Major Account Manager - Regional Government

Job Summary

The Major Account Manager partners with our customers to secure their entire digital experience. You’re motivated by the desire to solve critical challenges facing our customer’s secure environment, so you’re prepared to connect them with a solution for every stage of threat prevention. This role is a significant driver of company revenue and growth. As an experienced and dynamic sales professional, you’re responsible for leading and driving sales engagements.

Your Impact

• Drive and orchestrate large complex sales cycles and work with our internal partners and teams to best serve the customer.
• Leverage your consultative selling experience to identify business challenges and create solutions for prospects and customers.
• Understand the competitive landscape and customer needs so you can effectively position the portfolio of Palo Alto Networks solutions.
• Create clear goals and complete accurate forecasting through developing a detailed territory plan.
• 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.

Qualifications

• Experience and knowledge of SaaS-based architectures, ideally in a networking and/or security industry – SASE technology is preferred.
• Experience working with local government or healthcare customers.
• Demonstrated experience selling complex solutions, value selling, and/or consultative sales techniques.
• Technical aptitude for understanding how technology products and solutions solve business problems.
• Identifies problems, reviews data, determines the root causes, and provides scalable solutions.
• Cultivate relationships with our channel partners to bring a channel-centric go-to-market approach for our customers.
• Demonstrates in-depth knowledge of the full sales cycle and the ability to follow a structured sales process.
• Ability to take a holistic approach to problem solving by understanding the bigger picture and considering complex interrelationships and outcomes.
• Excellent time management skills, and works with high levels of autonomy and self-direction.

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for all qualified individuals with a disability. If you require assistance or accommodation due to a disability or special need, please contact us at accommodations@paloaltonetworks.com.

Palo Alto Networks is an equal‑opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity in our workplace, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or other legally protected characteristics.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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