Mgr Solutions Consulting jobs at Palo Alto in United Kingdom, London

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

Your Career

This role requires a trusted technical advisor who can bridge the gap between strategic vision and technical execution — collaborating with vCISOs, Unit 42 engagement leads, and client stakeholders to design and deliver transformation blueprints and pragmatic roadmaps towards threat led resilience

You’ll work at multiple levels: partnering with Unit 42 peers and client senior decision makers to influence transformation direction, embedding into delivery teams to guide execution, and engaging in activities to elevate Unit 42’s voice in the market.

You bring a deep understanding of applying threat context to shape and drive transformation programmes. This role blends delivery, technical advisory, thought leadership, and enablement — ensuring our clients achieve measurable security outcomes while unlocking the benefits of a platform adoption strategy.

Your Impact

Client Engagement and Programme Delivery:

• Embed into key Unit 42 client engagements to design and deliver security transformation roadmaps

• Partner with vCISOs and engagement leads to translate high-level strategy into actionable, resilience-building programmes

• Contribute to blueprint generation, architecture reviews, and post-incident transformation programme design

• Identify opportunities for platform adoption, particularly across Cortex, Prisma, and NGFW portfolios

Thought Leadership & Industry Collaboration:

• Represent Unit 42 and Palo Alto Networks in technical workshops, industry roundtables, or conferences

• Maintain expertise in AI, cloud security, Zero Trust, SOC transformation, and platformization strategies

• Co-author technical thought leadership content, micro-briefs, and transformation guides for clients.

• Serve as an internal technical SME, supporting GTM campaigns and enablement initiatives across EMEA

Technical Excellence & Enablement:

• Ensure transformation recommendations are pragmatic, achievable, and aligned to client operating realities

• Maintain awareness of industry best practices, emerging technologies, and regulatory shifts impacting transformation

• Provide technical mentoring and knowledge sharing across Unit 42 teams to strengthen delivery capability

Your Experience

• Proven experience delivering large-scale security transformation programmes in enterprise environments

• Background in architecture, presales, professional services, or platform strategy

• Strong understanding of cloud-native security, AI applications, Zero Trust, and SOC modernisation

• Skilled communicator — able to engage confidently with both technical teams and senior executives

• Experience in the EMEA market, with understanding of local delivery and sales ecosystems

Highly Desired

• Hands-on expertise with Palo Alto Networks technologies, particularly Cortex and Prisma; NGFW experience highly valued

• Recognised expertise in a specialist technical topic and the ability to present it at industry events.

• Professional certifications (e.g., CISSP, CISM, CCSK, PCNSE).

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

• Recruit and hire new Solutions Consultants into the territory, hiring the best talent in the industry
• Responsible for training, mentoring, and reviewing employees on your team, keeping them engaged and successful in their careers
• Support field Solutions Consultant team in complex evaluations, problem-solving and challenging customer environments
• Leads and coaches team on successful technical validation efforts based on best practices to ensure technical win in assigned opportunities
• Define, create and monitor individual development plans for your team
• Works closely with Professional Services, Customer Success and Specialist teams to ensure overall customer implementation and adoption of solutions
• Provide effective technical leadership in customer interactions to include sharing security trends and standard methodologies employed by other customers to actively be part of the selling process
• Drive Palo Alto Networks Platformization efforts within your accounts
• Work closely with the Domain Specialist Manager to ensure optimal use of resources and align the required resources to the projects you are handling
• Act as an escalation point to collaborate with pre-sales and post-sales teams for any issues that arise
• Build and maintain relationships with key customers to solidify reference accounts and to assist the account teams with defining plans to drive more business
• Present to customers as our expert in your area at all levels in the customer hierarchy from technician to CIO
• Discuss competitor products in the marketplace and positions ours as the best alternative
• Working with Product Management, Technical Marketing, and R&D to build requirements and product features for our large customers and provide feedback from customers
• 50-75% travel within the region
• Work with your sales counterpart (DSM) to develop a technical strategy that accelerates growth. Identify key verticals, markets, use cases, and solutions to focus on, and devise a comprehensive strategy and engagement model tailored to your region or district

Your Experience

• Experience as a pre-sales System Engineer Manager
• Experience as a Senior System Engineer/Specialist
• Industry knowledge of security product market trends and directional awareness of our roadmap and technology development efforts, knowledge of competitor offerings and products
• Knowledge of how to deliver comprehensive security solutions to Palo Alto Networks customer base
• 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
• Strong communication (written and verbal) and presentation skills
• Quota driven attitude focused on client's best solution by being a trusted advisor
• Proficient in English

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

Curiosity is core to the Solutions Consultant role, and you see complex problems as opportunities to learn and deliver innovative solutions! You define your impact by:

• Meeting and exceeding sales quotas by building and implementing strategic, technical account plans that target cross-platform solutions
• Your ability to position, demonstrate and create high level designs across the entire PANW portfolio based on customer business needs
• Conducting discovery to understand and articulate the key technical, operational, and commercial imperatives of your prospects and customers
• Working closely with Professional Services, Customer Success and Specialist teams to ensure overall customer implementation and adoption of solutions
• Demonstrating strong communication skills and the ability to influence through effective presentations and customer-specific demos, technical engagements, and workshops
• Leading successful technical validation efforts based on best practices to ensure technical win in assigned opportunities
• Orchestrating supporting resources (Specialists, Channel Resources, Customer Support) to ensure a one-team approach that demonstrates a cohesive strategy
• Promoting end-to-end solutions that include PANW and/or partner professional services to ensure customers realize business value sooner
• Understanding the competitive landscape and effectively differentiating our leadership
• Continuously investing in yourself to develop technical and professional skills that drive your ever-increasing contributions to success of our customers while actively participating within the Solutions Consultant community and at industry events
• (OT) - Identifying technical stakeholders and cultivating relationships with key personas to build and drive a security architecture transformation roadmap

Your Experience

• Understanding of data networking and/or modern application design and cloud architectures
• Delivering cybersecurity solutions that solve technical challenges and influence new business initiatives
• 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
• Complex sales involving long sales processes with multiple buying centers and multi-product solutions are preferred
• Proficient in English

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

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

Key Responsibilities

• 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

Preferred Qualifications

• 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 and Hebrew

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

The Principal, Technical Program Management is a senior-level role dedicated to supporting and leading large, complex consulting engagements and security transformation programs across the EMEA region. This individual reports directly to the VP for Unit 42 in EMEA and partners with Unit 42 leadership to drive high-stakes client and internal programs. The role focuses on ensuring successful execution of all Digital Forensics and Incident Response (DFIR) and Proactive Services engagements. This position serves as the VP's core strategic partner, translating executive vision into actionable program execution and ensuring the operational excellence of the EMEA consulting practice.

Your Impact

This role serves as the central driver for program delivery and client satisfaction, ensuring the successful execution and strategic maturity of client cybersecurity initiatives.

Strategic Operations & Practice Management

• Serve as a key advisor to the VP, helping to develop, cascade, and track the Unit’s annual strategic plans.

• Drive the "rhythm of the business" for the EMEA leadership team, including the planning and execution of QBRs, partner meetings, and executive offsites.

• Analyze practice performance dashboards (utilization, realization, project profitability, pipeline) to identify operational bottlenecks and drive efficiency.

• Lead cross-functional "special projects" on behalf of the VP (e.g., new market entry, internal transformation, service offering development).

Program Leadership & Client Transformation

• Lead large and complex security transformation and cyber uplift programs for clients, including managing strategic maturity roadmaps and supporting cyber security strategies.

• Elevate program management to a portfolio level, ensuring consistency and quality across the region.

• Serve as the program management expert, aligning execution with best practices across a multi-project portfolio.

• Manage all projects effectively by defining goals based on Statements of Work (SOWs) while ensuring alignment with internal margin and profitability targets.

• Drive outcomes by leading GCO programs and supporting DFIR/Proactive engagements.

• Proactively manage risk and scope: Recognize organizational or system-wide risks and create comprehensive program risk management plans. Drive scope-versus-schedule/budget discussions to conclusion.

• Rally the team to quick and effective outcomes and demonstrate expertise in leading high-pressure situations, including operating/leading war-rooms.

• Partner with Engagement Leads to ensure projects adhere to budget/time frame guidelines and to increase client satisfaction and deepen relationships.

Strategic Consulting & Stakeholder Management

• Operate at technical, CxO, and board levels, acting as a trusted advisor to clients with considerable cybersecurity and security transformation experience across EMEA.

• Prepare high-stakes presentations, briefing documents, and financial models for customer events, and internal leadership reviews.

• Possess the necessary consulting, program, and change management skills to gain credibility and trust with complex stakeholders.

• Effectively articulate market themes driving client transformation, including the legal/regulatory landscape, budgetary concerns (TCO/ROSI), 3rd party risk, and the evolving threat landscape.

• Develop strong partnerships with internal and external stakeholders and cross-organizational leaders to achieve mutually successful results.

• Guide technical team members, ensure task execution, and maintain a strong understanding of Unit 42 skill sets to assist leadership with staffing needs.

• Understand threat-led, data-driven consulting and possess sufficient technology and cybersecurity experience to be able to learn our products and services.

Your Experience

• 10+ years of professional experience with a blend of external client delivery and internal business operations.

• Specialization in one or more of the following: transformative IT, Cybersecurity, Digital Forensics, Incident Response, or Management Consulting Operations.

• Demonstrated experience supporting senior executives in a Portfolio Management, Strategy, or Practice Operations capacity.

• Strong business acumen: Deep understanding of professional services P&L, sales cycles, and resource management economics.

• Bachelor’s degree in MIS, Cybersecurity, Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent work/military experience.

• Proven ability to lead multiple large-scale projects, creating plans, ensuring on-time execution, and managing documentation.

• Exceptional ability to synthesize complex information into clear, actionable insights for executive leadership (strong presentation development and spreadsheet skills required).

• Demonstrated ability to work autonomously, prioritize projects, solve problems requiring meticulous attention to detail, and communicate effectively with stakeholders at all levels.

• Ability to maintain confidentiality, communicate effectively in both verbal and written form, and be flexible to work nights, weekends, and holidays as needed.

Preferred Qualifications

• 10+ years experience delivering a wide range of cybersecurity consulting services..

• Previous direct client/customer consulting experience.

• Strong proficiencies with Google Suite, Asana, and Clarizen.

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

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

Curiosity is core to the Solutions Consultant role, and you see complex problems as opportunities to learn and deliver innovative solutions! You define your impact by:

• Meeting and exceeding sales quotas by building and implementing strategic, technical account plans that target cross-platform solutions
• Your ability to position, demonstrate and create high level designs across the entire PANW portfolio based on customer business needs
• Conducting discovery to understand and articulate the key technical, operational, and commercial imperatives of your prospects and customers
• Working closely with Professional Services, Customer Success and Specialist teams to ensure overall customer implementation and adoption of solutions
• Demonstrating strong communication skills and the ability to influence through effective presentations and customer-specific demos, technical engagements, and workshops
• Leading successful technical validation efforts based on best practices to ensure technical win in assigned opportunities
• Orchestrating supporting resources (Specialists, Channel Resources, Customer Support) to ensure a one-team approach that demonstrates a cohesive strategy
• Promoting end-to-end solutions that include PANW and/or partner professional services to ensure customers realize business value sooner
• Understanding the competitive landscape and effectively differentiating our leadership
• Continuously investing in yourself to develop technical and professional skills that drive your ever-increasing contributions to success of our customers while actively participating within the Solutions Consultant community and at industry events
• (OT) - Identifying technical stakeholders and cultivating relationships with key personas to build and drive a security architecture transformation roadmap

Your Experience

• Understanding of data networking and/or modern application design and cloud architectures
• Proven experience as a technical authority within the UK education and research sector, with a deep understanding of its unique challenges and a track record of architecting solutions that align with institutional goals while navigating key procurement frameworks
• Delivering cybersecurity solutions that solve technical challenges and influence new business initiatives
• 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
• Complex sales involving long sales processes with multiple buying centers and multi-product solutions are preferred
• Proficient in English

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

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

You should also possess a strong reputation for achieving company goals and relationship development with key customer contacts and be an excellent presenter, ranging from tech level up to senior executives.

• Work with your Area Sales VP to develop a technical strategy that accelerates growth of pipeline and sales. Identify key verticals, markets, use cases, and solutions to focus on, and devise a comprehensive strategy and engagement model tailored to the Region (UK, Ireland, Benelux and Nordics).
• Develop and maintain positive relationships with Palo Alto Networks’ partners (reseller, distribution, system integrators, and alliances) through the design, drive and measure of various initiatives (training, evaluation installations, to improve sales productivity through partners, also with focus on ensuring partners drive products in new technology areas
• Demonstrated people leadership skills – including leading through change, coaching managers, demonstrated development plans and execution, reduced attrition results and initiatives, a clear history of promotions and success, etc. Experience of leading teams across multiple countries and cultural nuances.
• Foster channel partner relationships with partner and customer technical leaders
• Drive portfolio sales into the region’s account base and not just single products including selling strategic emerging solutions within a broader portfolio and leading portfolio expansion initiatives, with factual results upselling subscriptions and strategic solutions including cloud delivered services and public cloud security solutions
• Plan and architect compelling technical and business-focused solutions which drive adoption and growth after the initial sale and across the portfolio
• Understand and articulate the key technical, operational, and commercial challenges faced by our prospects and customers that the Palo Alto Networks solution addresses
• Build and maintain relationships with key customers in the territory to solidify reference accounts and to assist the account teams with defining plans to drive more business
• Provide account support through assignments, load balancing, continuity, planning strategically with Sales management, Sales Reps and Technical Solutions, and customer meetings including sales calls, relationship building and problem resolution
• Partner effectively in a matrix manner with extended teams, such as GCS, Finance, HR, Product Management, Marketing, and other relevant organizations
• Act as a skip-level critical issue point for serious and complex pre-sales and post sales technical issues that arise in the region
• Recruit and hire new Technical Solutions Managers into the Region balancing internal hiring and external hiring by building out succession plans.
• Coach, support and develop improved standard methodologies for the Managers in the execution of their duties and responsibilities, including hiring, training and mentoring of new employees on the team;
• Assist with Defining periodic SCE training curriculum, run successful evaluations and timely return of evaluation equipment

Your Experience

• Experience as a Senior pre-sales leader across multiple countries including UK, Nordics, Ireland and Benelux
• Experience in leading a transformation to a platform sell including enabling teams on solution selling
• Industry knowledge of security product market trends and directional awareness of our roadmap and technology development efforts, knowledge of competitor offerings and products
• Knowledge of how to deliver comprehensive security solutions to Palo Alto Networks customer base
• Experience in long term sales plans in order to grow large deals with long term customer relationships.
• Experience in selling, designing, implementing or managing one or more of the following solutions: Network Security, SASE, SaaS, CNAPP and/or SOC Transformation Technologies
• Able to build a high trust culture, where you can address performance issues and reward great performance.
• Partnering with Customer Support functions to ensure successful implementation and adoption of sold solutions
• Strong communication (written and verbal) and presentation skills
• Quota driven attitude focused on client's best solution by being a trusted advisor
• Speaking another language relevant to the area comes as a strong plus.

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