District Sales Manager, Philippines and Indonesia

PALO ALTO NETWORKS (NETHERLANDS) B.V. (Singapore Branch); Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A global cybersecurity firm in Singapore is seeking a District Sales Manager to lead a high-performance sales team. The ideal candidate will have experience in SaaS-based architectures and a proven ability to drive revenue growth while developing their team. Responsibilities include understanding customer needs, territory planning, and fostering a collaborative sales culture. This role is key to maximizing business success and requires strong leadership and communication skills.

Qualifications

• Proven track record in a rapidly growing sales environment.
• Experience managing client escalations is essential.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills required.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of field sellers to maximize business growth.
• Deeply understand customer needs through research.
• Actively engage in territory planning and development.

Skills

SaaS-based architectures

Channel and partner sales models

High performance team leadership

Sales pipeline management

Influencing and communication

Job 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 believe collaboration thrives in person. That’s why most of our teams work from the office full time, with flexibility when it’s needed. This model supports real-time problem‑solving, stronger relationships, and the kind of precision that drives great outcomes.

Your Career

Our solutions are best‑in‑breed and customers need a trusted cybersecurity partner who can create a truly zero‑trust‑based security architecture. Our customers are looking to us to create critical transformations and our portfolio of solutions will help us do that.

As a District Sales Manager, you will lead a team of field sellers and help formulate and execute a strategy to maximize business growth. You are instrumental in developing and managing your team to generate revenue and achieve individual, team, and organizational quotas.

We are looking for a proven first‑line sales leader with great energy, leadership, and initiative to drive team performance and revenue growth for our sales team. This role will entail:

• Deeply understanding your customers’ needs by doing the research to develop insight into their priorities
• Bring support to your team by participating in and leading prospect meetings
• Deep dive into weekly territory pipeline and forecasting activities to coach direct reports on strategies to drive closure
• Actively engage in territory planning and development, relationship development and opportunity to drive revenue by supporting and assisting your team in closing opportunities
• Lead a high-performance sales culture that delivers results in bookings, sales development, and forecast accuracy while simultaneously mentoring and developing your team
• In‑depth technical knowledge of our portfolio with the ability to take a holistic approach to help solve our customers' problems
• Drive and oversee team selling opportunities
• Holds team and self accountable to achieve challenging goals while maintaining a forward‑thinking approach when faced with setbacks
• Ability to communicate with leaders at all levels, including C‑suite and establishes open and trusting relationships
• Successfully influences others through change management
• Development of a winning team, including recruiting, hiring and training while upholding our core values.

Qualifications

• Experience and knowledge of SaaS‑based architectures, ideally in a networking and/or security industry
• Experience with channel and partner sales models
• Proven leader with the ability to create high performing teams in a rapidly growing sales environment.
• Year over year track record of successful sales pipeline management and results
• Highly driven individual with an execution focus and a strong sense of urgency with an entrepreneurial mindset.
• Track record of consistently delivering revenue numbers and goals while maintaining a focus on team development and growth.
• Capable of successfully managing significant client escalations and issues
• Excellent at influencing others, both externally and internally; ability to communicate effectively and build consensus across various functional groups to achieve goals.
• You’re a leader and you know that to get the best results, you also have to be a great team player, building excellent rapport and collaboration with cross‑functional teams.

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.