Systems Engineering Manager, SASE - Enterprise

Job Description

The Enterprise SASE Systems Engineering Manager will lead our West and Central technical selling team for our Enterprise SASE businesses reporting to the Global SASE Systems Engineering Director.

This individual will partner closely with the Enterprise SASE District Sales Manager as well as the Enterprise East SASE Systems Engineering Manager, and be responsible for the team of Systems Engineers (SEs) for our Enterprise SASE go to market. This position requires a business-savvy individual with a strong background in building and leading technical sales teams that excel in a highly matrixed, continually evolving, high growth environment.

• Partner with the SASE District Sales manager to drive Enterprise sales-related initiatives

• Hire, develop, and retain the best technical selling team for the Enterprise SASE Speedboat’s unique needs

• Develop and own outcome-oriented Systems Engineering programs that drive pipeline and sales within Enterprise accounts with the SASE and Core sales teams and drive greater efficiencies and success - Report and make visible the successes and deficiencies of the initiatives within your area

• Develop and lead your team to understand and effectively articulate the key technical, operational, and commercial challenges our prospects and customers face and how the Palo Alto Networks SASE solutions uniquely addresses these challenges compared to alternative solutions

• Lead the Enterprise SASE Systems Engineers to build and maintain relationships with key customers in the territory to solidify reference accounts, assist the account teams with defining plans to drive more business, and to act as an escalation point when required

• Challenge and lead Systems Engineers to develop and maintain strong relationships with relevant paths to market, including but not limited to service providers, value-added resellers, system integrators, and alliance partners, which result in improved sales productivity

• Interact with customers and partners and provide valuable insight into industry trends, customer challenges, technical evolutions, and business changes that will help the customer make their security decisions

• Establish and maintain strong relationships with internal stakeholders, including Product Management, Core Sales leadership, Core SE leadership, Customer Success, and Professional Services, to overachieve quota and customer expectations

• Consistently remove roadblocks to long term success through problem-solving and the building of formal and informal networks

• Develop and maintain strong relationships and programs with relevant Enterprise business paths to market, including but not limited to service providers, value-added resellers, system integrators, and alliance partners, which result in improved sales productivity

• Act as an escalation point for pre-sales and post-sales technical issues that arise in the territory and ensure that the proper resources are engaged for resolution

Qualifications

• Five years or more experience as a Systems Engineer or equivalent - Systems Engineering management experience preferred

• Demonstrated ability to build, lead, and manage a team of technical sellers

• Demonstrated ability to successfully sell SaaS offerings or managed services

• Industry knowledge of security product market trends and directional awareness of Palo Alto Network’s strategy and technology

• An articulate, social individual that can translate a highly technical solution in simple business terms and develop relationships with decision-makers

• Highly commercial in orientation, with a strong focus on the customer and a clear commitment to generating topline growth

• History of being present with your prospects, customers, team, and partners - 50% travel

• Strong communication (written and verbal) and presentation skill

Additional Information

As part of our Systems Engineering team, you’ll support the sales team with technical expertise and guidance when establishing trust with key clients. You won’t find someone at Palo Alto Networks that isn’t committed to your success – with everyone pitching in to assist when it comes to solutions selling, learning, and development. As a member of our systems engineering team, you are motivated by a solutions-focused sales environment and find fulfillment in working with clients to resolve incredible complex cyberthreats.

We’re trailblazers that dream big, take risks, and challenge cybersecurity’s status quo. It’s simple: we can’t accomplish our mission without diverse teams innovating, together.

Palo Alto Networks is evolving and changing the nature of work to meet the needs of our employees now and in the future through FLEXWORK, our approach to how we work. From benefits to learning, location to leadership, we’ve rethought and recreated every aspect of the employee experience at Palo Alto Networks. And because it FLEXes around each individual employee based on their individual choices, employees are empowered to push boundaries and help us all evolve, together.

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Palo Alto Networks is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity in our workplace, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or other legally protected characteristics.