Your Career
As a Senior Technical Sales Manager you will collaborate closely with your sales partner across the APJ region forging robust relationships with targeted MSP/MSSP partners. Your primary mission will be to introduce Prisma SDWAN and SASE solutions along with other products from our platform portfolio to their clientele. Armed with deep technical expertise in networking routing and managed cybersecurity services youll not only establish trust with our MSP/MSSP partners but also work collaboratively to fortify the security of their managed services. Leveraging insights gained from your customer interactions youll offer valuable feedback and suggestions to our product management teams for new feature development and enhancements.
Your Impact
- Architect and promote validated SDWAN/SASE solutions to MSP/MSSP partners empowering them to offer these services as managed offerings to their customers
- Identify prospective and existing customer opportunities that align with our solution offerings
- Collaborate closely with regional sales leadership to provide strategic and tactical sales support
- Foster growth by cultivating and nurturing relationships with current and potential MSP/MSSP partners
- Serve as the goto technical advisor for MSP/MSSP partners earning their trust and respect
- Establish yourself as a trusted consultant for MSP/MSSP partners sales product and engineering teams
- Execute and oversee sales strategies in partnership with your Sales Account Manager and MSP/MSSP partners
- Ensure the ongoing satisfaction support and adoption of new products and services by both MSP/MSSP partners and their end customers
- Effectively convey Palo Alto Networks market leadership and value propositions
- Exhibit exceptional verbal and written communication skills to manage interactions with customers and partners
- Demonstrate agility in working within small creative teams as well as crossfunctional teams
- Champion collaboration and teamwork as fundamental principles
- Embrace an ambitious and proactive attitude
- Pursue continuous selfimprovement and learning to maintain technical leadership in relevant technologies such as Networking SDWAN SASE data center public cloud cybersecurity 5G and more
Qualifications :
Your Experience
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelors Degree in Computer Science Computer Engineering or Networking or equivalent relevant experience or equivalent military experience
- 8 years experience You possess over 8 years of experience ideally in presales specialist (customer or partner engineering) or technical sales roles within networking network security or cybersecurity industry
- MSP/MSSP Focus You bring 5 years of experience working at or supporting an MSP/MSSP with a specific emphasis on SDWAN/SASE technologies
- Tier 1 or 2 MSPs Your career includes experience working with Tier 1 or 2 Managed Service Providers showcasing your involvement in demanding and highimpact environments
- GotoMarket Expertise You have a track record of success in developing and executing managed services gotomarket strategies
- SDWAN/SASE Proficiency You have extensive handson experience with SDWAN architectures and a deep understanding of how MSPs/MSSPs operate and deliver SDWAN/SASE solutions
- Technical Capabilities Your skill set extends to various technical domains including WAN technologies (MPLS Broadband SDWAN) tunneling protocols (SSL/TLS IPSec) IP Routing (BGP OSPF Static Network Address Translation) virtualization technologies (ESX KVM Xen Microsoft) and network security capabilities (IPS/IDS ZoneBased Firewalls Sandboxing CASB DLP Zero Trust concepts)
- Regional Travel You are willing and able to travel regionally as required demonstrating your ability to meet with internal and external stakeholders as required
Preferred Qualifications (Not Essential)
- Japanese Language Proficiency Your ability to communicate fluently in Japanese both written and verbal will enable effective collaboration with partners and customers in the Japan market
Additional Information :
The Team
SASE technologies have taken center stage and Palo Alto Networks has made significant investments in bestinclass capabilities to serve our customers needs and win against the competition. Weve received validation from customers and analysts that our approach is visionary and compelling.
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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Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime