SP Partner Sales Manager

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.

​​​​​​Our Approach to Work

We lead with flexibility and choice in all of our people programs. We have disrupted the traditional view that all employees have the same needs and wants. We offer personalization and offer our employees the opportunity to choose what works best for them as often as possible - from your wellbeing support to your growth and development, and beyond!

At Palo Alto Networks, we believe in the power of collaboration and value in-person interactions. This is why our employees generally work from the office three days per week, leaving two days for choice and flexibility to work where you feel most effective. This setup fosters casual conversations, problem-solving, and trusted relationships. While details may evolve, our goal is to create an environment where innovation thrives, with office-based teams coming together three days a week to collaborate and thrive, together!

Job Description

Your Career

You will manage NAM GTM Service Provider activities for Comcast, Orange Cyber Defence, Cox Business and emerging Service Providers. The SP Manager has the primary responsibility of working with a strategic set of service provider partners, who want to go-to-market with PANW powered managed security services, resell and service their existing and new customers for their cybersecurity needs. The SP Manager will work closely with the Services Creation, Sales Engineering and Marketing teams and the partner leadership teams to develop GTM business plans to promote joint sales plays and drive net-new business and incremental market share.The role will focus on delivering measurable results, including increased bookings and increased net-new customer acquisition through sales and marketing efforts. Collaborate with cross-functional internal and partner teams to drive GTM sales, marketing and enablement motion. Prepare and deliver partner plans and support partner business reviews.

Your Impact

• Develop in collaboration  with Service Creation, Marketing and Sales Engineering teams, SP business territory plan, with real action plans and a regular cadence of business performance and relationship reviews and KPI targets around SP GTM offers, participation, pipeline generation and bookings
• Build a regular cadence of relationship-building, responsible for “partner peering” exercises to enable stronger partnerships
• Work at a deal level to facilitate the joint pipeline, provide continuous tactical support on order processing and order management, and ensure purchase orders are submitted in a timely manner according to Sales forecasts in Salesforce
• Build relationships with the relevant SP leaders & Palo Alto Networks Regional Leaders, to help support the business (training, enablement, marketing, sales, support, etc.)
• Accept inbound and perform outbound calls and drive industry planning, client event sessions with SP teams, to identify new sales opportunities, enable pipeline growth, and drive connectivity and relationship building
• Manage MDF funds for Service Provider partners for enablement and demand generation activities that drive Palo Alto Networks initiatives, such as new logos and pipeline generation
• Maximize Focus Service Provider Partner impact - Make Palo Alto Networks the CyberSecurity GTM partner of choice - Position PANW market leadership to jointly develop unique SP solutions and offerings that will drive SP differentiation and joint market awareness
• Work jointly with Sales, SE, Marketing, and Channel teams to implement business plans - Ensure the right cross-functional and decision-making stakeholders at SPs are involved in the Business Plan process and sign-off on its approval
• Develop and lead Quarterly Business Reviews (QBR) with cross-functional stakeholders from both organizations to measure progress against mutual business objectives
• Share and communicate SP development needs to internal teams - translate needs into solutions and outcomes
• Actively work with the SP teams to proactively generate leads and to have Palo Alto Networks introduced to SP clients and prospects
• Balance short-term initiatives with longer-term development objectives
• Work with sales team on tactical deal-level pricing strategies and leveraging additional investment and enablement capacity
• Measures of success f