Major Account Manager
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About the Role
Palo Alto Networks is hiring a Major Account Manager to drive sales engagements and secure customer digital experiences. The role requires consultative selling, territory planning, and collaboration with channel partners.
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Responsibilities
- Drive and orchestrate large complex sales cycles, working with internal partners and teams.
- Use consultative selling to identify business challenges and create solutions for prospects and customers.
- Understand competitive landscape and customer needs to effectively position Palo Alto Networks solutions.
- Create clear goals and accurate forecasting through a detailed territory plan.
- Leverage prospect stories to create compelling value propositions.
- Stay updated on industry news and trends affecting products and services.
- Travel as necessary within territory and to company wide meetings.
Requirements
- Experience and knowledge of SaaS based architectures, ideally in networking/security industry
- Demonstrated experience selling complex solutions, value selling, or consultative sales techniques
- Technical aptitude for understanding how technology products solve business problems
- Ability to cultivate relationships with channel partners
- In depth knowledge of the full sales cycle and structured sales process
- Excellent time management skills and ability to work autonomously
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Job Summary
- The Major Account Manager partners with customers to secure their entire digital experience. This role is a significant driver of company revenue and growth.
Your Impact
- Drive and orchestrate large complex sales cycles and work with internal partners and teams to best serve the customer.
- Use consultative selling experience to identify business challenges and create solutions for prospects and customers.
- Understand the competitive landscape and customer needs to 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.
Your Experience
- Experience and knowledge of SaaS based architectures, ideally in a networking and/or security industry.
- Demonstrated experience selling complex solutions, value selling, and/or consultative sales techniques.
- Technical aptitude for understanding how technology products and solutions solve business problems.
- Identifies problems, reviews data, determines root causes, and provides scalable solutions.
- Cultivate relationships with channel partners to bring channel centric go to market approach.
- Demonstrates in depth knowledge of the full sales cycle and ability to follow a structured sales process.
- Ability to take a holistic approach to problem solving.
- Excellent time management skills, and work with high levels of autonomy and self direction.
Our Mission
- At Palo Alto Networks, we are united by a shared mission to protect our digital way of life.
- We thrive at the intersection of innovation and impact, solving real world problems with cutting edge technology.
Additional Information
- This role is remote, but distance is no barrier to impact.
- Is role eligible for Immigration Sponsorship? No.
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