Manager (Pre Sales), Domain Consulting (Cortex Cloud)

Palo Alto Networks•City Of London, England, UK

fulltime

Sales

5+ years

About the role

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 Your Impact

Recruit and hire new Domain Consultants into the team, hiring the best talent in the industry
Work with your peers to develop a Domain Consultant training curriculum
Mentor, train, and review Domain Consultants on your team, keeping them engaged and successful in their careers
Develop relationships with the Solutions Consultant Managers and their teams to ensure full technology coverage in key opportunities
Lead your team to innovate and iterate to drive high technical validation and PoC win rates for Cortex solutions, while reducing technical validation and PoC timelines
Provide effective technical leadership in customer interactions to include sharing security operations trends and standard methodologies employed by other customers to actively be part of the selling process
Provide Domain Consultant expertise and fill in for existing team members if there is a resource conflict or vacation coverage challenge
Present to customers as our expert in your area at all levels in the customer hierarchy from technician to CIO
Lead conversations focused on industry trends and emerging changes to the security landscape
Discuss competitor offerings in the marketplace and positions ours as the best solution
Support your team in documenting HLD (High Level Design) and key use cases to ensure proper implementation and value realization of Palo Alto Networks solutions
Review and guide your team’s technical validation plans including POV (proof of value) test plans and customer readiness/requirements
Build and maintain relationships with key customers to solidify reference accounts and to assist the account teams with defining plans to drive more business
Act as an escalation point for pre-sales and collaborate with post-sales teams for issues that arise
Work with product teams to build requirements and roadmap development plans for our Cortex customers
Maintain an understanding of competitor selling strategies and technologies
Up to 50% travel within assigned region

Qualifications Your Experience

Experience leading customer-facing pre-sales engineering or solutions architect teams
5+ years experience in sales engineering within SIEM, SOAR, SOC, and/or endpoint environments
Industry knowledge of security operations market trends and awareness of our roadmap and technology development efforts
Experience delivering comprehensive security solutions
Strong communication (written and verbal) and presentation skills
Experience in leading large teams, allocating resources, managing engagements and resource efficiency
Proficient in English

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 accommodations@paloaltonetworks.com.

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.

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