Prisma Cloud Sales Specialist - Federal/Civilian

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 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! 

Job Description

Your Career 

The Prisma Cloud Organization 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.

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 with Federal/Civilian customers (examples: SSA, NASA, Energy, GSA, Legislative, DOI, USDA, HUD, EPA, Postal Service). 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.

Your Impact

• Perform high–level sales planning, leading to accurate forecasting of the business
• Generate volume opportunities to deliver a predictable book of business and drive forecast accuracy
• Engage a programmatic approach to demand generate, develop, and expand your territory
• In close partnership with your Systems Engineer, you'll demonstrate mid–market account selling strategies into a mix of install base and competitively held private companies
• Communicate value propositions to clients and stakeholders that speak intimately to their needs and requirements
• Bring to bear all cross–functional resources to achieve your quota: inside sales, channel systems engineering, field marketing, cyber security sales specialists, the services team, sales ops (including deal desk and the response team), and others
• 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

Your Experience

• 5+ years' experience exceeding sales quota as a Enterprise Account Manager for a multinational company
• Sales excellence - ability to demonstrate planning, strategy, qualification and execution
• Deep understanding of Cybersecurity space required 
• Understanding of Public Cloud Security space preferred
• Prior experience selling SAAS or Cloud solutions
• 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 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 hand-in-hand with large organizations to keep their digital in