Cortex Cloud Sales Specialist

**Our Mission**

At Palo Alto Networks® everything starts and ends with our mission:
Being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life.
Our vision is a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before. We are a company built on the foundation of challenging and disrupting the way things are done, and we’re looking for innovators who are as committed to shaping the future of cybersecurity as we are.

**Who We Are**

We take our mission of protecting the digital way of life seriously. We are relentless in protecting our customers and we believe that the unique ideas of every member of our team contributes to our collective success. Our values were crowdsourced by employees and are brought to life through each of us everyday - from disruptive innovation and collaboration, to execution. From showing up for each other with integrity to creating an environment where we all feel included.

As a member of our team, you will be shaping the future of cybersecurity. We work fast, value ongoing learning, and we respect each employee as a unique individual. Knowing we all have different needs, our development and personal wellbeing programs are designed to give you choice in how you are supported. This includes our FLEXBenefits wellbeing spending account with over 1,000 eligible items selected by employees, our mental and financial health resources, and our personalized learning opportunities - just to name a few
**Job Description** Your Career**

**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.

**Qualifications** 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
- 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 German & English

**Additional Information** The Team**

Our sales team members work hand-in-hand with large organizations around the world to keep their digital environments protected. We educate, inspire, and empower our potential clients in their journey to security.

As part of our sales team, you are empowered with unmatched systems and tools, constantly updated research and sales libraries, and a team built on joint success. You won't find someone at Palo Alto Networks that isn't committed to your success with everyone pitching in to assist when it comes to solutions selling, learning, and development. As a member of our sales team, you are driven by a solutions-focused sales environment and find fulfillment in working with clients to resolve incredibly complex cyberthreats. You are an amazing salesperson - you are just looking for something more substantial and challenging as your next step.

**Our Commitment**

We’re problem solvers that take risks and challenge cybersecurity’s status quo. It’s simple: we can’t accomplish our mission without diverse teams innovating, together.

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