Palo Alto Networks

SASE Sales Specialist

Palo Alto Networks$264K — $363K *
Enterprise Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of field or technical sales experience in SASE or SD-WAN for a multinational organization
  • Proven track record of exceeding sales quotas in a fast-paced environment
  • Experience selling network security appliances like Firewalls and VPNs
  • Practical knowledge of routing and switching products that complement security appliances
  • Strong verbal and written communication and presentation skills
  • Background in working with channel partners and understanding channel-centric sales models
  • Excellent time management and ability to work autonomously

Responsibilities

  • Drive sales growth of SASE portfolio across the Western US for enterprise accounts
  • Develop and execute high-level sales plans leading to accurate business forecasting
  • Build a strong understanding of modern security threats and corresponding solutions
  • Leverage cross-functional resources to achieve sales quotas
  • Stay informed about industry trends and their implications for Palo Alto Networks
  • Conduct educational sessions and webinars for customers and partners
  • Identify opportunities for upselling and cross-selling within existing accounts
  • Establish and maintain relationships with channel partners
  • Travel extensively across the Western US and to company-wide events

Benefits

  • Access to a comprehensive benefits package
  • Opportunities for professional growth and development
  • Chance to work with cutting-edge technology in a leading cybersecurity firm
  • Dynamic and high-energy work environment
  • Involvement in impactful security solutions that address urgent industry challenges
Full Job Description
Job Summary

SASE is a significant source of revenue and growth at Palo Alto Networks. As a SASE Specialist, you drive the sale of the Palo Alto Networks SASE portfolio in the Western Region of the US - to include Prisma Access, Prisma SD-Wan and Next Gen CASB across a broad geographic territory of Enterprise accounts. Additionally, you work with a variety of other teams to execute the overall SASE Go-to-Market plan, providing thought leadership and enabling scale. You're motivated by the desire to solve critical security challenges facing our customers.
You are required to exceed your quota, obtain/maintain subject matter expertise, create/update detailed written plans, and regularly present to a variety of audiences (large and small, live and virtual).
This is a unique opportunity for a closer with a strategic mindset to take a highly functioning business to the next level. This is not just a career - it's a meaningful challenge that impacts our lives in the digital age

Your Impact

  • 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


Qualifications

Your Experience

  • 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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