Domain Consulting Manager-Network Security

Palo Alto Networks•Atlanta, GA

1d•Remote

About The Position

Domain Consultant Manager - Network Security Our Mission At Palo Alto Networks®, everything starts and ends with our mission: Being the cybersecurity partner of choice and protecting our digital way of life. We have the vision of a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before. These aren’t easy goals, but we’re not here for easy. We’re here for better. We are a company built on the foundation of challenging and disrupting the way things are done, and we’re looking for innovators who are as committed to shaping the future of cybersecurity as we are. We’re changing the nature of work. Palo Alto Networks is evolving to meet the needs of our employees now and in the future through FLEXWORK, our approach to how we work. From benefits to learning, location to leadership, we’ve rethought and recreated every aspect of the employee experience at Palo Alto Networks. Because it FLEXes around each employee based on their individual choices, employees are empowered to push boundaries and help us all evolve together. Your Career As Domain Consultant Manager, you are the technical leader for your Domain Consultant team. Your team provides technical expertise and guidance in customers’ network security and zero trust journey. You will work closely with the Solutions Consultant Managers and their District Sales Manager counterparts to build relationships with your customers and help them detect and prevent advanced cyberattacks and breaches. You and your team will play a key role in defining technical solutions that secure a customer’s key business imperatives and will evangelize our industry leadership in on-prem, cloud, and security services that establish Palo Alto Networks as a customer’s cybersecurity partner of choice. We seek a leader to develop our Domain Consultant teams, providing training and technical support as a solution expert. Additionally, you will provide feedback to the product management team on new feature requests and product improvements based on what you learn from your customer base. Your team, in partnership with the systems engineering team, will displace competitor technologies, build market share within your targeted list of major accounts, and, most importantly, help your client sleep at night as they use our products to build secure digital transactions.

Requirements

Experience managing customer-facing sales engineering or solutions architect teams
5+ years experience in sales engineering within Zero Trust, Networking, Network Security, SaaS Security or SSE/SASE
Solid understanding of NGFW, Network Security, SASE, CASB, Proxy, DLP and BYOD solutions
Industry knowledge of security product market trends and directional awareness of our roadmap and technology development efforts
Experience delivering comprehensive security solutions
Strong communication (written and verbal) and presentation skills
Experience in leading large teams, allocating resources, managing engagements and resource efficiency
Proficient in English

Responsibilities

Recruit and hire new Domain Consultants into the team, hiring the best talent in the industry
Work with your peers to develop a Domain Consultant training curriculum
Mentor, train, and review employees on your team, keeping them engaged and successful in their careers
Develop relationships with the Solutions Consultant Managers and their teams to ensure full technology coverage in key opportunities
Provide effective technical leadership in customer interactions, including sharing security trends and standard methodologies employed by other customers to actively be part of the selling process
Provide Domain Consultant expertise and fill in for existing team members if there is a resource conflict or vacation coverage challenge
Innovate and iterate to drive high technical validation and PoC win rates for Network Security solutions, while reducing technical validation and PoC timelines
Present to customers as our expert in your area at all levels in the customer hierarchy from technician to CIO
Lead conversations focused on industry trends and emerging changes to the security landscape
Discuss competitor offerings in the marketplace and positions ours as the best solution
Support your team in documenting HLD (High-Level Design) and key use cases to ensure proper implementation and value realization of Palo Alto Networks solutions
Review and guide your team’s technical validation plans including POV (proof of value) test plans and customer readiness/requirements
Build and maintain relationships with key customers to solidify reference accounts and to assist the account teams with defining plans to drive more business
Act as an escalation point for pre-sales and collaborate with post-sales teams for issues that arise
Work with product teams to build requirements and roadmap development plans for our network security customers
Maintain a general understanding of competitor selling strategies
50% travel within the region