Palo Alto Networks-posted 5 months ago
$255,000 - $351,000/Yr
Full-time • Mid Level
Albany, NY
5,001-10,000 employees

The Named Account Manager - SLED is a significant driver of company revenue and growth. As an experienced and dynamic sales professional, you’re responsible for leading and driving sales engagements. You’re motivated by the desire to solve critical challenges facing our customer’s secure environment, so you’re prepared to connect them with a solution for every stage of threat prevention. You’ll be responsible for meeting and exceeding your quota by crafting and implementing strategic territory plans targeting deployments of the Palo Alto Networks Next Generation Security Platform. This is a unique opportunity for a closer with a go-getter mentality to win business and market share by actively displacing competing technologies. Palo Alto Networks is leading the charge in platformization, offering best-in-breed solutions that enable customers to build a truly zero-trust security architecture and navigate critical transformations. To ensure our sales team is equipped to guide customers, we've developed FLIGHT, an immersive onboarding program. Flight blends virtual and in-person learning at our headquarters, where new sales hires will participate in dynamic cohorts, fully dedicated to their training without customer distractions. This focused approach ensures they emerge as well-prepared sales professionals, ready to help customers leverage our comprehensive portfolio.

  • Drive and orchestrate complex sales cycles and work with internal partners and teams to best serve the customer.
  • Initiate long-standing relationships with prospective customers and executive sponsors.
  • Create and implement strategic account plans focused on attaining enterprise-wide deployments.
  • Understand the strategic competitive landscape and customer needs to effectively position Palo Alto Networks.
  • Engage a programmatic approach to demand to generate, develop, and expand your territory.
  • 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.
  • Experience and knowledge of SaaS-based architectures, ideally in a networking and/or security context.
  • Experience cultivating mutually beneficial relationships with channel partners.
  • Ability to lead all aspects of the sales cycle, uncovering, qualifying, developing, and closing new territories and accounts.
  • Possess a successful track record selling complex solutions.
  • Excellent time management skills, and ability to work with high levels of autonomy and self-direction.
  • Highly competitive, ramp quickly, extremely adaptive, and pride yourself on exceeding production goals.
  • FLEXBenefits wellbeing spending account with over 1,000 eligible items selected by employees.
  • Mental and financial health resources.
  • Personalized learning opportunities.
  • Restricted stock units and a bonus.
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