Solutions Consulting Manager jobs at Palo Alto in United States, San Diego

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

Your Impact

● Exciting opportunity to be a leader on the fastest growing team where experience meets cutting-edge solutions.

● Lead, coach, and develop a team of high-performing sales specialists to achieve and exceed revenue targets.

● Cultivate a culture of accountability, innovation, continuous learning and a customer-centric approach within the sales team.

● Drive strategic sales initiatives, ensuring alignment with business objectives and market opportunities.

● Engage in executive-level discussions with CIOs and CISOs, translating complex cybersecurity solutions into clear business value propositions.

● Collaborate with internal stakeholders, including sales engineers, marketing, and alliances, to support deal execution and customer success.

● Develop and implement data-driven sales strategies, leveraging forecasting and pipeline management tools to optimize team performance.

Your Experience

● 10+ years of field sales experience in cybersecurity, with at least 3 years in a leadership role.

● Proven ability to lead and develop high-performance sales teams in a high-growth environment with large quota/deals

● Strong understanding of complex solution sales methodologies, value selling and enterprise buying processes with operational discipline

● Experience selling SIEM, EDR, XDR, SOC and SOAR solutions is highly preferred.

● Established relationships with key security decision-makers (CIOs, CISOs) and the ability to drive strategic conversations.

● Expertise in channel and partner sales strategies, with a deep understanding of go-to-market models.

● Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, matrixed sales organization with a focus on continuous expansion and customer success

● “Whatever it takes” attitude and motivation to deliver above quota performance

The compensation offered for this position will depend on qualifications, experience, and work location. For candidates who receive an offer at the posted level, the starting base salary (for non-sales roles) or base salary + commission target (for sales/commissioned roles) is expected to be between. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found .

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

This role may require travel to and from Palo Alto Networks, Inc. business meetings and events and requires reliable transportation to do so. If a hire chooses to drive in connection with company business, the hire for this role must maintain a valid driver’s license.

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

Your Impact

This Engineering Escalation role is positioned to intercept and assist or drive technical escalations that come to the executive level in engineering

You will speak with executive levels at customers, delivering among other things, discussions about the situation, explaining the root cause or progress toward it, providing status internally, and addressing technical questions during customer interactions

Your Experience

• BE/B.tech or equivalent technical graduation is mandatory or equivalent military experience required
• Career level experience in support service, technical support or similar troubleshooting related role
• Technical lead in area of expertise related to cyberspace equipment vendor or network security organization
• Able to explain complex technical issues to non-technical people
• Able to have open discussions on network design, network security and related technical topic

Required Technical Skills

• Configuring and troubleshooting dynamic routing protocols (BGP and OSPF primarily)
• L1-L3 (ISO model) troubleshooting
• Broad understanding of and ability to analyze and troubleshoot Internet applications and protocols
• Troubleshooting VPNs (IPSec and SSL tunnels)
• Pcap analysis (via Wireshark and other tools)
• Hardware troubleshooting for telecommunications equipment
• C, C++ and python programming languages(Good to have)

Helpful Certifications

• Advanced certification for network equipment vendors (e.g. JNCIE, JNCP, CCIE, CCNA, CCNP, CCA etc)
• Cloud deployment for AWS, GCP, Azure or KVM based solutions)

We define the industry, instead of waiting for directions. We need individuals who feel comfortable in ambiguity, excited by the prospect of a challenge, and empowered by the unknown risks facing our everyday lives that are only enabled by a secure digital environment.

Compensation Disclosure

The compensation offered for this position will depend on qualifications, experience, and work location. For candidates who receive an offer at the posted level, the starting base salary (for non-sales roles) or base salary + commission target (for sales/commissioned roles) is expected to be between $147,000 - $202,500 /YR. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found .

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 a member of our sales leadership team, you will build and drive regional major account sales teams to exceed company objectives while growing your region 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 and lead generation sales professionals
• Own and drive revenue outcomes within the assigned region, territories, and/or district, exceeding personal and team sales quotas and goals
• Review weekly forecast and business outcomes with representatives and sales leaders
• Coach, develop, and mentor representatives to success in all aspects of the sales cycle – lead generation, qualification, forecasting, and closing opportunities, while using our channel/partner network
• Build sales analysis for insight into weekly, monthly and quarterly execution and strategies
• Attend weekly regional forecast and management calls to provide Inside Sales perspective
• Work closely with other District Sales Managers on crafting business strategy to accomplish company goals
• Required to stay knowledgeable and up–to–date on product roadmap, industry changes, and competitive landscapes

Your Experience

• Sales experience and management experience – preferably experience handling both quotas carrying and lead generation inside sales teams
• Enterprise sales experience required – networking or network security industries strongly preferred
• Experience with channel and partner sales models
• 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
• Previous practice in Salesforce.com
• 25% quarterly travel within region

Compensation Disclosure

The compensation offered for this position will depend on qualifications, experience, and work location. For candidates who receive an offer at the posted level, the starting base salary (for non-sales roles) or base salary + commission target (for sales/com-missioned roles) is expected to be between $322000 - $443500/yr. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found .

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

This role may require travel to and from Palo Alto Networks, Inc. business meetings and events and requires reliable transportation to do so. If a hire chooses to drive in connection with company business, the hire for this role must maintain a valid driver’s license.

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

Your Impact

• You will drive and orchestrate complex sales cycles and work with our internal partners and teams to best serve the customer

• Your consultative selling experience will identify business challenges and create solutions for prospects and our customers

• Understand the competitive landscape and customer needs so you can effectively position the portfolio of Palo Alto Networks solutions

• Create clear goals and complete accurate forecasting through developing a detailed territory plan

• Leverage prospect stories to create a compelling value proposition with insights into value for that specific account

• 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

Your Experience

• 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

• Technical aptitude for understanding how technology products and solutions solve business problems

• Identifies problems, reviews data, determines the root causes, and provides scalable solutions

• Cultivate relationships with our channel partners to bring channel-centric go-to-market approach for our customers

• Demonstrates in depth knowledge of the full sales cycle and the ability to follow a structured sales process

• Ability to take a holistic approach to problem solving by understanding the bigger picture, and considering complex interrelationships and outcomes

• Excellent time management skills, and work with high levels of autonomy and self-direction

Compensation Disclosure

The compensation offered for this position will depend on qualifications, experience, and work location. For candidates who receive an offer at the posted level, the starting base salary (for non-sales roles) or base salary + commission target (for sales/commissioned roles) is expected to be between $255000/yr - $351000/yr. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found .

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

This role may require travel to and from Palo Alto Networks, Inc. business meetings and events and requires reliable transportation to do so. If a hire chooses to drive in connection with company business, the hire for this role must maintain a valid driver’s license.

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

Your Career

As part of the PANW Global Center of Partner Offer Excellence, the Partner Solutions Architect (PSA) supports internal and partner stakeholders with a mix of technical architecture, offer design activities, internal solution innovations, and ongoing knowledge management.

Specifically, the Cortex Cloud PSA is an expert with a strong understanding of cloud security; Cloud-Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP) and Runtime Security with foundational knowledge of Security Operations, including SIEM, SOAR and XDR/EDR. The Cloud PSA leverages the Cortex Cloud platforms to design, build, and implement comprehensive cloud security services within the Partner ecosystem. The Cloud PSA drives the development of new partner services and optimizes cloud security solutions by leading the initial execution of projects.

The position requires strong leadership and communication skills; the Partner Solutions Architect will have to rally partners to agree on tools and techniques based on desired offerings and develop complementary assets. Additionally, will have to articulate a clear vision to partners, customers, consultants, account managers, and other internal and external stakeholders relevant to technical offerings.

Your Impact

• Develop pre-defined, partner-led offerings based on PANW next-gen security platforms, including but not limited to service descriptions, end-customer use cases, technology capabilities mapping, support models, delivery flows, runbooks, and troubleshooting guides.

• Recommend advisory, implementation, and/or managed offers and best practices curated to the requirements provided by and/or interpreted from the partner, as well as based on subject matter expertise.

• Assist Business Development with vetting of partner technical capabilities, both prior to offer development and ahead of offer launch.

• Provide technical enablement and support for relevant partner personnel (ex., pre-sales support, delivery, operations, professional services, and/or consulting personas) as a trusted advisor through partner-specific webinars, workshops, and ongoing discussions, as well as product-specific on-demand and instructor-led training.

• Create and influence technical documentation, including but not limited to offer development processes, technical offer collateral, internal systems flows, reference architectures, and learnings for future enhancements.

• Facilitate and manage environments for labs, demos, partner training, and technology showcases, in support of partner offerings.

• Maintain, Optimize, and Refine our partner offerings through their lifecycle with new capabilities while ensuring efficient and consistent consumption by partners and end-customers

• Champion internal enhancements that benefit partner offers based on key learnings and partner feedback in collaboration with Business Development to ensure broader business goal alignment, including product innovations, new reference architecture models, process/systems optimization, and technical program benefits.

• Collaborate with internal technical partners and support them as a subject matter expert on technical partner offers; including but not limited to Domain Consultants, Developer Relations, Product Management & Engineering, Professional Services, Customer Success, and other internal SMEs

• Responsible for discussing and highlighting product alignment with partner requirements and differentiation.

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

• Help our customers build and develop further their services around Cortex Cloud.

Your Experience

• 10+ years of experience working with systems integrators and/or enterprise customers in a technical capacity.

• Experience selling, demonstrating, installing and/or troubleshooting cloud security products. Working with both hardware and cloud-based security platforms will be beneficial.

• Experience with Cloud Security technologies, including Runtime Security and CNAPP (DevSecOps, IaC, CloudOps), as well as related components. Experience with log management and SIEM is a plus.

• Proven experience developing, managing, and/or supporting technical offers with SP, MSSP, and/or GSI partners.

• Technical documentation experience preferred

• Experience and understanding of cybersecurity and the latest market trends are encouraged, as is directional familiarity with and/or certification in Palo Alto Networks technologies.

• Experience & good understanding of API’s, orchestration tools, scripting, etc. will be an added advantage.

• Good understanding of Unix/Linux and Windows operating systems. Proficiency with G-Suite preferred.

• Bachelor of Science degree or higher and/or relevant industry certifications (e.g., CCSP, CCSK) preferred.

• Highly driven and collaborative individual with a self-motivated, solution-based mindset and a strong sense of urgency around execution while building trusted relationships.

• Strong internal and external interpersonal skills, both written and verbal, as well as adaptability in fast-paced and dynamic situations, while influencing decision-making.

• Passion for continuous education as well as collaborative knowledge sharing with partners and peers.

• Travel of at least 25% within the designated region and subject to travel policy.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) in the context of enterprise security, including but not limited to:

  • Threat detection and prediction

  • Automated security response

  • Security analytics and reporting

  • AI-driven security tools and platforms

Compensation Disclosure

The compensation offered for this position will depend on qualifications, experience, and work location. For candidates who receive an offer at the posted level, the starting base salary (for non-sales roles) or base salary + commission target (for sales/commissioned roles) is expected to be between $186000 - $255000/YR. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found .

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

In this role, you will:

• Develop narratives and materials that clearly communicate the value of our unified management solution and Digital Experience Management capabilities, translating technical features into compelling messages that resonate with customers

• Create impactful marketing content, including datasheets, whitepapers, blogs, and presentations

• Define and implement GTM strategies for new launches and campaigns in collaboration with cross-functional marketing teams

• Contribute to our vision for how the AI-powered Strata Network Security Platform is essential in securing customers' networks, both at internal and external events

Your Impact

• Work closely with Product Management and Product Marketing peers to build a unified market and product vision, developing value propositions and messaging that resonate with our target buyer personas and form the foundation for all product marketing activities

• Serve as the primary thought leader for the products you support, engaging in speaking opportunities and content development

• Simplify product capabilities into clear, compelling messages and tools that resonate with customers

• Create powerful marketing content, including datasheets, whitepapers, blogs, and presentations

• Educate and inspire our Sales, GTM, and field marketing teams on the customer and business value of our products

Your Experience

• 2+ years in cybersecurity, with experience in network security technologies preferred

• 5+ years in technology product marketing, product management, or technical marketing

• Experience leading product launches and releases, from crafting messaging and content to tracking progress and measuring results

• This is a high visibility and collaboration role and requires excellent verbal and written communication, including experience delivering exceptional presentations

• Strong ability to collaborate with diverse stakeholders

• A creative thinker who can develop and deliver engaging presentations in various settings, from large internal teams to industry conferences and customer briefings

• Candidates who exhibit a career-long pattern of commitment to continuous learning and development

Compensation Disclosure

The compensation offered for this position will depend on qualifications, experience, and work location. For candidates who receive an offer at the posted level, the starting base salary (for non-sales roles) or base salary + commission target (for sales/commissioned roles) is expected to be between $162,000 - $210,000/YR. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found .

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 a Sr. Product Marketing Manager at Palo Alto Networks, you will play a key role in planning and executing the product marketing strategy for the Prisma Access products within our Prisma SASE portfolio.

You will work closely with marketing, product management, industry analysts, sales, customers and technology partners, to deeply understand our target audience, their key security issues and the competitive landscape. This knowledge will empower you to define our unique value proposition then drive messaging, content creation, thought leadership, sales enablement and competitive analysis for the product line that you are responsible for.

Your Impact

• Establish the unique value proposition and messaging for your product line, with a clear understanding of the target markets and buyer personas

• Author compelling, high-quality content, both at a business and a technical level, in a variety of formats including print, web, social media, and video

• Launch products and collaborate with field teams to execute marketing campaigns to deliver on awareness and pipeline targets

• Enable the sales and channel teams to understand, present and become subject matter experts in Secure Service Edge

• Effectively work at building and executing plans that cross different functional groups, including product management, go to market, sales, and analyst relations

• Represent the company in customer engagements and at events, to evangelize our point of view and be recognized as an expert in your industry

Your Experience

• 5+ years in cybersecurity, ideally in SSE, SASE, or network security technologies

• 3+ years of product marketing experience

• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills

• Proven ability to collaborate with diverse stakeholders

• Creative thinker able to develop and deliver engaging presentations in a range of environments, from large internal teams, to industry conferences and customer briefings

• Experience in cybersecurity or with network security technologies

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent required

Compensation Disclosure

The compensation offered for this position will depend on qualifications, experience, and work location. For candidates who receive an offer at the posted level, the starting base salary (for non-sales roles) or base salary + commission target (for sales/commissioned roles) is expected to be between $206,000 - 252,000/YR. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found .

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