Regional Sales Manager

**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 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**The Regional Sales Manager is a significant driver of company revenue and growth. As an experienced and dynamic sales professional, you’re responsible for leading and driving sales engagements. You’re motivated by the desire to solve critical challenges facing our customer’s secure environment, so you’re prepared to connect them with a solution for every stage of threat prevention.You’ll be responsible for meeting and exceeding your quota by crafting and implementing strategic territory plans targeting deployments of the Palo Alto Networks Next Generation Security Platform. This is a unique opportunity for a closer with a go-getter mentality to win business and market share by actively displacing competing technologies.**Your Impact**- As a Regional Sales Manager you will drive and orchestrate complex sales cycles and work with our internal partners and teams to best serve the customer- Bring your experience and consultative selling skills to initiate long-standing relationships with prospective customers and executive sponsors- Your focus will be to create and implement strategic account plans focused on attaining enterprise-wide deployments- Understanding of the strategic competitive landscape and customer needs so you can effectively position Palo Alto Networks- Engage a programmatic approach to demand to generate, develop, and expand your territory- Leverage prospect stories to create a compelling value proposition with insights into value for that specific account.- Stay updated on industry news and trends, and how they affect Palo Alto Networks products and services- Travel as necessary within your territory, and to company-wide meeting**Qualifications** Your Experience**- Experience and knowledge of SaaS-based architectures, ideally in a networking and/or security context - awareness of SASE technology is preferred- Experience cultivating mutually beneficial relationships with our channel partners to bring channel-centric go-to-market approach for our customers- Have and able to lead all aspects of the sales cycle with the ability to uncover, qualifying, developing, and closing new, white-space territories and accounts- Possess a successful track record selling complex-solutions- Excellent time management skills, and work with high levels of autonomy and self-direction- Highly competitive, ramp quickly, extremely adaptive, and pride yourself on exceeding production goals**Additional Information** The Team**Palo Alto Networks has brought technology to 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 motivated by a solutions-focused sales environ