Sr Business Development Consultant

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.

Who We Are

We take our mission of protecting the digital way of life seriously. We are relentless in protecting our customers and we believe that the unique ideas of every member of our team contributes to our collective success. Our values were crowdsourced by employees and are brought to life through each of us everyday - from disruptive innovation and collaboration, to execution. From showing up for each other with integrity to creating an environment where we all feel included.

As a member of our team, you will be shaping the future of cybersecurity. We work fast, value ongoing learning, and we respect each employee as a unique individual. Knowing we all have different needs, our development and personal wellbeing programs are designed to give you choice in how you are supported. This includes our FLEXBenefits wellbeing spending account with over 1,000 eligible items selected by employees, our mental and financial health resources, and our personalized learning opportunities - just to name a few!

At Palo Alto Networks, we believe in the power of collaboration and value in-person interactions. This is why our employees generally work full time from our office with flexibility offered where needed. This setup fosters casual conversations, problem-solving, and trusted relationships. Our goal is to create an environment where we all win with precision.

Job Description

Your Career

The Senior Business Development Consultant, Network Security (NetSec) will drive our NetSec revenue and pipeline via our strategic alliance partnerships, VAR ecosystems and direct sales teams in the Americas. Will have a keen focus on our Software Firewall portfolio. Working in conjunction with sales, channel sales, product management and marketing, you will develop and execute plans that drive growth of our NetSec products and increase brand recognition in the market.  Depending on the initiative, plans may include direct/indirect sales, sales training and/or marketing initiatives.  While not a direct sales position, this is a highly consultative and visionary role which will influence the strategy and direction of our customers and account teams.

Your Impact

• Develop Go-To-Market (GTM) approaches to accelerate software firewall revenue in existing as well as new logo target accounts, cloud service providers, and partners

• Interlock with the field sales team to develop strong working relationships with sales leaders and account teams to support sales strategies for software firewalls

• Build and maintain strong cross-functional relationships with sales leaders, product management and marketing functions while serving as a liaison and feedback mechanism from the field back into product management, marketing & other key software firewalls NetSec internal business partners

• Work with sales to align our sales resources and assist in closing opportunities

• Collaborate with all marketing functions to appropriately scope and organize product/partnership launches and lead generation activities, ensuring alignment with overall product positioning and messaging

• Drive strategic, customer-facing engagements that require creative and complex solutions

• Identify common uses cases, develop and share selling strategies directed at specific market segments (examples - Cloud Transformation, Gen AI, Zero Trust)

• Ensure sales alignment in developing and delivering content for executive briefings, roadshows and events

Qualifications

Your Experience 

• 5+ years of professional sales experience with hardware/software solutions coupled with a strong emphasis on security, and/or 5+ years of experience in a business development or strategy role supporting sales teams focused on the security portfolio is preferred

• Demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally with multiple organizations and field sellers (Global experience)

• Strong executive relationship building, listening, influencing, communication and facilitation skills - leadership experience preferred

• Experience in risk management for large transitions preferred

• Experience in a business that transitioned from hardware (perpetual) to software (subscription) preferred