Requirements

• We are looking for a proven first-line sales leader with great energy, leadership, and initiative to drive team performance and revenue growth for our sales team
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• Experience and knowledge of SaaS-based architectures, ideally in a networking and/or security industry
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• Experience with channel and partner sales models
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• Proven leader with the ability to create high performing teams in a rapidly growing sales environment
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• Year over year track record of successful sales pipeline management and results
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• Highly driven individual with an execution focus and a strong sense of urgency with an entrepreneurial mindset
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• Track record of consistently delivering revenue numbers and goals while maintaining a focus on team development and growth
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• Capable of successfully managing significant client escalations and issues
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• Excellent at influencing others, both externally and internally; ability to communicate effectively and build consensus across various functional groups to achieve goals
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• 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

What the job involves

• Our solutions are best-in-breed and customers need a trusted cybersecurity partner who can create a truly zero-trust-based security architecture
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• Our customers are looking to us to create critical transformations and our portfolio of solutions will help us do that
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• As a District Sales Manager, you will lead a team of field sellers and to help formulate and execute a strategy to maximize business growth
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• You are instrumental in developing and managing your team to generate revenue and achieve individual, team, and organizational quotas
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• Deeply understanding your customers’ needs by doing the research to develop insight into their priorities
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• Bring support to your team by participating in and leading prospect meetings
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• Deep dive into weekly territory pipeline and forecasting activities to coach direct reports on strategies to drive closure
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• Actively engage in territory planning and development, relationship development and opportunity to drive revenue by supporting and assisting your team in closing opportunities
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• Lead a high-performance sales culture that delivers results in bookings, sales development, and forecast accuracy while simultaneously mentoring and developing your team
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• In-depth technical knowledge of our portfolio with the ability to take a holistic approach to help solve our customers' problems
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• Drive and oversee team selling opportunities
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• Holds team and self accountable to achieve challenging goals while maintaining a forward-thinking approach when faced with setbacks
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• Ability to communicate with leaders at all levels, including C-suite and establishes open and trusting relationships
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• Successfully influences others through change management
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• Development of a winning team, including recruiting, hiring and training while upholding our core values

• Healthcare: We value your health and provide options so you can choose what best supports your lifestyle and personal health goals. Various nationwide plans — including Blue Shield of California, Kaiser Permanente, Delta Dental, VSP, and more — are available to you and your family. Our providers offer the flexibility you want and the coverage you need
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• Wellness: With a large on-site gym and daily, instructor-led exercise classes at HQ in Santa Clara, Palo Alto Networks actively supports employee fitness. Our juice bar, Gym & Juice, features fresh juice blends, a quick and nutritious option pre- or post-workout. And our ongoing wellness speaker series highlights the latest trends in health and wellness
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• Development: Professional development is serious business at Palo Alto Networks, where the Talent Development team offers 25+ courses to help employees boost their careers and develop leadership capability
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• Financial: Most roles are eligible for equity grants, and we now offer new hires a quarterly vesting schedule right away. We want you to be fairly compensated and rewarded as soon as you make an impact – on our team, that happens immediately! And because we consider every employee a stakeholder in our long-term success, we offer an Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) with a 24-month lookback. From life insurance to health savings accounts, we provide ways to help you protect and grow your wealth. Palo Alto Networks offers both traditional and Roth 401(k) options, along with a company match of 50% to a max annual amount of $1,000
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• Time Off: In addition to paid corporate holidays, Flexible Time Off programs empower our employees to balance their work schedules with personal time off. We offer 12 weeks of full pay for medical leave and 6 weeks of full pay for parental leave. As a company with strong ties to the military and veterans, we also offer 26 weeks of full pay for military leave
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• Perks: Our corporate discount program provides employees with significant discounts on merchandise, travel and entertainment. We offer many on-site perks at headquarters, including cafeterias, fuel service, dry cleaning service, EV charging stations, and a company store. We also provide complimentary drinks, fresh fruit, and snacks in break rooms across our campus to help everyone power through the day. Life at Palo Alto Network