Business Specialist jobs in United States, California, San Francisco

Essential Responsibilities:

• Implement key people process, including talent and performance management.
• Coach and develop leaders, offering insights on people, teams, and organizational growth.
• Use data insights identify trends and influence evidence-based decisions for talent attraction, performance, and engagement.
• Support change management initiatives for successful adoption of organizational changes.
• -=Analyze organization effectiveness using data and feedback to assess people and organizational capability, providing consultation on how the organizational structure aligns with strategy and objective.
• Partner with leadership to create solutions for HR challenges.
• Collaborate with Employee Relations to address escalations and recurring people issues.

Expected Qualifications:

• 8+ years relevant experience and a Bachelor’s degree OR Any equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience in a strategic HR role interfacing and influencing leadership.
• Experience leading senior leaders through various talent management processes, including performance management, talent assessments, succession planning and organization design.
• Effective communication and critical thinking skills.
• Demonstrated experience learning and thriving in a constantly changing environment and cultivating relationships across teams.

Travel Percent:

The total compensation for this practice may include an annual performance bonus (or other incentive compensation, as applicable), equity, and medical, dental, vision, and other benefits. For more information, visit .

Our Benefits:

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• Deliver business performance reporting on a weekly, monthly, and quarterly cadence, providing clear insights into key drivers and trends.

• Develop and improve analytical tools that allow for rapid, data-driven performance assessments.

• Communicate insights effectively to both technical and non-technical audiences, ensuring timely business actions.

• Lead ad-hoc analytics and cross-functional initiatives to address critical business questions.

• Model eBay’s future outlook using sophisticated analytics and scenario modeling.

• Collaborate with Finance, Marketing, Strategy, Analytics, and Product teams to lead complex analytical projects and provide actionable recommendations.

• Streamline reporting and processes by identifying automation opportunities that save time and reduce non-value-added work.

• Dedicated to working the Hybrid model with 3 days per week onsite at our San Jose, CA corporate headquarters.

• 7+ years of experience in a similar analytical role — ideally within Finance, Analytics, Strategy, Engineering, or Product Management.

• Proven ability to structure and tackle complex analytical problems using both quantitative and qualitative methods.

• Proven track record of influencing cross-functional partners and driving insights into action.

• Outstanding communication and presentation skills, capable of translating sophisticated analyses into clear, impactful narratives for diverse audiences.

• Strong analytical competence with a meticulous attention to detail and accuracy in data handling and reporting.

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a quantitative field (e.g., Mathematics, Engineering, Statistics, Economics, or Business).

• Familiarity with statistical modeling, forecasting, or machine learning concepts.

• Experience developing automated reporting and data visualization dashboards (e.g., Tableau, Power BI, or Looker).

• Experience with SQL or relational databases highly preferred.

The base pay range for this position is expected in the range below:

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, sales 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

• 3+ years of field sales experience focusing on key customer accounts and delivering value to Enterprise or Major-level accounts in the cybersecurity industry.

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

• Experience selling SIEM, EDR, XDR, SOC and SOAR 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.

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 $212800 - $292600/yrThe 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.

This job is responsible for providing specialized and personalized service offering advice and guidance to financial center clients through the full spectrum of borrowing and banking offerings at each stage of the client's life plan. Key responsibilities include acquiring new and deepening existing client relationships by conducting client meetings and presenting customized solutions to clients to help them achieve their financial goals. Job expectations include effectively balancing sales performance, operational risk, and client relationship care by leveraging specialized expertise.

Responsibilities:

• Recommends financial advice and guidance that align with client financial goals and needs
• Builds and deepens relationships with new and existing clients by leveraging the full capabilities of the bank
• Analyzes client financial needs and applies knowledge of borrowing and banking to recommend alternative or additional financial services that best align with the client's unique priorities
• Connects with clients through outreach and pipeline management activities and conducts consistent follow-up routines to meet client needs
• Makes decisions on client requests and makes referrals to appropriate internal partners based on client needs
• Partners with financial center leaders, performance managers, and market leaders to provide specialized guidance and coaching to financial center associates during meetings to assist with team delivery of an exceptional client experience

Required Qualifications:

• Has demonstrated experience and proven success with business-to-business sales, or small business banking.
• Has strong communication skills with the ability to effectively influence clients.
• Has effective customer service skills with ability to manage the full client end-to-end experience and problem resolution.
• Has a proven sales track record.
• Is able to build productive partnerships and working relationships.
• Is experienced with outbound phone sales.

Desired Qualifications:​

• Experience with financial information, spreadsheets and financial skills.
• Experience with in-person customer service and sales.
• Experience working with small business clients.
• Experience meeting or exceeding goals.
• A working knowledge of small business products and services.
• Bilingual skills.

Skills:

• Client Management
• Client Solutions Advisory
• Customer and Client Focus
• Referral Identification
• Risk Management
• Client Experience Branding
• Credit Documentation Requirements
• Credit and Risk Assessment
• Pipeline Management
• Referral Management
• Attention to Detail
• Collaboration
• Issue Management
• Prospecting
• Relationship Building

Minimum Education Requirement:High School Diploma / GED / Secondary School or equivalent

The following laws or regulations restrict or prohibit the hiring of individuals with certain specified criminal history for the position:

FDIC; Safe Act; Loan Originators