Major Account Manager - Federal Authorities

<h3>Company Description</h3><p><strong>We're considering Candidates based anywhere Germany, preferably in/near Berlin.</strong></p><p><strong>Our Mission</strong></p><p>At Palo Alto Networks® everything starts and ends with our mission:</p><p>Being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life.</p><p>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.</p><p><strong>Who We Are</strong></p><p>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.  </p><p>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! </p><h3>Job Description</h3><p><strong>Your Career</strong></p><p>The Major Account Manager 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. 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.</p><p>You'll be responsible for meeting and exceeding your quota by crafting and implementing strategic territory plans targeting deployments of the Palo Alto Networks Next Generation Security Platform. This is a unique opportunity for a closer with a go–getter mentality to win business and market share by actively displacing competing technologies. Oh, and did we say you love to sell? Because selling is what gets you out of bed every morning. This is not just a career - it's a meaningful challenge that impacts our lives in the digital age.</p><p>Our solutions are best–in–breed and customers need a trusted cybersecurity partner who can create a truly zero trust based security architecture. Our customers are looking to us to create critical transformations and our portfolio of solutions will help us do that.</p><p><strong>Your Impact</strong></p><ul><li>You will drive and orchestrate complex sales cycles and work with our internal partners and teams to best serve the customer</li><li>Your consultative selling experience will identify business challenges and create solutions for prospects and our customers</li><li>Understand the competitive landscape and customer needs so you can effectively position the portfolio of Palo Alto Networks solutions</li><li>Create clear goals and complete accurate forecasting through developing a detailed territory plan</li><li>Leverage prospect stories to create a compelling value proposition with insights into value for that specific account</li><li>Stay updated on industry news and trends, and how they affect Palo Alto Networks products and services</li><li>Travel as necessary within your territory, and to company–wide meetings</li></ul><h3>Qualifications</h3><p><strong>Your Experience</strong></p><ul><li>Experience and knowledge of SaaS-based architectures, ideally in a networking and/or security industry</li><li>Demonstrated experience selling complex solutions, value selling, and/or consultative sales techniques to accounts in the German Federal Authorities industry within the Public Sector</li><li>Technical aptitude for understanding how technology products and solutions solve business problems</li><li>Identifies problems, reviews data, determines the root causes, and provides scalable solutions</li><li>Cultivate relationships with our channel partners to bring a channel-centric go-to-market approach to our customers</li><li>Demonstrates in-depth knowledge of the full sales cycle and the ability to follow a structured sales process</li><li>Ability to take a holistic approach to problem-solving by understanding the bigger picture, and considering complex interrelationships and outcomes</li><li>Excellent time management skills, and work with high levels of autonomy and self-direction</li><li>English and German language proficiency – strong communication and presentation skills, written and spoken</li><