Company Description

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Our Mission

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At Palo Alto Networks® everything starts and ends with our mission:

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Being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life.

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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.

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Our Approach to Work

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We lead with flexibility and choice in all of our people programs. We have disrupted the traditional view that all employees have the same needs and wants. We offer personalization and offer our employees the opportunity to choose what works best for them as often as possible - from your wellbeing support to your growth and development, and beyond!

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Job Description

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Your Career

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At Palo Alto Networks, we are at the forefront of securing the evolving Artificial Intelligence (AI) landscape. We are seeking a passionate and experienced AI Security Solutions Architect to support the go-to-market (GTM) strategy and execution for our rapidly growing AI security solutions. This critical role will be instrumental in accelerating the adoption of our solutions that help customers secure the creation and usage of AI applications, including homegrown AI and popular generative AI tools.

• Define and execute on our GTM strategy for AI security solutions, focusing on accelerating customer adoption of our solutions for securing the creation and usage of AI applications
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive pipeline generation, customer engagements and market penetration
• Support the development and execution of strategies to identify, qualify and convert a robust pipeline of potential customers for AI security solutions
• Conduct thorough market research and competitive analysis to identify key market segments and opportunities
• Lead customer-facing activities, including presentations, demonstrations and proof-of-value (POVs)
• Engage in technical conversations with customers regarding AI security challenges and solutions, including topics such as securing RAG models, prompts, vector databases, etc.
• Build strong relationships with key customer stakeholders, including C-level executives, security and IT leaders
• Collaborate closely with sales, marketing, product management and engineering teams to ensure alignment and effective go-to-market execution
• Be an evangelist to further educate customers of generative AI and positioning PANW for securing AI projects

Required Qualifications

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• 7+ years of technical professional experience including 3+ years of experience in AI and related fields, with a strong focus on technical sales, strategy and execution
• Proven track record of success contributing to high-performing technical sales or solution architecture teams
• Deep understanding of AI technologies, including machine learning, deep learning and generative AI

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Preferred Qualifications

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• Ideally, experienced with security solutions and the cybersecurity market, including data security, network security and security applied to generative AI
• Experience with popular generative AI tools and their security implications preferred
• Strong understanding of cloud computing platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and adapt to changing market conditions

The Team

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We work hand in hand with organizations around the world as they move to a more secure environment. As part of the Business Development team, you find and create opportunity, forming relationships with organizations seeking a trusted partner. You are empowered with unmatched systems and tools, including constantly updated research and sales libraries and a team built on joint success. You won’t find someone at Palo Alto Networks who isn’t committed to your success — everyone pitches in to assist when it comes to solutions selling, learning, and development.

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Our Commitment

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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.

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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  [email protected].

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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.

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All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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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 between $222,000 - $304,500/yr. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found  here.

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Is role eligible for Immigration Sponsorship?: Yes

Client Executive, SMC Heartland

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Target Location: NC, SC, TN, WV, KY, IN, OH, MI, TX and GA

Expectation: is to travel up to 40% within region

Ideal candidate: will reside in NC or SC; however, we are open to hiring someone in one of the following states as long as willing and able to travel within the region as necessary: NC, SC, TN, WV, KY, IN, OH, MI, TX and GA.

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Are you passionate about helping to solve the critical cybersecurity challenges that enterprises are facing today? Are you passionate about building your business and disrupting your territory with industry-leading cyber defense capabilities? If so, BlueVoyant is seeking an experienced SMC Client Executive to join the team to grow our high-velocity business relationships. This position will grow our co-sell relationship with the Microsoft SMC Segment and strategic resellers to drive pipeline growth.

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In this position, you will engage with prospective customers to assess their desired business outcomes and required capabilities, consultatively share BlueVoyant’s capabilities to seek alignment, collaborate with technology and channel partners, and ultimately achieve your assigned revenue targets.

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About BlueVoyant

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At BlueVoyant, we recognize that effective cyber security requires active prevention and defense across both your organization and supply chain. Our proprietary data, analytics, and technology, coupled with deep expertise, work as a force multiplier to secure your full ecosystem. Accuracy! Actionability! Timeliness! Scalability!

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Led by CEO, Jim Rosenthal, BlueVoyant’s highly skilled team includes former government cyber officials with extensive frontline experience in responding to advanced cyber threats on behalf of the National Security Agency, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Unit 8200, and GCHQ, together with private sector experts. BlueVoyant services utilize large real-time datasets with industry-leading analytics and technologies.

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Founded in 2017 by Fortune 500 executives, including Executive Chairman, Tom Glocer, and former Government cyber officials, BlueVoyant is headquartered in New York City and has offices in Maryland, Tel Aviv, San Francisco, London, Budapest, and Latin America.

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All employees must be authorized to work in the United States. BlueVoyant provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, BlueVoyant complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities.

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Disclaimer: Please note that pursuant to contractual requirements and applicable law, in order for employees to perform work on some of the company’s federal contracts, U.S. citizenship is required. Accordingly, an employee’s ability to perform work on such contracts is contingent upon the company’s verification of the employee’s citizenship status. Furthermore, individuals may be subject to additional background checks and fingerprinting.

• Build relationships in the Microsoft SMC Operating Units and with the field sales teams to grow joint revenue and acquire new customers.
• Amplify our security co-sell messaging to Microsoft Sales leadership and facilitate relationship building between field sales teams.
• Work with SMC team to develop joint pipeline.
• Leverage existing individual and BlueVoyant relationships to build and execute new go-to-market opportunities.
• Build measurable business plans to define partnership goals and conduct QBRs with Microsoft stakeholders to execute pipeline and sales success.
• Prepare and present regular partnership status updates and sales results for executive leaders and program stakeholders.
• Work closely with BlueVoyant marketing to leverage resources (collateral, presentations, events, emails, webinars) to support joint initiatives with assigned partners.
• Drive healthy revenue growth within your assigned territory by leveraging BlueVoyant’s entire portfolio and successfully executing against your assigned pipeline, revenue, and partner program objectives.
• Lead the overall sales process, from prospecting through contract execution and partner collaboration, both with new logos and existing customers.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Sales, Sales Engineering, Marketing, Product, and Customer Success to ensure positive outcomes for BlueVoyant, partners, and end-customers.
• Consistent and effective prospect/customer engagement, grounded in consultative selling and professional presentations, with a focus on business and technical outcomes to cyber security and risk-focused leaders.
• Timely and accurate Salesforce.com administration, including but not limited to revenue forecasting and account activities.
• Build and maintain measurable business and account plans to support team objectives and demonstrate success towards territory, partner, and revenue achievement objectives.

Required Qualifications:

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• At least 1 year of experience in selling security solutions, preferably Microsoft security solutions.
• At least 1 year of experience in selling security services, such as implementation and managed detection and response (MDR).
• Demonstrated ability to navigate Microsoft security solution selling motions, including E3 to E5 step up and Microsoft Sentinel.
• Familiarity with Azure cloud security capabilities and Microsoft licensing and SKU bundles.
• A bachelor's degree in information technology or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
• At least 1 year of experience in solution or services sales, with a focus on security and compliance products.

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Preferred Qualifications:

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• Preference is experience in security-related sales or account management, working with enterprise customers in various industries.
• Knowledge and proficiency of the sales process from initiation to close; MEDDPICC is a plus.
• Excellent listening and proposal creation skills - not only presenting ‘what we do’, but ‘how we do it differently’ with direct correlation to identified customer challenges, business and technical target outcomes.
• Positive, Tenacious, persuasive, and goal-oriented.
• Excellent verbal communication skills; able to demonstrate patience and enthusiasm while communicating with prospects and clients.
• Ability to work independently and as an active member of a team.
• Strong computer skills, including Microsoft Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Excel), Google Workspace, and CRM/Salesforce experience preferred.
• Thrives in a dynamic and fast-paced environment.

BlueVoyant Candidate Privacy Notice

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To understand how we secure and manage your personal data upon submitting a job application, please see our Candidate Privacy Notice, which can be found here - Candidate Privacy Notice

Company Description

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Our Mission

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At Palo Alto Networks® everything starts and ends with our mission:

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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.

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Who We Are

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We take our mission of protecting the digital way of life seriously. We are relentless in protecting our customers and we believe that the unique ideas of every member of our team contributes to our collective success. Our values were crowdsourced by employees and are brought to life through each of us everyday - from disruptive innovation and collaboration, to execution. From showing up for each other with integrity to creating an environment where we all feel included.

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As a member of our team, you will be shaping the future of cybersecurity. We work fast, value ongoing learning, and we respect each employee as a unique individual. Knowing we all have different needs, our development and personal wellbeing programs are designed to give you choice in how you are supported. This includes our FLEXBenefits wellbeing spending account with over 1,000 eligible items selected by employees, our mental and financial health resources, and our personalized learning opportunities - just to name a few!

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Job Description

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Your Career

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As a domain consultant for network security transformation, you provide technical expertise and guidance in customers' network security and zero trust journey. You will be key in defining technical solutions that secure a customer’s key business imperatives. You evangelize our industry leadership in on-prem, cloud, and security services that establish Palo Alto Networks as a customer’s cybersecurity partner.

• Collaborate with sales teams to recommend and develop customer solutions within your assigned specialization
• Present to customers as our expert at all levels in the customer hierarchy, from practitioner to senior leadership
• Lead and support customer demonstrations that showcase our unique value proposition
• Responsible for prospective customers and partners' Technical Validation projects based on best practices to ensure technical win in assigned opportunities
• Architect solutions that will help our customers strengthen and simplify their security posture
• Document high-level design and key use cases to ensure proper implementation and value realization of Palo Alto Networks solutions
• Lead conversations about industry trends and emerging changes to the security landscape
• Responsible for discussing and highlighting product alignment with customer requirements and differentiation
• As the main technical point of contact for Network Security, you will assist and collaborate to respond effectively to RFIs/RFPs
• Position Palo Alto Networks or Partner delivered services as appropriate to ensure proper implementation and value realization of Palo Alto Networks solutions
• Discuss, with credibility, competitive offers in the marketplace and position ours as the best alternative

Required Qualifications

• 3+ years experience in pre-sales/sales engineering within Zero Trust, Networking, Network Security, SaaS Security or SSE/SASE
• Outstanding customer communication and problem-solving skills
• Experience in working with customers, demonstrating problem-solving skills and a can-do attitude
• Solid understanding of NGFW, Network Security, SASE, SD-WAN, CASB, Proxy, DLP and BYOD Solutions
• Advanced knowledge of On-Premise and Cloud-Delivered Network Security Technologies
• Proficient in English

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Preferred Qualifications

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The Team

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Our Domain Consultant team members work hand-in-hand with organizations around the world to keep their digital environments protected. We educate, inspire, and empower our potential clients in their journey to security.

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You are empowered with unmatched systems and tools 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. Our Solutions Consulting community is driven by the mission to be our customers’ cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting their digital way of life.

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Compensation Disclosure

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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/commissioned roles) is expected to be between $198,000/yr to $273,000/yr. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here.

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Our Commitment

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We’re problem solvers that 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 [email protected].

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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.

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All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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