Named Account Manager-K-12-Chicago

Job DescriptionYour CareerThe Named Account Manager partners with our customers to secure their entire digital experience. 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.We expect office-based employees to be in the office four days per week, with one day working from where they choose. We believe being together facilitates casual conversations and those magic moments where we can work on issues and ideas informally. These moments build capability and deepen trusted relationships and allow our people to feel safe in taking risks and being disruptive. Like so many companies, we are working through the details and things could change …. but in general if a role is deemed office-based we want our teams to be together four days per week.Your ImpactYou will drive and orchestrate complex sales cycles and work with our internal partners and teams to best serve the customerYour consultative selling experience will identify business challenges and create solutions for prospects and our customersUnderstand the competitive landscape and customer needs so you can effectively position the portfolio of Palo Alto Networks solutionsCreate clear goals and complete accurate forecasting through developing a detailed territory planLeverage prospect stories to create a compelling value proposition with insights into value for that specific accountStay updated on industry news and trends, and how they affect Palo Alto Networks products and servicesTravel as necessary within your territory, and to company-wide meetingsQualificationsExperience and knowledge of SaaS-based architectures, ideally in a networking and/or security industry - SASE technology is preferredDemonstrated experience selling complex solutions, value selling, and/or consultative sales techniquesTechnical aptitude for understanding how technology products and solutions solve business problemsIdentifies problems, reviews data, determines the root causes, and provides scalable solutionsCultivate relationships with our channel partners to bring channel-centric go-to-market approach for our customersDemonstrates in-depth knowledge of the full sales cycle and the ability to follow a structured sales processAbility to take a holistic approach to problem-solving by understanding the bigger picture, and considering complex interrelationships and outcomesExcellent time management skills, and work with high levels of autonomy and self-directionExperience selling to K-12 Education Accounts.

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