Major Account Manager

Your Career

The Major Account Manager is a significant driver of company revenue and growth. As an experienced and dynamic sales professional youre responsible for leading and driving sales engagements. Youre motivated by the desire to solve critical challenges facing our customers secure environment so youre prepared to connect them with a solution for every stage of threat prevention.

Youll 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 gogetter mentality to win business and market share by actively displacing competing technologies. Oh and did we say you love to sell Because selling is what gets you out of bed every morning. This is not just a career its a meaningful challenge that impacts our lives in the digital age.

Our solutions are bestinbreed and customers need a trusted cybersecurity partner who can create a truly zero trust based security architecture. Our customers are looking to us to create critical transformations and our portfolio of solutions will help us do that.

Your Impact

• You will drive and orchestrate complex sales cycles and work with our internal partners and teams to best serve the customer
• Your consultative selling experience will identify business challenges and create solutions for prospects and our customers
• Understand the competitive landscape and customer needs so you can 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 companywide meetings

Qualifications :

Your Experience

• Successfully sells complex solutions/value and knows consultative sales techniques
• Cold calling and acquisition is still part of your business
• Feels comfortable in communicating with all levels from admin to CxO 
• Preferably experience selling to big clients in Germany
• Cybersecurity expertise is a plus
• Technical aptitude for understanding how technology products and solutions solve business problems
• Identifies problems reviews data determines the root causes and provides scalable solutions
• Cultivates relationships with our channel partners to bring channelcentric gotomarket approach for our customers
• Demonstrates in depth knowledge of the full sales cycle and the ability to follow a structured sales process
• Ability to take a holistic approach to problem solving by understanding the bigger picture and considering complex interrelationships and outcomes
• Excellent time management skills and work with high levels of autonomy and selfdirection
• English and German language proficiency strong communication and presentation skills

Additional Information :

The Team

Our sales team members work handinhand with large organizations around the world to keep their digital environments protected. We educate inspire and empower our potential clients in their journey to security.

As part of our sales team you are empowered with unmatched systems and tools constantly updated research and sales libraries and a team built on joint success. You wont find someone at Palo Alto Networks that isnt committed to your success with everyone pitching in to assist when it comes to solutions selling learning and development. As a member of our sales team you are motivated by a solutionsfocused sales environment and find fulfillment in working with clients to resolve incredibly complex cyberthreats. 

Our Commitment

Were problem solvers that take risks and challenge cybersecuritys status quo. Its simple: we cant accomplish our mission without diverse teams innovating together.

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Palo Alto Networks is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity in our workplace and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age ancestry color family or medical care leave gender identity or expression genetic information marital status medical condition national origin physical or mental disability political affiliation protected veteran status race religion sex (including pregnancy) sexual orientation or other legally protected characteristics.

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