Jobs in France, Boulogne-billancourt

Key Responsibilities

This position calls for someone who possesses strong communication and problem-solving skills, learns fast and feels confident in a dynamic environment, where decisions are made under the pressure of tight deadlines and inline with various rules of engagement. This person works proactively to drive results, is a self-starter, flexible, has a high level of integrity and is action and goal-oriented in a fast-paced, team-oriented, collaborative environment.

• Act as trusted advisor and partner to Sales teams who offers valuable feedback on contract requirements, deal structure, business terms and identifies potential risks and/or opportunities that can affect performance, future growth and strategic positioning
• Proactively engage in and help Sales teams navigate strategic deals to successful closure, acting as one-touch resource, responsible for liaising with all parties involved in the agreement process (Finance, Legal, Revenue, Order Management, etc.) on behalf of sales
• Where necessary, craft bespoke deal structures in close collaboration with cross-functional stakeholders to secure decision support on possible solutions and aid the drafting of relevant paperwork needed for successful closure
• Provide Senior Leadership with financial models, deal health information and analysis of the commercial and operational requirements to facilitate the risk/reward profile assessment of the opportunities
• Understand gross margin analysis, SSP compliance rules and the impact of any non standard terms on strategic deals, including Enterprise Agreements
• Review and approve non-standard pricing requests and ensure all required approvals, are obtained and clearly documented
• Ensure that all deals adhere to the internal revenue recognition policies and operational guidelines
• Expert in quoting, understanding the portfolio and product interdependencies
• Comply with various Rules of Engagement and keep up to date product knowledge
• Evaluate current processes and offer recommendations for areas of improvement
• Complete ad-hoc projects as required

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor Degree in Business Administration or related desirable
• Experience in commercial management, sales operations, finance, accounting or related experience within the software / tech industry
• Strong communication, organizational and problem-solving skills
• Demonstrated capability to build strong working relationships with internal business units
• Experience in working in multi-cultural environment and as part of a team
• Experience in building bespoke commercial models to address specific deal requirements
• Ability to work independently and efficiently in fast paced environment, handling multiple deal elements or parallel deals simultaneously
• Ability to make quick decisions to meet tight deadlines, while remaining diligent and keeping a sound audit record
• Experience in data analysis, financial modeling and margin assessment
• Intermediate/advanced Salesforce.com and G-Suite skills (highly recommended)
• Fluency 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 Career

As the Places Manager - Paris, you will be the primary point of contact for all office operations, ensuring a well-run, safe, and inspiring workplace. You will combine strategic oversight with hands-on delivery, proactively anticipating needs, managing vendors and budgets, and driving projects to completion. Your ability to communicate with clarity and influence stakeholders at all levels will be key to your success.

In this role you will be part of the EMEA Places Team and will report to the Director, Places EMEA. This role requires a high-energy, proactive leader with strong organizational skills, exceptional judgment, and the ability to balance day-to-day operational demands with longer-term strategic projects.

Your Impact

Workplace Operations & Experience

• Lead the day-to-day management of the Paris office, ensuring smooth operations across facilities, logistics, and workplace experience.

• Act as the primary liaison with building management and ensure compliance with all local regulations.

• Oversee workplace optimization, keeping internal systems accurate and up to date.
  

Stakeholder Engagement & Communication

• Build strong, trusted relationships with local business leaders, employees, and cross-functional partners (HR, IT, Security and more).

• Proactively communicate updates, challenges, and solutions, balancing business needs with available services.

• Represent the EMEA Places team with professionalism, clarity, and influence.
  

Major Projects – Office Fit-Out

• Act as the local project coordinator for the fit-out project of the future PANW Paris office, ensuring alignment between global project leads, local stakeholders, contractors, and vendors.

• Oversee planning, construction, design implementation, and move-in phases, safeguarding timelines, budgets, and quality standards.

• Ensure that the new workplace reflects Palo Alto Networks’ brand, culture, and operational needs.
  

Project & Vendor Management

• Oversee workplace-related projects, from small alterations to larger initiatives, including managing tenders, bids, and all supporting documentation.

• Manage vendors and suppliers, establishing KPIs to ensure high-quality service delivery.

• Drive procurement processes, including PR/PO creation, invoice processing, contract review, and vendor negotiations.
  

Financial Management

• Track, manage, and forecast the Paris office’s opex and capex budgets, ensuring cost-effective operations aligned with business priorities.

• Deliver accurate reporting and maintain budget discipline while maximizing workplace impact.
  

Culture & Events

• Partner with internal teams to support global programs at the local level, including vendor onboarding, cultural events, food/beverage programs, security, and employee experience initiatives.

• Act as an ambassador of Palo Alto Networks’ culture, fostering a collaborative and engaging work environment.

Crisis & Ad-Hoc Management

• Respond effectively to urgent facilities issues, including outside of business hours when required.

• Manage ad-hoc projects and responsibilities, ensuring flexibility and a solutions-oriented approach.

Your Experience

• 10+ years’ experience in workplace, facilities, or corporate real estate management, ideally within a multinational, fast-paced organization.

• Proven track record of leading operational excellence and delivering complex office fit-out and relocation projects.

• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage confidently with executives, stakeholders, and employees at all levels.

• Excellent English communication both verbal and written.

• Strong organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to anticipate issues and act proactively.

• Experienced in vendor management, procurement, and contract negotiation.

• Adept at budget management and financial forecasting.

• High degree of professionalism, discretion, and resilience under pressure.

• Positive, proactive, self-driven attitude with a sense of humor and passion for creating great workplace experiences.

• Advantage of a Degree in Facilities, Real Estate, Administration, or related discipline.
  

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

Your Impact

• Manage execution and achievement of all GCS (Global Customer Services) including all metrics and targets for the Area on a quarterly and annual basis
• Proactively engage with and represent as the SPOC and owner, all GCS related topics in Area and execute in alignment with Theatre and Global GCS processes and ways of working
• Collaborate with sales leadership and proactively interface with CIO/CISO level customer leadership to gain insight and feedback on how to provide the best post sales experience. Lead when necessary in critical customer situations
• Work in alignment with the Area leaders to represent PANW to customers where required and deliver an exceptional customer experience
• Actively participate as a core leader of the GCS EMEA leadership team bringing the specific Area related opportunities and challenges to the leadership team with data to enable effective and efficient execution
• Build a strong cross functional interlock and operating cadence with Sales, Product and Technical Consulting teams in Area
• Develop a high performance team of GCS staff creating a cohesive GCS organisation at Area level including direct and matrixed reports and organisations
• Build a growth mindset oriented culture that promotes diversity, continuous improvement, a sense of urgency and customer outcomes.
• Own and drive the overall GCS execution programs; measure, monitor, and report GCS key quarterly targets and metrics and drive programs to assure continuous improvement
• Lead the operating cadence of the business. Create the right operational metrics that are impactful to the customer experience and operating productivity and drive the right priorities and goal settings that deliver measurable improvements.

What You Bring

• Thought leadership and the ability to anticipate and quickly adapt to changing customer and company needs
• Passion for creating diverse teams and a customer obsessed, outcomes focused culture. Ability to inspire and attract the best talent
• Ability to create a strategy and align resources to execute and drive continuous improvement in alignment with other teams and organisations
• Executive presence; The ability to effectively communicate and influence at senior levels with customers and within the organisation
• P&L/Run the Business experience and mindset; Strategic mindset, ability to scale, strong operational, analytical and problem-solving skills with a track record of making major transformational improvements to customer, operational and financial performance

Your Experience

• 10+ years’ experience in a high growth SaaS/Cloud Enterprise Organization, or similar experience. Including at least 5+ years in a leadership capacity
• Demonstrated experience leading global direct/indirect teams of +10 in customer success, professional services and/or Support organisations
• Experience managing quantified metrics and execution programs to deliver exceptional results and customers satisfaction
• Customer facing experience in senior roles
• Travel requirement up to 30% within the Area
• Experience building and growing teams with both direct and indirect reporting lines
• History of building trusting relationships with regional and Area-level PS delivery teams, Engineering, Sales, Marketing, and service delivery Partners
• STEM Bachelor’s Degree required or equivalent experience. Master’s degree preferred

You’ll be ensuring that your customers are successful with our products and as threats evolve and technology changes, you continue helping them to accomplish their desired outcomes.

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

• Build and lead a team of highly capable Software & Network engineers in Test for Palo Alto Networks Prisma SASE
• Provide Thorough Technical Leadership in the areas of Cloud Based Orchestration, Cloud delivered Security, Cloud Networking and Automation Design
• Participate in system design so that Quality Assurance is considered throughout the entire lifecycle of the Prisma SASE Feature Development
• Develop and/or Enhance Automated test Infrastructure to enable building Scalable & Flexible tests that reflect real world network deployment scenarios
• Enhance Test strategies, Automation & Build infrastructure with feedback and analysis from real-world Customer deployments
• Partner with cross-functional teams across Palo Alto Networks to enable them to continuously adapt and enhance Prisma SASE features and solutions

Your Experience

• 8+ years of software QA experience in the cybersecurity, networking and related areas
• 3+ years of experience building and leading a team of SDETs working on carrier/enterprise grade Network Security or Infrastructure products across geographies
• Experience with IPSec, BGP,DHCP and TCP/UDP Networking
• Experience with SASE technologies such as SD-WAN, CASB, DLP, Secure Private Access
• Intermediate to Expert level Experience with designing and implementing automation frameworks for microservices based applications or infrastructure services
• Experience with Linux or Esxi Virtualization or Docker/Kubernetes or experience with Cloud Technologies such Aws/Azure/GCP is a huge plus
• Demonstrated ability to learn quickly and to work in a fast paced, innovative environment
• BS or MS in Computer Engineering or a related technical field or equivalent military experience required

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 $165000/YR - $267500/YR. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here.

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

• Join the fastest-growing team where experience meets cutting-edge solutions

• Build and cultivate strong customer relationships, driving business growth within the region.

• Partner with the core sales team to align customer strategies and engagements with Cortex and Cloud business objectives.

• Take full ownership of leading strategic sales campaigns and forecasting, utilizing in-depth knowledge of sales cycles from initial contact through procurement.

• Engage in deep technical discussions beyond standard sales presentations and pitches while translating complex technical cybersecurity solutions into clear business value propositions for customers.

• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including sales engineers, to provide tailored customer-centric solutions.

• Partner with Alliances to develop joint strategies, enhance customer engagement, and deliver innovative solutions for existing and prospective clients.

• Travel domestically as needed to meet with customers and attend key business events.

Your Experience

• 5+ years of field sales experience focusing on key customer accounts and delivering value to public sector accounts in the cybersecurity industry.

• Extensive platform selling experience in complex sales with multiple buying centers.

• Experience selling SIEM, EDR, or CNAPP (DevSecOps, CloudOps) solutions is highly preferred.

• Established trusted relationships with CIOs and CISOs with the ability to influence and drive strategic conversations

• Expertise in applying complex solution sales methodologies to drive results.

• Experience working with channel partners and a deep understanding of a channel-centric go-to-market strategy.

• Demonstrated ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high-growth startup environment while collaborating effectively with sales engineers and cross-functional teams.

• Experience operating in a continuous adoption, expansion, and upsell sales motion within a matrixed sales organization is preferred

• Willingness to travel domestically as necessary to meet business needs.

• Fluent French & English

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