Regional Sales Manager - Healthcare

Palo Alto Networks; Mannheim; Remote; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Palo Alto Networks is seeking a Regional Sales Manager to drive growth in South-West Germany. The role focuses on selling through Channel Partners and directly with customers, addressing security challenges with our platform-based solutions.

You will lead territory planning, engage in value-driven discussions, and travel within your region to foster strong customer relationships. The position leverages our FLIGHT onboarding program and supports a hybrid/remote work model.

Qualifications

• Experience with SaaS architectures in networking or security domains.
• Proven success selling complex solutions using value or consultative sales techniques.
• Technical ability to map technology to business problems.
• Strong problem-solving skills with root-cause analysis.
• Ability to develop and manage channel partner relationships for GTM.
• Deep knowledge of the full sales cycle and structured processes.
• Holistic thinking to understand interdependencies and outcomes.
• Excellent time management with autonomy.
• Fluency in English and German.

Responsibilities

• Sell Palo Alto Networks products and solutions through Channel Partners and directly with customers in your region.
• Identify business challenges and craft value-based solutions for prospects and customers.
• Position the portfolio by understanding competitive landscape and customer needs.
• Develop clear goals and forecast through a detailed territory plan.
• Leverage customer stories to convey value for each account.
• Stay informed on industry trends and how they impact products and services.
• Travel within territory and to company-wide meetings as needed.

Skills

SaaS architectures

Consultative sales

Technical aptitude

Problem solving

Channel partnerships

Sales cycle knowledge

Big picture thinking

Time management

English proficiency

German proficiency

Job description

Our Mission

At Palo Alto Networks®, we’re united by a shared mission—to protect our digital way of life. We thrive at the intersection of innovation and impact, solving real-world problems with cutting-edge technology and bold thinking. Here, everyone has a voice, and every idea counts. If you’re ready to do the most meaningful work of your career alongside people who are just as passionate as you are, you’re in the right place.

Who We Are

In order to be the cybersecurity partner of choice, we must trailblaze the path and shape the future of our industry. This is something our employees work at each day and is defined by our values: Disruption, Collaboration, Execution, Integrity, and Inclusion. We weave AI into the fabric of everything we do and use it to augment the impact every individual can have. If you are passionate about solving real-world problems and ideating beside the best and the brightest, we invite you to join us!

This role is remote, but distance is no barrier to impact. Our hybrid teams collaborate across geographies to solve big problems, stay close to our customers, and grow together. You will be part of a culture that values trust, accountability, and shared success where your work truly matters.

Job Summary

We're considering Candidates based anywhere in South-West Germany.

The Regional Sales Manager partners with our customers to secure their entire digital experience. 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. This role 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.

Palo Alto Networks is leading the charge in platformization, offering best-in-breed solutions that enable customers to build a truly zero-trust security architecture and navigate critical transformations. To ensure our sales team is equipped to guide customers, we've developed FLIGHT, an immersive onboarding program. FLIGHT blends virtual and in-person learning at our headquarters, where new sales hires will participate in dynamic cohorts, fully dedicated to their training without customer distractions. This focused approach ensures they emerge as well-prepared sales professionals, ready to help customers leverage our comprehensive portfolio.

Key Responsibilities

• As a Regional Sales Manager, you will be responsible for selling Palo Alto Networks Products and Solutions through Channel Partners and interacting directly with customers in your region
• Your consultative selling experience will identify business challenges and create solutions for prospects and our customers
• Understand the competitive landscape and customer needs so you can effectively position the portfolio of Palo Alto Networks solutions
• Create clear goals and complete accurate forecasting through developing a detailed territory plan
• 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 meetings

Qualifications

Your Experience

• Experience and knowledge of SaaS-based architectures, ideally in a networking and/or security industry
• Demonstrated experience selling complex solutions, value selling, and/or consultative sales techniques, ideally to healthcare accounts in Germany
• Technical aptitude for understanding how technology products and solutions solve business problems
• Identifies problems, reviews data, determines the root causes, and provides scalable solutions
• Cultivate relationships with our channel partners to bring a channel-centric go-to-market approach to our customers
• Demonstrates in-depth knowledge of the full sales cycle and the ability to follow a structured sales process
• Ability to take a holistic approach to problem-solving by understanding the bigger picture, and considering complex interrelationships and outcomes
• Excellent time management skills, and work with high levels of autonomy and self-direction
• English and Germany language proficiency – strong communication and presentation skills, written and spoken

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.

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 [e-mail] .

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.

Is role eligible for Immigration Sponsorship? No. Please note that we will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position.