Palo Alto Networks

Senior Manager, GTM - Strata Cloud Manager

Palo Alto Networks$167K — $270K *
Enterprise Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8+ years in GTM Strategy, Sales Strategy, Sales Ops, or similar; preferred 3+ years in management consulting or tech strategy roles
  • Familiarity with AI/ML in business process automation; understanding of security solutions
  • Experience in the Cybersecurity industry, particularly Network Security, preferred but not essential
  • Demonstrated leadership skills in influencing sales teams and managing cybersecurity or SaaS projects
  • Proven expertise in developing and executing GTM strategies, market analysis, and customer engagement
  • Experience in collaborating with sales teams to create BOMs and assist in deal negotiations
  • Strong communication skills to explain complex security topics to diverse stakeholders
  • Expertise in modeling and data visualization to provide actionable insights from pipeline data
  • Proficient in Gemini, NotebookLLM, BigQuery, Salesforce, Looker Studio, and Google Apps.

Responsibilities

  • Design and execute upsell/cross-sell GTM motion for Strata Cloud Manager
  • Implement AI-driven automation workflows to enhance GTM lifecycle activities
  • Drive key initiatives for feature adoption of Strata Cloud Manager
  • Systemize professional services support to facilitate migrations from legacy tools
  • Orchestrate field enablement and marketing campaigns for new feature launches
  • Collaborate with Product, Marketing, and Sales teams to advance SCM strategies
  • Ensure pipeline predictability and accurate forecasting through disciplined measurement and reporting.

Benefits

  • Immigration sponsorship available
  • Employee benefits outlined in a separate document.
Full Job Description
Job Summary

Your Career

We are looking for a Senior Manager, SCM GTM who will embody the PANW vision and culture, enabling the high-velocity growth strategies and GTM scale for our Strata Cloud Manager product. A successful candidate is one who thrives in a fast and collaborative environment and has a proven track record of leveraging innate technical skills, business acumen, cross-functional engagement and executive presence to drive growth in the SaaS and / or Network Security Management and Optimization market.

Your Impact
  • Cross-Platform GTM: Design and execute upsell / cross-sell GTM motion for Strata Cloud Manager across form factors and supporting CDSS products.
  • AI Automation & Efficiency:Design and implement AI-driven automation workflows to streamline the GTM lifecycle activities, from identifying high-propensity customers to automating pipeline management and proposal generation.
  • Customer Adoption:Drive key initiatives to expand and accelerate feature adoption of Strata Cloud Manager to ensure customer satisfaction and growth opportunities
  • Professional Services:Systemize professional services support offerings to scale migration efforts to encourage migration from legacy management tools to advanced AI-powered solutions
  • New Feature Launches: Orchestrate field enablement, marketing campaigns and formulate offers for new feature launches in SCM.
  • Work cross functionally across Product, Marketing, Sales, Channel to drive SCM strategies and sales programs
  • Drive predictable pipeline and forecasting through measurement and reporting discipline


Qualifications
  • 8+ years of GTM Strategy, Sales Strategy, Sales Operations or equivalent experience - preference for 3+ years in top management consulting, private equity, top-tier tech strategy / "bizops" functions or GTM programs
  • AI Aptitude: Familiarity with how AI/ML can be applied to business process automation and a conceptual understanding of security solutions.
  • Cybersecurity Industry experience, especially in Network Security is preferred but not required
  • Leadership: Proven experience in influencing sales teams and managing projects in the cybersecurity or SaaS domain
  • Go-To-Market (GTM) Strategy: Experience in developing and executing GTM strategies for high-priority products, including market analysis, product positioning, and customer engagement
  • Sales Support: Preferred experience collaborating with sales teams to create Bills of Materials (BOM), and assist in deal negotiations, ensuring security requirements are met in customer solutions
  • Excellent Communication: Ability to convey complex security concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
  • Analytical Rigor:Expert-level proficiency in modeling and data visualization to turn pipeline raw data into actionable executive insights.
  • Technical Brilliance: High familiarity with Gemini, NotebookLLM, BigQuery, SalesForce, Looker Studio, Google Apps for Work


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.

$167,300.00 - $270,600.00/yr

Is role eligible for Immigration Sponsorship?: Yes

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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