Major Account Manager - FSI West Africa at Palo Alto Networks

At Palo Alto Networks®, everything starts and ends with our mission: protecting our digital way of life. It’s inspired by our vision: a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before. These aren’t simple statements. They won’t be easy either – but we’re not here for easy. We’re here for the better. As a company with a foundation in challenging the way things are done, we’re looking for innovators who are as committed to shaping the nature of cybersecurity as we are.

Our mission doesn’t happen by treading softly - no, it happens by defining an industry. It means building products that haven't been thought of. It means selling products with a solutions mindset. It means supporting the infrastructure of a company that moves at an incredible speed - intentionally - to stay ahead of the world’s next cyberthreat.

We are recruiting to fill the position below

Job Title: Major Account Manager - FSI West Africa

Job Requisition ID: JR-010139
Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Employment type: Full Time

About the Role

• 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 Description

• Your Career: The Major Account Manager partners with our customers to secure their entire digital experience.
• You’re motivated by the desire to solve critical challenges facing our customers’ 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.
• Your Impact As a Major Account Manager, you will drive and orchestrate large, complex sales cycles and work with our internal partners and teams to best serve the customer
• 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 (Additional Job Description) 

• Your Experience: Experience and knowledge of SaaS-based architectures, ideally in the networking and/or security industry
• Demonstrated experience selling complex solutions, value selling, and/or consultative sales techniques
• 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 for 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.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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