Major Account Manager Defence

The Major Account Manager partners with our customers to secure their entire digital experience in the UK Defence Industry Base. 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. This role 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. We know the SASE opportunity is massive. 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. Your Impact

• As a Major Account Manager, you will create, drive and orchestrate large complex sales cycles and work with our internal partners and teams to best serve the customer and execute sales plans
• Challenge the status quo and currents ways of operating - where Palo Alto Networks next generation security services can drive significant benefit operationally and from a business case to our defence customers
• You will develop and execute sales strategies to drive growth in the UK Defence Industry Base that contribute to the overall growth of the business
• Your consultative selling experience will identify business challenges and create solutions for customers, creating compelling value propositions with insights.
• You will identify and pursue new business opportunities in the UK Defence Industry Base
• Understand the competitive landscape and customer needs so you can effectively position the portfolio of Palo Alto Networks solutions
• Build and maintain relationships with key C-exec level decision-makers in the UK Defence Industry Base
• 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
  
  Experience and knowledge of SaaS-based architectures, ideally in a networking and/or security industry
• Demonstrated experience selling complex solutions, value selling, and/or consultative sales techniques
• Demonstrate experience in disrupting or challenging the status quo - through new business and platform wins.
• Technical aptitude for understanding how technology products and solutions solve business problems
• Cultivate relationships with CXX level customers and Key Partners to drive impact.
• Strong enterprise sales experience, proven track record of success, demonstrating in depth knowledge of the full sales cycle and the ability to follow a structured sales process (ideally 6+ years experience in sales roles).
• Ability to take a holistic approach to problem solving by understanding the bigger picture, and considering complex interrelationships and outcomes
• Strong understanding of the UK Defence Industry Base and Defence Sector as a whole, and its key players. Ability to build and execute against Joint Venture approaches within the Defence Industry Base
  
  Palo Alto Networks Major Account Manager Defence in London, United Kingdom
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 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. 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!, Our sales team members work hand-in-hand with large organizations around the world to keep their digital environments protected. We educate, inspire, and empower our potential clients in their journey to security. As part of our sales team, you are empowered with unmatched systems and tools, constantly updated research and sales libraries, and a team built on joint success. 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 sales team, you are motivated by a solutions-focused sales environment and find fulfillment in working with clients to resolve incredibly complex cyberthreats. Our Commitment We're problem solvers that take risks and challenge cybersecurity's status quo. It's simple: we can't accomplish our mission without diverse teams innovating, together.