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Palo Alto Networks · 2 days ago

Named Account Manager - SLED

Trenton, NJ

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level

$264K/yr - $363K/yr

Palo Alto Networks is a leading cybersecurity company dedicated to protecting digital environments. They are seeking a Named Account Manager - SLED who will drive sales engagements, create strategic account plans, and foster relationships with customers to enhance their security solutions.

Agentic AICloud SecurityCyber SecurityNetwork SecuritySecurity

Growth Opportunities

No H1B

Responsibilities

As a Named Account Manager - SLED, you will drive and orchestrate complex sales cycles and work with our internal partners and teams to best serve the customer

Bring your experience and consultative selling skills to initiate long-standing relationships with prospective customers and executive sponsors

Your focus will be to create and implement strategic account plans focused on attaining enterprise-wide deployments

Understanding of the strategic competitive landscape and customer needs so you can 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

Qualification

SaaS-based architecturesConsultative sellingComplex solutions salesSales cycle managementChannel partnershipsCompetitive landscape analysisTime managementRelationship building

Required

Experience and knowledge of SaaS-based architectures, ideally in a networking and/or security context

Experience cultivating mutually beneficial relationships with our channel partners to bring channel-centric go-to-market approach for our customers

Have and able to lead all aspects of the sales cycle with the ability to uncover, qualifying, developing, and closing new, white-space territories and accounts

Possess a successful track record selling complex-solutions

Excellent time management skills, and work with high levels of autonomy and self-direction

Highly competitive, ramp quickly, extremely adaptive, and pride yourself on exceeding production goals