Named Account Manager, SLED

Palo Alto Networks; Denver (CO); Remote; USD 272,000 - 374,000; Full time

Job summary

Palo Alto Networks is seeking a Named Account Manager to drive complex sales cycles and coordinate with internal teams to best serve customers. You will bring consultative selling skills to establish long-term relationships and craft strategic account plans aimed at enterprise-wide deployments.

You will position our security solutions against competitive dynamics, leverage customer stories to demonstrate value, and grow your territory with a programmatic approach to demand generation.

Qualifications

• Experience selling SaaS in networking or security contexts.
• Evidence leading full sales cycles from qualification to close.
• Proven track record closing complex solutions.

Responsibilities

• Drive and orchestrate complex sales cycles with internal partners to serve customers.
• Initiate long-standing relationships with prospective customers and executive sponsors.
• Create and implement strategic account plans focused on enterprise deployments.
• Position Palo Alto Networks against the competitive landscape and customer needs.
• Use a programmatic approach to demand generation to grow territory.
• Leverage customer stories to articulate a compelling value proposition.
• Stay informed on industry trends and their impact on our products and services.
• Travel within territory and to company meetings as required.

Skills

SaaS sales

Channel partner relationships

Sales cycle leadership

Complex solutions selling

Time management

Autonomy

Competitive mindset

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

• As a Named Account 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 meetings

Qualifications

• Experience and knowledge of SaaS-based architectures, ideally in a networking and/or security context

• 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

Compensation Disclosure

The compensation offered for this position will depend on qualifications, experience, and work location. For candidates who receive an offer at the posted level, the starting base salary (for non-sales roles) or base salary + commission target (for sales/com-missioned roles) is expected to be the annual range listed below. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here (https://benefits.paloaltonetworks.com/) .

$272,000.00 - $374,000.00/yr

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.

Motor-Vehicle Requirement: This role may require travel to and from Palo Alto Networks, Inc. business meetings and events and requires reliable transportation to do so. If a hire chooses to drive in connection with company business, the hire for this role must maintain a valid driver’s license.