Prisma Cloud Account Executive, Majors - Boston

Company Description

Our Mission

At Palo Alto Networks® everything starts and ends with our mission:

Being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life.

Our vision is a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before. 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.

Our Approach to Work

We lead with flexibility and choice in all of our people programs. We have disrupted the traditional view that all employees have the same needs and wants. We offer personalization and offer our employees the opportunity to choose what works best for them as often as possible - from your well-being support to your growth and development, and beyond!

Job Description

Your Career

You will join an exciting and high growth business unit with Palo Alto Networks positioning the industry’s most comprehensive cloud native security platform, with the industry’s broadest security and compliance coverage for applications, data, and the entire cloud native technology stack throughout the development lifecycle and across hybrid and multi-cloud environments.

In this role, you will be responsible for managing a territory focusing on Majors Accounts. Working closely with Palo Alto business partners and driving sales for our Prisma Cloud security solutions, into new customers. It is expected that you will deliver or exceed your sales targets in new business for ACV and TCV bookings. The role expects you to define your territory, strategies and then lead local execution and in alignment to company strategies and tactics with its Cloud Provider partnerships including, but not limited to, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Accenture and IBM.

Your Impact

• Win new logos within your territory

• Achieve ACV sales quotas on a monthly and quarterly basis

• Present regular/accurate forecasting for review

• Track and report on all opportunities, pipeline, and bookings to provide forecast reports to region management

• Engage with the local Cloud Provider (AWS, Azure, and Google) sales programs and joint activities

• Develop, share and implement standard methodologies and account strategies to increase our sales penetration of Cloud Security into our top accounts

• Engage with customers to identify and progress opportunities whilst delivering subject matter expertise on Cloud & Cloud Native Security solutions

• Qualify and progress leads and opportunities through the sales cycle to closure

• Establish and maintain effective relationships with channel partners

• Keep up-to-date knowledge of Cybersecurity, Cloud Computing, DevOps & Cloud Native technologies as well as the competitive position of the company

• Conduct consistent training and communications for the sales and channel teams as well as joint engagement within the wider organization

• Contribute to the larger Palo Alto Network’s Cloud & Cloud Native strategy by providing regional specific intelligence and reporting

• Apply subject matter expertise in training, QBRs, enablement, and other engagement activities

• Gather “Voice of Customer” and competitive intelligence and share with theater and global Cloud organization

• Help build and project Palo Alto Networks position as the number one enterprise cloud security company

Qualifications

Your Experience

• 7+ years' experience exceeding sales quota as a Major or Large Account Manager for a multinational company

• Sales excellence - ability to demonstrate planning, strategy, qualification and execution

• Deep understanding of Cybersecurity space required

• Understanding of Public Cloud Security space preferred

• Prior experience selling SAAS or Cloud solutions

• Excellent communication skills including strong verbal and written skills and proven presentation skills being able to articulate complex topics

• Experience with target account selling, solution selling, and consultative sales techniques

Additional Information

Your Experience

• 7+ years' experience exceeding sales quota as a Major or Large Account Manager for a multinational company

• Sales excellence - ability to demonstrate planning, strategy, qualification and execution

• Deep understanding of Cybersecurity space required

• Understanding of Public Cloud Security space preferred

• Prior experience selling SAAS or Cloud solutions

• Excellent communication skills including strong verbal and written skills and proven presentation skills being able to articulate complex topics

• Experience with target account selling, solution selling, and consultative sales techniques

Is role eligible for Immigration Sponsorship?: No. Please note that we will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position.