SASE Partner Development Manager India SAARC

Your Career

The Palo Alto Networks Ecosystem team is a strategic pillar for the organisations continued growth and we are looking for a Partner Development Strategic Partner impact player that thrives in a fastpaced working environment and who can play an integral role in driving Palo Alto Networks growth in a rapidly expanding SASE market space.

Your role will involve creating implementing and executing ideation and acceleration programs to drive the adoption and growth of SASE solutions within a select group of strategic partners. You will collaborate closely with the Channel Business Manager to develop a comprehensive SASE strategic partner plan which will be integrated into the broader partner business plan. This includes designing programs crafting partner sales plays and developing tools that enhance alignment enablement and demand generation efforts all of which will be leveraged by Channel Business Managers across the ecosystem.

Your Impact

• Develop and execute enablement and sales plays which drive the partner relationship including sales and pipeline development executive interlocks business development enablement certification plans and partner marketing
• Drive joint sales pursuit activities pursuant to the successful attainment against a given sales target working with the Palo Alto Networks sales & partner organisations
• Evangelise the joint value proposition and service offerings with partners leading the charge on account targeting and orchestrate meetings to create new joint pipeline and drive business to close
• Develop and complete capacity plans to assure the partner is well positioned to deliver successful customer outcomes
• Build consistency of partner engagement with Palo Alto Networks sales and engineering leadership
• Lead regular business performance/relationship reviews with senior management
• Build and maintain activity and performance reports and dashboards to measure the business performance

Qualifications :

Your Experience

• 10 years in sales management channel management or business development role within the enterprise software ecosystem (cybersecurity preferred)
• Previous experience working with partners in SASE/CASB capacity is an advantage
• Excellent instincts and shown ability to interface at a senior leadership to individual contributor level with ease
• Adept at moving quickly between lowlevel execution and highlevel critical thinking and organisation
• Outstanding relationship building skills across internal and partner shareholders
• Successful track record of exceeding performance objectives
• Experience and success operating within the enterprise/major accounts/global market
• High discernment with sales marketing and solution development mindset
• Capable of performing in a fast paced virtual team environment
• A technical background or foundation is an advantage 

Additional Information :

The Team

Our India & SAARC Ecosystem team is a talented group of handselected individuals driving our relationship with GTM partners. This focused and experienced team works directly with our strategic partners as well as internally and externally to run our joint business plan. This role will be critical to ensuring we execute on time and on plan.

This person also works very closely with a variety of routes to market Solution Provider GSI CSP organisation at Palo Alto Networks which is a critical component to accomplishing our mission. 

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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