Strategic Account Manager – Automotive

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Strategic Account Manager expanding Palo Alto Networks’ cybersecurity revenue among Germany’s largest clients. Leading complex consultative sales cycles and customer security transformations.

Responsibilities:

  • Own revenue expansion within Palo Alto Networks’ largest clients
  • Drive and orchestrate complex sales cycles
  • Collaborate with internal partners and teams to serve customers
  • Identify customer business challenges through consultative selling and create solutions
  • Understand competitive landscapes and customer needs to position Palo Alto Networks solutions
  • Create clear goals and accurate forecasting through detailed territory planning
  • Use prospect stories to develop compelling account-specific value propositions
  • Monitor industry news and trends and their impact on Palo Alto Networks products and services
  • Travel within the territory and to company-wide meetings as necessary

Requirements:

  • Experience and knowledge of SaaS-based architectures, ideally in networking and/or security
  • Demonstrated experience selling complex solutions, value selling, and/or consultative sales techniques
  • Technical aptitude for understanding how technology products and solutions solve business problems
  • Ability to identify problems, review data, determine root causes, and provide scalable solutions
  • Ability to cultivate relationships with channel partners
  • In-depth knowledge of the full sales cycle and ability to follow a structured sales process
  • Holistic problem-solving approach and ability to understand complex interrelationships and outcomes
  • Excellent time management skills
  • Ability to work with high autonomy and self-direction
  • English and German language proficiency
  • Strong written and spoken communication and presentation skills
  • Must be willing to travel as necessary within the territory and to company-wide meetings
  • Applicants must not require immigration sponsorship; the employer will not sponsor work visas for this position

Benefits:

  • FLIGHT immersive onboarding program with virtual and in-person learning
  • Dedicated training cohorts without customer distractions
  • Unmatched systems and tools
  • Updated research and sales libraries
  • Team support for solutions selling, learning, and development
  • Reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities