Regional Sales Manager - Federal DoD (Army)

Regional Sales Manager - Federal DoD (Army)

At Palo Alto Networks everything starts and ends with our mission :

Being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life.

We have the vision of a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before. These aren't easy goals to accomplish but we're not here for easy. We're here for better. 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.

Disruption is at the core of our technology and on our way of work to meet the needs of our employees now and in the future through FLEXWORK, our approach to how we work. We're changing the nature of 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.

The Regional Sales Manager, Federal DOD 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. This is a unique opportunity for a closer with a go-getter mentality to win business and market share by actively displacing competing technologies.

Palo Alto Networks is leading the charge in platformization, offering best-in-breed solutions that enable customers to build a truly zero-trust security architecture and navigate critical transformations. To ensure our sales team is equipped to guide customers, we've developed FLIGHT, an immersive onboarding program. Flight blends virtual and in-person learning at our headquarters, where new sales hires will participate in dynamic cohorts, fully dedicated to their training without customer distractions. This focused approach ensures they emerge as well-prepared sales professionals, ready to help customers leverage our comprehensive portfolio.

As a Regional Sales Manager, Federal DoD, you will drive and orchestrate complex sales cycles and work with our internal partners and teams to best serve the customer

Bring your experience and consultative selling skills to initiate long-standing relationships with prospective customers and executive sponsors

Your focus will be to create and implement strategic account plans focused on attaining enterprise-wide deployments

Understanding of the strategic competitive landscape and customer needs so you can effectively position Palo Alto Networks

Engage a programmatic approach to demand to generate, develop, and expand your territory

Leverage prospect stories to create a compelling value proposition with insights into value for that specific account.

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 meeting

Experience and knowledge of SaaS-based architectures, ideally in a networking and / or security context

Experience cultivating mutually beneficial relationships with our channel partners to bring channel-centric go-to-market approach for our customers

Have and able to lead all aspects of the sales cycle with the ability to uncover, qualifying, developing, and closing new, white-space territories and accounts

Deep knowledge of the (U.S. DOD and / or intelligence community / or Civilian Agencies)

Possess a successful track record selling complex-solutions

Excellent time management skills, and work with high levels of autonomy and self-direction

Highly competitive, ramp quickly, extremely adaptive, and pride yourself on exceeding production goals

Active security clearance