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Who do we work with?
  • Field sellers
  • Pre-sales/ sales engineers
  • Sales leadership
What does it cost?

It costs nothing to join our network! We charge employers when they hire people through Crux

What is your matching process?

We allow everyone in our network to build a profile on Crux for free. This includes the opportunity to take various assessments proactively, and build in depth profiles on experience and career aspirations. When candidates are a strong fit for a role we are representing, we utilize in depth interviews and reference checks to round out perspective and match people with opportunities that are the right fit for them.

How much experience do I need to have in cybersecurity?

If you are looking to break into cybersecurity sales, you are welcome to join the platform and contribute to the community. However, we only place experienced sales talent with a track record in this industry

Recent Jobs

Managing Director Americas Head of Information Security
BNP Paribas
State
New Jersey
Remote Elig.
On-site
Seniority
Executive
Domain
Cross-domain/ leadership
Salary ($K)
290.00
-
Not disclosed
350
Chief Information Security Officer
Trupanion
State
Washington
Remote Elig.
Hybrid
Seniority
Executive
Domain
Cross-domain/ leadership
Salary ($K)
200.00
-
Not disclosed
250
Deputy CISO
New Relic
State
Oregon
Remote Elig.
Hybrid
Seniority
Executive
Domain
Cross-domain/ leadership
Salary ($K)
202.00
-
Not disclosed
252
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On-site
State
California
Remote Elig.
On-site
Not disclosed
Seniority
Experienced
Domain
Sales
Salary ($K)
256
-
352
Not disclosed
256

Company Description

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

You will join an exciting and high growth business unit with Palo Alto Networks positioning the industry’s most comprehensive SASE security platform, with the industry’s broadest security and compliance coverage for applications used by your hybrid workforce, regardless of whether they are at home, on the go, or in the office.

In this role, you will be responsible for managing a territory focusing on Major, Strategic, and Enterprise Accounts. Working closely with Palo Alto business partners and driving sales for our Enterprise Browser security solution, into new and existing customers. It is expected that you deliver or exceed your sales targets in both new business and renewals for ACV and TCV bookings. The role expects you to define your territory, strategies and then lead local execution and in alignment to company strategies and tactics within the Prisma SASE organization.

  • Win new logos, renew existing customer and expand business within your territory
  • Achieve ACV sales quotas on a monthly and quarterly basis
  • Present regular/accurate forecasting for review
  • Track and report on all opportunities, pipeline, and bookings to provide forecast reports to region management
  • Establish relationships and engage with the local reseller and alliance partners on sales programs and joint activities
  • Develop, share and implement standard methodologies and account strategies to increase our sales penetration of Enterprise Browser into our top accounts
  • Engage with customers to identify and progress opportunities whilst delivering subject matter expertise on Enterprise Browser solutions
  • Qualify and progress leads and opportunities through the sales cycle to closure
  • Keep up-to-date knowledge of Enterprise Browser and other browser technologies as well as the competitive position of the company
  • Conduct consistent training and communications for the sales and channel teams as well as joint engagement within the wider organization
  • Contribute to the larger Palo Alto Network’s Prisma SASE strategy by providing regional specific intelligence and reporting
  • Apply subject matter expertise in training, QBRs, enablement, and other engagement activities
  • Gather “Voice of Customer” and competitive intelligence and share with theater and global Prisma SASE organization
  • Help build and project Palo Alto Networks position

Required Qualifications

  • 4+ years' experience exceeding sales quota as Account Manager, or Territory Account Manager for a multinational company
  • Sales excellence - ability to demonstrate planning, strategy, qualification and execution
  • Prior experience selling SAAS or Cybersecurity network solutions
  • Existing relationships within the region, including top accounts and reseller partners
  • Excellent communication skills including strong verbal and written skills and proven presentation skills being able to articulate complex topics
  • Experience with target account selling, solution selling, and consultative sales techniques

The Team

Palo Alto Networks has brought technology to the market that is reshaping the cybersecurity threat and protection landscape. Our ability to protect digital transactions is limited only by our ability to establish relationships with our potential customers and help them understand how our products can protect their environments. This is where our sales teams come in. Our sales team members work together with large organizations to keep their digital information safe. Our passionate sales teams educate, inspire, and empower our potential clients.

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’re an amazing salesperson – you’re just looking for something more substantial and challenging as your next step.

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 $256000 - $352000/YR. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here.

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.

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for all qualified individuals with a disability. If you require assistance or accommodation due to a disability or special need, please contact us at [email protected].

Palo Alto Networks is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity in our workplace, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or other legally protected characteristics.

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

Motor-Vehicle Requirement:

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.

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Hybrid
State
California
Remote Elig.
Hybrid
Not disclosed
Seniority
Senior
Domain
Sales
Salary ($K)
158
-
255
Not disclosed
158

Company Description

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.

Our Approach to Work

We lead with flexibility and choice in all of our people programs. We have disrupted the traditional view that all employees have the same needs and wants. We offer personalization and offer our employees the opportunity to choose what works best for them as often as possible - from your wellbeing support to your growth and development, and beyond!

At Palo Alto Networks, we believe in the power of collaboration and value in-person interactions. This is why our employees generally work from the office three days per week, leaving two days for choice and flexibility to work where you feel most effective. This setup fosters casual conversations, problem-solving, and trusted relationships. While details may evolve, our goal is to create an environment where innovation thrives, with office-based teams coming together three days a week to collaborate and thrive, together!

  • Increase number of engagements referred to Unit 42 from insurance carriers and expand presence
  • Establish new and deepen existing relationships with key stakeholders at insurance carriers
  • Develop and curate thought leadership relevant to this market to further establish Unit 42 as a market leader
  • Perform Quarterly Business Reviews and/or cyber threat landscape briefings with partner carriers
  • Partner with Unit 42 Consulting and Palo Alto Networks go-to-market teams to develop and leverage resources to engage and activate new and existing partners
  • Develop tailored value propositions and per-partner agreements to support increased activation and demand

Your Experience

  • Substantial professional experience in cybersecurity advisory and consultative sales
  • Experience working with insurance carriers, law firms, and in-house counsel supporting incident response, risk management and digital forensic services engagements.
  • Understanding and experience working with insurance claims management and panel placements
  • Established industry relationships with key decision-makers across all levels of partner and prospect insurance carriers
  • Experience in working collaboratively to represent a portfolio of services to stakeholders within an insurance firm and their clients
  • Understanding of cybersecurity regulations and the important role lawyers and insurance carriers play in incident response
  • Highly effective relationship/partner development skills
  • Demonstrated success in developing and implementing go-to-market strategies, processes, and performance metrics
  • Proven analytical skills to assess the effectiveness of go-to-market programs and strategies, and the ability to pivot, or double-down to drive greater levels of success
  • Ability to travel up to 30%

The Team

Unit 42 Consulting is Palo Alto Network's security advisory team. Our vision is to create a more secure digital world by providing the highest quality incident response, and risk management to clients of all sizes. Our team is composed of recognized experts and incident responders with deep technical expertise and experience in investigations, data breach response, digital forensics, and information security. With a highly successful track record of delivering mission-critical cybersecurity solutions, we are experienced in working quickly to provide an effective incident response, attack readiness, and remediation plans with a focus on providing long-term support to improve our clients’ security posture.

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 $158000/yr - $255000/yr. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here.

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.

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for all qualified individuals with a disability. If you require assistance or accommodation due to a disability or special need, please contact us at [email protected]

Palo Alto Networks is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity in our workplace, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or other legally protected characteristics.

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

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On-site
State
Minnesota
Remote Elig.
On-site
Not disclosed
Seniority
Experienced
Domain
Sales
Salary ($K)
198
-
250
Not disclosed
198

Company Description

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!

  • Meeting and exceeding sales quotas by building and implementing strategic, technical account plans that target cross-platform solutions.
  • Understands Key customer business requirements and has the ability to position, demonstrate and create high level designs across the entire PANW portfolio solutions creating business value for customers.
  • Ability to drive customer adoption of Palo Alto Networks Platform. Building customer relationships by helping customers achieve increased productivity, operational efficiency, security efficacy, and greater flexibility to innovate.
  • Conducting discovery to understand and articulate the key technical, operational, and commercial imperatives of your prospects and customers
  • Working closely with Professional Services, Customer Success and Specialist teams to ensure overall customer implementation and adoption of solutions.
  • Demonstrating strong communication skills, influencing through effective presentations and customer-specific demos, and conducts technical engagements and workshops that are clear and impactful, simplifying complex ideas for various audiences
  • Leading successful technical validation efforts based on best practices to ensure technical win in assigned opportunities.
  • Demonstrates Cross functional leadership driving collaboration and orchestrating supporting resources (Specialists, Channel Resources, Customer Support) to ensure a one-team approach that demonstrates a cohesive strategy.
  • Promoting end-to-end solutions that include PANW and/or partner professional services to ensure customers realize business value sooner
  • Understanding the competitive landscape and effectively differentiating PANW's leadership in the cybersecurity space
  • Continuously investing in yourself to develop technical and professional skills that drive your ever-increasing contributions to success of our customers while actively participating within the Solutions Consultant community and at industry events
  • (OT) - Identifying technical stakeholders and cultivating relationships with key personas to build and drive a security architecture transformation roadmap

Your Experience

  • 6+ years experience in pre-sales/sales engineering
  • Understanding of data networking and/or modern application design and cloud architectures
  • Experience in delivering cybersecurity solutions that solve technical challenges and influence new business initiatives is preferred
  • Influencing and gaining buy-in from key stakeholders, either in a customer-facing or internal role; prior experience in a pre-sales role is ideal
  • Creating and delivering technical presentations, workshops, or technical validation engagements
  • Experience in selling, designing, implementing, or managing one or more of the following solutions: Network Security, SASE, SaaS, CNAPP and/or SOC Transformation Technologies
  • Partnering with Customer Support functions to ensure successful implementation and adoption of sold solutions
  • Experience in complex sales involving long sales processes with multiple buying centers and multi-product solutions are preferred
  • This is a field sales position where travel requirements may be required to support in person customer meetings, please discuss with the recruiter on the specifics for this position.
  • Proficient in English

The Team

Our Solutions Consultant 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 transform their security architectures.

You are empowered with unmatched systems and tools 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. Our Solutions Consulting community is driven by the mission to be our customers’ cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting their digital way of life.

Our Commitment

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

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for all qualified individuals with a disability. If you require assistance or accommodation due to a disability or special need, please contact us at [email protected].

Palo Alto Networks is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity in our workplace, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or other legally protected characteristics.

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 + commission target (for sales/commissioned roles) is expected to be between $198,000 - $250,0000/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.

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