We are seeking a cybersecurity professional to join our team as a Solutions Consultant. As a key member of our sales team, you will be responsible for protecting the digital way of life by building and implementing strategic technical account plans that target cross-platform solutions.
About this role
- Meet and exceed sales quotas by developing and executing technical account plans that drive business value for customers.
- Understand key customer business requirements and position, demonstrate and create high-level designs across the entire Palo Alto Networks portfolio solutions creating business value for customers.
- Drive customer adoption of Palo Alto Networks Platform, building customer relationships by helping customers achieve increased productivity, operational efficiency, security efficacy, and greater flexibility to innovate.
Key Responsibilities
Conduct discovery to understand and articulate the key technical, operational, and commercial imperatives of prospects and customers.Work closely with Professional Services, Customer Success and Specialist teams to ensure overall customer implementation and adoption of solutions.Demonstrate strong communication skills, influencing through effective presentations and customer-specific demos, and conducts technical engagements and workshops that are clear and impactful, simplifying complex ideas for various audiences.Lead successful technical validation efforts based on best practices to ensure technical win in assigned opportunities.Promote end-to-end solutions that include Palo Alto Networks and / or partner professional services to ensure customers realize business value sooner.Understand the competitive landscape and effectively differentiate Palo Alto Networks' leadership in the cybersecurity space.Required Skills and Qualifications
6+ years experience in pre-sales / sales engineering.Skilled in at least one of the following : Networking, Network Security, Cybersecurity, Private / Public Cloud Security, SOC / Endpoint or SASE.Experience in delivering cybersecurity solutions that solve technical challenges and influence new business initiatives is preferred.Influencing and gaining buy-in from key stakeholders, either in a customer-facing or internal role; prior experience in a pre-sales role is ideal.Creating and delivering technical presentations, workshops, or technical validation engagements.Experience in selling, designing, implementing, or managing one or more of the following solutions : Network Security, SASE, SaaS, CNAPP and / or SOC Transformation Technologies.Partnering with Customer Support functions to ensure successful implementation and adoption of sold solutions.Experience in complex sales involving long sales processes with multiple buying centers and multi-product solutions are preferred.