Palo Alto Regional Vice President 

United States, California 

16522153

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

Your Career

As such you will:

• Manage and lead a team of field-based District Sales Managers who exceed revenue targets, while continuously building a robust pipeline, and landing new customer logos for the region
• Work with your District Sales Managers to drive account plans
• Deeply understand your customers’ needs by doing the research to develop insight into their priorities
• Solve customers’ problems using your in-depth technical knowledge of our portfolio and ability to take a holistic problem-solving approach
• Create clear goals and accurate forecasting by developing in-depth territory knowledge and planning in a highly matrixed organization
• Hold the team and yourself accountable to achieve challenging goals while maintaining a forward-thinking approach when faced with setbacks
• Communicate with leaders at all levels, including C-suite and establishes open and trusting relationships
• Successfully influence others through change management
• Develop a winning team, including recruiting, hiring, and training while upholding our core values

Your Experience:

• Experience and knowledge of SaaS-based architectures, ideally in a networking and/or security industry
• Significant success as a proven second-line leader with experience in leading field-based sales teams with the ability to create high-performing teams in a rapidly growing sales environment
• Highly driven individual with an execution focus and a strong sense of urgency with an entrepreneurial mindset
• Track record of consistently delivering revenue numbers and goals while maintaining a focus on team development and growth
• Capable of successfully managing significant client escalations and issues
• Excellent at influencing others, both externally and internally; ability to communicate effectively and build consensus across various functional groups to achieve goals
• You're a leader and you know that to get the best results, you also have to be a great team player, building excellent rapport and collaboration with cross-functional teams

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.