Director Global Technical Services Scale Delivery jobs at Palo Alto in India, Bengaluru

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

Your Impact

• Lead a team of gifted consultants that deliver the majority of a customer’s first services experience from Palo Alto Networks.

• Lead the largest team of consultants within Palo Alto Networks that are globally dispersed.

• Be responsible for the largest contribution margins per project delivered by your team.

• Enable top-talent to significantly enhance their career within Palo Alto Networks through supporting them to take on new challenging roles in other adjacent departments / functions within Palo Alto Networks.

• Shape the delivery methodology for well defined services to drive maximum value for Palo Alto Networks’ customers.

• Be part of the Technical services leadership team to collaboratively define and execute delivery strategy and then execute tactically to deliver upon these the associated strategic objectives

• Partner with stakeholders such as in-region teams, PMO, RMO, Services sales etc to drive organisational goals for Revenue, Margin, Efficiency and Automation

Your Experience

• Have a deep understanding of leading large (100+) , outsourced, teams of Professional Services consultants, on a global basis, with a minimum of 5 years of experience in a global setting.

• Demonstrable experience in building high performing teams where team members feel appreciated and have their talents fully utilised and explored

• Be highly data driven to allow new initiatives and changes to be underpinned on facts and enable a very high degree of staff commitment and support from staff to execute these successfully.

• Must be comfortable to challenge the status quo in a respectful manner to drive to positive disruption.

• Bring a high level of energy and enthusiasm in leading the team and be willing to get with the team to build a deep level of “grass roots” understanding of the consultants tasks and challenges

• 8+ years of experience in leading teams of technical consultants in either a delivery or pre-sales setting where experience with both is preferable.

• Excellent stakeholder management skills where staying true to the mission of PAN is paramount to the objectives of you and your team.

• Experience in leading culturally diverse teams and in particular have experience with leading teams in India on a remote basis.

• Excellent vendor management and relationship building skills

• Solid financial acumen and experience in running a 10M+ P&L

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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

Your Career:

As the leader of our Services sales team in Japan, you will build and drive the Japan Services Sales team to exceed company objectives while growing Japan according to plan. You’ll be responsible for building a high-performance sales culture that delivers results in bookings, sales development, and forecast accuracy while simultaneously mentoring and developing your team members to accomplish individual and organizational goals. It will be required that you track sales activity, provide sales projects, and create and analyze metrics.

Your Impact:

• Responsible for building and developing a team of quota carrying services sales professionals

• Own and drive bookings, revenue and margin outcomes within Japan, exceeding personal and team sales quotas and goals

• Review weekly forecast and business outcomes with services sales managers and our core and speedboat sales leaders

• Liaison with broader business stakeholders to deliver the right scope of Services on every deal

• Coach, develop, and mentor the team to success in all aspects of the sales cycle: lead generation, qualification, forecasting, and closing opportunities

• Develop and support the maturation of our co-delivery models with partners

• Contribute to GCS global NPI processes and budget setting bringing insights from the field, delivery patterns and sales data to inform continuous innovation

• Build sales analysis for insight into weekly, monthly and quarterly execution and strategies

• Attend weekly regional forecast and management calls to provide services sales perspective

• Work closely with other core and account teams, speedboat District Sales Managers and broader company stakeholders on specific ‘XL’ deals liaising directly with customers to support sales cycles where required

Your Experience

• Sales management experience and hands on sales experience: experience handling both quota carrying and lead generation services sales teams

• Enterprise sales experience required: networking or network security industries strongly preferred

• Customer facing experience in sales cycles positioning and closing services sales

• Experience with channel and partner sales models and experience working with Channel partners and an understanding of a channel centric go to market approach

• Consistently achieved sales goals through your leadership and personal goals

• Able to learn new technology quickly, as well as adapt to changing needs

• Hired, developed and retained successful sales talent

• Deep understanding of enterprise sales methodology that you can translate and coach others in

• Built strong cross-functional relationships across clients, partners, and internal teams

• Strong communication (written and verbal) and presentation skills, both internally and externally

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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

Your Impact

• Collaborate with sales teams to recommend and develop customer solutions within your assigned specialization.

• Present to customers as our expert at all levels in the customer hierarchy, from practitioner to senior leadership.

• Lead and support customer demonstrations that showcase our unique value proposition.

• Responsible for prospective customers and partners' Technical Validation projects based on best practices to ensure technical win in assigned opportunities.

• Architect solutions that will help our customers strengthen and simplify their security posture

• Document high-level design and key use cases to ensure proper implementation and value realization of Palo Alto Networks solutions

• Lead conversations about industry trends and emerging changes to the security landscape.

• Responsible for discussing and highlighting product alignment with customer requirements and differentiation

• As the main technical point of contact for Network Security, you will assist and collaborate to respond effectively to RFIs/RFPs.

• Position Palo Alto Networks or Partner delivered services as appropriate to ensure proper implementation and value realization of Palo Alto Networks solutions

• Discuss, with credibility, competitive offers in the marketplace and position ours as the best alternative

• Distinguished by additional specialized knowledge in breadth and/or depth.

Your Experience

• 6+ years experience in pre-sales/sales engineering within Zero Trust, Networking, Network Security, SaaS Security or SSE/SASE

• Experience with L2-L4 Networking (L2 Switching architectures including Spanning Tree, VLANs/trunking, IP routing including static routes, OSPF and BGP, route re-distribution, L4 Load-balancing)

• Outstanding customer communication and problem-solving skills

• Experience in working with customers, demonstrating problem-solving skills and a can-do attitude

• Solid understanding of NGFW, Network Security, SASE, SD-WAN, CASB, Proxy, DLP and BYOD Solutions

• Advanced knowledge of On-Premise and Cloud-Delivered Network Security Technologies

• This is a field sales position where travel requirements may be required to support in person customer meetings, please discuss with the recruiter on the specifics for this position.

• Proficient in English

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

You’ll be involved in implementing new products, transitioning from old products to new, and will fix integrations and critical issues as they are raised – in fact, you’ll seek them out to ensure our clients are safely supported. We fix and identify technical problems, with a pointed focus of providing the best customer support in the industry

Job Summary

You will work firsthand with our valued customers to address their complex post-sales concerns where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of many factors. You’re a critical thinker in understanding the methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria for obtaining results. You’ll enjoy networking with key contacts outside your own area of expertise, with a strong capability of detailing difficult technical issues to both non-technical and technical professionals.

You will regularly participate in technical discussions with multi-functional teams, creating an environment of transparency that ultimately leads to better products, better working environments, and better cybersecurity. Your quick thinking and support to our clients provides the fast assistance they need to keep their environments secure – which means you’ll need to move quickly, thoughtfully, and provide technical assistance as needed (often, in high pressure situations).

Key Responsibilities

• Provide Technical Support to customers and partners
• T3-technical support role who will be handling escalations from the front line and Tier 2 technical support teams within Palo Alto networks
• Provide configurations, troubleshooting, and best practices to customers
• Manage support cases to ensure issues are recorded, tracked, resolved, and follow-ups are completed in a timely manner
• Provide fault isolation and root cause analysis for technical issues
• Preparing detailed RCA documents for official submissions to customers
• Publish Technical Support Bulletins and other technical documentation in the Knowledge Base
• Review of technical documentation for training materials, technical marketing collateral, manuals, troubleshooting guides, etc.
• Working with engineering on filling bugs and working with product teams on feature requests
• Working on Hot / Risk technical escalations from the region or other theaters
• Lead case swarming and training sessions for frontline teams
• Willing to work in flexible and varying shift times, including weekends and evenings

Preferred Qualifications

• More than 5 years of customer-facing technical support experience
• Expertise with Remote Access VPN solutions, IPSEC, PKI & SSL, TCP/IP, Authentication Protocols (LDAP, RADIUS etc.)
• Experience working with Firewall Central Management Systems
• Experience working with multi-factor authentication security system (tokens, certificates, CAC cards, and similar)
• Working knowledge of Security services (IDS/IPS, Firewalls etc.)
• Strong ability to independently debug broad, complex, and unique networks with mixed media and protocols required
• Excellent English written and verbal communication skills are required
• Experience with Windows , Linux and MAC OS is a plus (Debugging, Editing Registries, Plist etc.)
• Experience with Cisco, Checkpoint, Juniper (Netscreen), and Fortinet products is a plus
• Willing to work in flexible and varying shift times including weekends and evenings is a plus
• Travel to customer sites in the event of a critical situation to expedite resolution as required (if needed) is a plus

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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

Operational Leadership and Team Management:

• Guide the daily activities of a team of Technical Support Engineers, ensuring alignment with company goals and objectives. Provide the team with the necessary resources, tools, and streamlined processes for sustained performance and efficiency

• Mentor and guide engineers to enhance both technical expertise and soft skills. Facilitate regular training opportunities tailored to both technical and professional growth, setting clear team goals that align with broader organizational objectives

• Conduct annual performance reviews, providing actionable feedback and mentorship to help team members exceed expectations

Technical Oversight and Customer Engagement:

• Support engineers in solving complex customer issues, effectively prioritizing, negotiating customer priorities, and setting clear expectations for outcomes

• Proactively engage in Quarterly Business Reviews (QBRs) with customers, providing insights on support best practices and participating in business development discussions to underline the value of services offered

• Lead Post-Incident Reviews (PIRs) to identify root causes, document lessons learned, and drive process improvements

Strategic Collaboration and Accountability:

• Build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders across Sales, Engineering, Product, and leadership teams. Work closely with the Business Operations Manager to ensure seamless service kick-offs

• Oversee trend analysis on support cases, identifying recurring issues and collaborating with cross-functional teams to implement long-term solutions

• Be 100% accountable for the customers managed within the team, taking ownership of all pre-sales and post-sales decisions

Change and Crisis Management:

• Spearhead change initiatives, ensuring smooth transitions and high performance through effective communication and support

• Anticipate and proactively manage escalations at the case and account levels using AI-driven insights and prediction models

• Provide weekend and holiday on-call support on an as-needed basis

Leadership and Management:

• 8+ years in technical support, with at least 3 years experience in a management OR lead role in a high-touch or white-glove support environment

• Strong mentorship skills demonstrated through coaching engineers, setting ambitious goals, and driving performance improvements

• Exceptional problem-solving and crisis management skills, focusing on customer advocacy and improving service response and resolution timelines

Technical Expertise and Problem Solving:

• Expertise in handling incidents and troubleshooting in network security, cloud security, or enterprise IT environments

• Experience in Endpoint and Cloud Security industries, familiarity in Cloud services providers (AWS, Azure, GCP, Oracle, etc) and understanding of how Support engineering works in SaaS business model

Collaboration and Communication:

• Experienced in working with Sales, Product, and Engineering teams to refine support strategies and improve product supportability

• Excellent communication skills with strong executive presence, adept at managing stakeholder relationships, leading high-level customer engagements, Post-Incident Reviews (PIRs), and Quarterly Business Reviews (QBRs)

• Skilled in AI-driven analytics, ITIL frameworks, and using case management systems (e.g., Salesforce, ServiceNow, JIRA). Proficient in conducting trend analysis for proactive support

You'll be involved in implementing new products, transitioning from old products to new, and will fix integrations and critical issues as they are raised - in fact, you'll seek them out to ensure our clients are safely supported. We fix and identify technical problems, with a pointed focus of providing the best customer support in the industry.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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

Your Career

You will work firsthand with our valued customers to address their complex post–sales concerns where analysis of situations or data requires an in–depth evaluation of many factors. You're a critical thinker in understanding the methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria for obtaining results. You'll enjoy networking with key contacts outside your own area of expertise, with a strong capability of detailing difficult technical issues to both non–technical and technical professionals.

You will regularly participate in technical discussions with multi–functional teams, creating an environment of transparency that ultimately leads to better products, better working environments, and better cybersecurity. Your quick thinking and support to our clients provides the fast assistance they need to keep their environments secure - which means you'll need to move quickly, thoughtfully, and provide technical assistance as needed (often, in high pressure situations).

Your Impact

• Provide post sales technical support, configurations, troubleshooting, and standard methodologies to customers via phone, e–mail, and web
• Remote support, deployment and knowledge transfer
• Handle support cases to ensure issues are recorded, tracked, resolved, and follow–ups finished in a timely manner
• Use fault isolation and root cause analysis skills to diagnose and tackle complicated technical issues
• Work to reproduce customer issues and qualify critical issues
• Publish Technical Support Bulletins and other user documentation in the Knowledge Base
• Build a positive customer experience by working closely with Development, Sales, Quality Assurance, and Marketing
• Responsible for reviewing user documentation for training materials, technical marketing collateral, manuals, problem solving guides, etc.
• Travel may be required to customer sites in the event of a critical situation to expedite resolution
• Work shoulder to shoulder with the Sales and Sales Engineering Teams

Your Experience

• BS/MS or equivalent experience or equivalent military experience required
• 5+ years of deep technical knowledge and technical support with a strong customer focus or related experience
• Advanced certifications such as CCIE/JNCIE/ CISSP– an advantage
• Excellent written and spoken communication skills, strength with establishing relationships
• Ability to independently debug broad, complex, and unparalleled networks with mixed media and protocols required
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work well independently and in a team
• Self–disciplined, self–managed, self–motivated and strong sense of ownership, urgency, and drive
• Passionate to learn, understand, and dissect new technology stack quickly on own
• Strong project management, time management, and organizational skills
• Strong analytical skills for interpreting business requirements and translating them into technical specifications
• Profound knowledge in networking protocols such as – TCP/IP, BGP4 (multi–homing), OSPF (multi–area), ISIS, Multicast, VOIP
• Expert working knowledge in the operation of Ethernet LAN switching protocols and standards including, VLANs, VLAN aggregation
• Experience with security (IPSEC, SSL–VPN, NAT, GRE)
• Prior experience in similar vendor Technical Support Centers
• Experience with Authentication Protocols a plus (Radius / TACACS)
• Strong history of deploying, maintaining, and troubleshooting multi–vendor (Cisco, Checkpoint, Juniper, Fortinet) firewall environments – PANW firewalls and VM–Series – A plus
• Excellent problem solving, critical thinking, communication, and teamwork skills
• Ability to clearly articulate technical issues to both technical and non–technical audiences, and explain their impact on business

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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

Your Career

You will work firsthand with our valued customers to address their complex post-sales concerns where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of many factors. You’re a critical thinker in understanding the methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria for obtaining results. You’ll enjoy networking with key contacts outside your own area of expertise, with a strong capability of detailing difficult technical issues to both non-technical and technical professionals.

You will regularly participate in technical discussions with multi-functional teams, creating an environment of transparency that ultimately leads to better products, better working environments, and better cybersecurity. Your quick thinking and support to our clients provides the fast assistance they need to keep their environments secure – which means you’ll need to move quickly, thoughtfully, and provide technical assistance as needed (often, in high-pressure situations).

Your Impact

• Provide technical services around Cloud and Network Security technologies, troubleshooting and best practices observations to customers
• Manage support cases to ensure issues are recorded, tracked, resolved, and follow-ups are completed in a timely manner
• Provide fault isolation and root cause analysis for technical issues
• Publish Technical Support Bulletins and other technical documentation in the Knowledge Base
• Review of technical documentation for training materials, technical marketing collateral, manuals, troubleshooting guides, etc.
• Provide configurations, troubleshooting, and best practices to customers
• Work with our Engineering team and influence the operability of the product
• Able to effectively communicate to all levels and stakeholders – internally and externally on complex technical issues

Your Experience

• 4+ years in technical support roles, working directly with large global customers and partners in addition to internal teams (such as DevOps, Engineering, QA, Product managers), specifically with Cloud exposure and experience
• A customer-centric mindset is a mandated attitude for this position as a technical support engineer
• Existing knowledge of, and experience with public cloud platform (XaaS) features, capabilities, and best use scenarios
• Existing knowledge of, and experience with application developments or operations under the container / serverless environment on public clouds
• Ability to independently troubleshoot, reproduce issues and identify feasible workarounds in broad, complex, and unique environments with mixed applications and protocols required
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Experience supporting Firewall or Network and Security devices is a plus
• Having rich knowledge in Network Security and Networking protocols is a plus

You’ll be involved in implementing new products, transitioning from old products to new, and will fix integrations and critical issues as they are raised – in fact, you’ll seek them out to ensure our clients are safely supported. We fix and identify technical problems, with a pointed focus of providing the best customer support in the industry.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.