Prisma Cloud Sales Specialist Lazio

Prisma Cloud Sales Specialist
Roma
Lazio, Lazio

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 well-being support to your growth and development, and beyond!

**Job Description** Your Career

In this role, you will be responsible for managing a territory and driving the sales for our Prisma Cloud solutions.

You will be working closely with Palo Alto business partners and driving sales for our Prisma Cloud security solutions, 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 with its Cloud Provider partnerships including, but not limited to, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Accenture and IBM.

**Your Impact

- Win new logos and expand business within your territory

- Achieve ACV sales quotas on a monthly and quarterly basis

- Track and report on all opportunities, pipeline, and bookings to provide forecast reports to region management

- Engage with the local Cloud Service Providers (AWS, Azure, and Google) on sales programs and joint activities

- Develop, share and implement standard methodologies and account strategies to increase our sales penetration of Cloud Security into our top accounts

- Establish and maintain effective relationships with channel partners

- Keep up to date knowledge of Cloud Computing, DevOps & Cloud Native 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 organisation

- Contribute to the larger Palo Alto Network's Cloud & Cloud Native strategy by providing regional specific intelligence and reporting

- Gather "Voice of Customer" and competitive intelligence and share with theatre and global Cloud organisation

**Qualifications** Your Experience

- 5+ years' experience exceeding sales quota as a Major/ Enterprise Account Manager

- Prior experience selling SAAS or Cloud solutions

- Sales excellence - ability to demonstrate account planning, strategy, qualification and execution

- Excellent communication skills including strong verbal and written skills and proven presentation skills being able to articulate complex topic

- Deep understanding of Public Cloud and the uniqueness of public cloud architectures

- Existing relationships within one or all Public Cloud Providers (AWS, Azure, Google) is preferred

- Understanding of DevOps, containers/kubernetes, CI/CD and the cloud native technology ecosystem

- Experience with target account selling, solution selling, and consultative sales techniques

**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 motivated by a solutions-focused sales environment and find fulfillment in working with clients to resolve incredibly complex cyberthreats.

**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.

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