Prisma Cloud Sales Specialist

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 wellbeing support to your growth and development, and beyond

**Job Description**:
**Your Career**

In this role, you will be responsible for managing a territory focusing on Major Accounts. Working closely with Palo Alto business partners and driving sales for our Prisma Cloud security solutions, into new and existing customers. It is expected that you deliver or exceed your sales targets in both new business and renewals 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, renew existing customer and expand business 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
- 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 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 organisation
- Contribute to the larger Palo Alto Network’s Cloud & Cloud Native strategy by providing regional specific intelligence and reporting
- Gather “Voice of Customer” and competitive intelligence and share with theatre and global Cloud organization
- Help build and project Palo Alto Networks position as the number one enterprise cloud security company

**Qualifications**:
**Your Experience**
- 4+ years' experience exceeding sales quota as an Enterprise or Large Account Manager for a multinational company
- Sales excellence - ability to demonstrate planning, strategy, qualification and execution
- Deep understanding of Public Cloud and the uniqueness of public cloud architectures
- Prior experience selling SAAS or Cloud solutions
- Existing relationships within one or all Public Cloud Providers (AWS, Azure, Google) is preferred
- Understanding of DevOps, containers/kubernetes, CI/CD and the cloud native technology ecosystem
- 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
**The Team**

Palo Alto Networks has brought technology to the market that is reshaping the cybersecurity threat and protection landscape. Our ability to protect digital transactions is limited only by our ability to establish relationships with our potential customers and help them understand how our products can protect their environments. This is where our sales teams come in. Our sales team members work together with large organizations to keep their digital information safe. Our passionate sales teams educate, inspire, and empower our potential clients.

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 won’t find someone at Palo Alto Networks that isn’t 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 driven by a solutions-focused sales environment and find fulfillment in working with clients to resolve incredibly complex cyberthreats. You’re an amazing salesperson - you’re just looking for something more substantial and challenging as your next step.

**Our Commitment**

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