Cloud Sales Specialist
Palo Alto Networks
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $264,000 - $363,000 per year
Job Level
Mid-LevelSenior
Tech Stack
Cloud
About the role
- Drive the growth of our Cortex and Cloud business across the region
- Build and cultivate strong customer relationships, driving business growth within the region
- Partner with the core sales team to align customer strategies and engagements with Cortex and Cloud business objectives
- Take full ownership of leading strategic sales campaigns, sales forecasting, utilizing in-depth knowledge of sales cycles from initial contact through procurement
- Engage in deep technical discussions beyond standard sales presentations and pitches; while translating complex technical cybersecurity solutions into clear business value propositions for customers
- Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including sales engineers, to provide tailored customer-centric solutions
- Partner with Alliances to develop joint strategies, enhance customer engagement and deliver innovative solutions for existing and prospective clients
- Travel domestically as needed to meet with customers and attend key business events
Requirements
- 5+ years of field sales experience focusing on key customer accounts
- Extensive platform selling experience in complex sales with multiple buying centers
- Experience selling SIEM, EDR or CNAPP (DevSecOps, CloudOps) solutions is highly preferred
- Established trusted relationships with CIOs and CISOs with the ability to influence and drive strategic conversations
- Expertise in applying complex solution sales methodologies to drive results
- Experience working with channel partners and a deep understanding of a channel-centric go-to-market strategy
- Demonstrated ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high-growth startup environment while collaborating effectively with sales engineers and cross-functional teams
- Experience operating in a continuous adoption, expansion, and upsell sales motion within a matrixed sales organization is preferred
- Willingness to travel domestically as necessary to meet business needs
Benefits
- Employee benefits
- bonuses
- stock options
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
sales forecastingsolution sales methodologiesSIEMEDRCNAPPDevSecOpsCloudOps
Soft skills
customer relationship managementinfluencingstrategic conversationcollaborationadaptability