Santa Clara, CA30+ days ago
You define your impact by: • 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 • Identifying technical stakeholders and cultivating relationships with key personas to build and drive a security architecture transformation roadmap.
The Solutions Consultant is the evolution of the traditional Sales Engineering role, aligning how we best serve our customers in understanding their environment, providing solution guidance and ensuring value realization in their investment with Palo Alto Networks.