they affect Palo Alto Networks products and services
  • Conduct in-person sessions, webinars and learning materials that can be consumed by the appropriate audience
  • Identify cross-selling and up-selling opportunities within accounts
  • Educate customers and partners on the modern network security landscape
  • Establish relationships with and sell through channel partners
  • Travel 50% + throughout the Western US, and to company-wide meetings


Qualifications
  • 5+ years of field or technical sales selling SASE or SD-WAN for a multinational organization
  • Above quota sales experience in a high-tempo culture
  • Experience selling network infrastructure-based security appliances including, but not limited to - Firewalls, SSL/IPSec VPNs, Security Proxies and Caches, SD-WAN
  • Practical experience working with routing and switching products that will be installed adjacent to our appliances
  • Strong communication and presentation skills, both written and verbally
  • Experience working with Channel partners and understanding of a channel centric go to market approach
  • Excellent time management skills, and work with high levels of autonomy and self-direction


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
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