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Revolutionizing protection.
Define what’s next in cybersecurity.
Channel Business Manager
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 Career
As a Channel Business Manager (CBM) for our Canadian Ecosystems team, you will center your role on high-impact relationship management to achieve measurable results in increased revenue, market share, and platform adoption across the Canadian landscape. Your success in this role will span the creation and execution of unique, localized business plans with premier regional and global partners. This segment is an ecosystem-reliant, platform-led sales motion requiring deep monetization of modern channel plays.
The ideal candidate will be a master of large deal construction, seamlessly aligning partner capability with internal Palo Alto Networks sales stakeholders to capture market momentum. You’ll be measured primarily on the joint business executed with each partner, working across all levels of partner organizations to develop long-term, "outcome where everybody wins" scaling strategies.
Your Impact
Ecosystem Strategy & Alignment: Develop and execute an advanced regional ecosystem strategy in strict alignment and lockstep with internal regional sales stakeholders and enterprise patch leaders.
Large Deal Construction: Architect and negotiate complex, large-scale commercial structures, programmatic bundling, and specialized partner-led incentives to secure high-margin platformization wins.
Maximize Growth Opportunities: Deepen partner executive relationships to maximize joint growth pipelines, ensuring partners are highly specialized and positioned to deliver successful customer implementations.
Team Collaboration: Work dynamically in a matrixed team environment to ensure partner profitability, technical self-sufficiency, and absolute customer satisfaction.
Compelling Value Propositions: Design and articulate compelling, platform-centric value propositions that inspire national partners to prioritize our security architecture over legacy point-solutions.
Executive QBRs & Performance Tracking: Lead regular business performance, pipeline pipeline health, and relationship reviews with senior ecosystem management and regional sales stakeholders.
Data-Driven Governance: Maintain meticulous activity dashboards and performance reports within SFDC to monitor deal registration compliance and funnel coverage.
En tant que gestionnaire de compte partenaires (CBM) pour notre équipe Écosystèmes Canada, vous axerez votre rôle sur une gestion relationnelle à haut impact afin d'obtenir des résultats mesurables en matière d'augmentation des revenus, de parts de marché et d'adoption de notre plateforme à l'échelle canadienne. Votre succès dans ce rôle reposera sur la création et l'exécution de plans d'affaires uniques et localisés avec des partenaires régionaux et mondiaux de premier plan. Ce secteur s'appuie fortement sur l'écosystème et sur une stratégie de vente axée sur la plateforme, nécessitant une monétisation approfondie des modèles de partenariat modernes.
Le candidat idéal sera un maître dans la structuration de transactions d'envergure, alignant de façon transparente les capacités des partenaires avec les équipes de vente internes de Palo Alto Networks pour saisir les opportunités du marché. Votre rendement sera principalement évalué sur la base des affaires conjointes conclues avec chaque partenaire, en travaillant à tous les niveaux de leurs organisations pour élaborer des stratégies de croissance à long terme gagnant-gagnant.
Votre impact
Stratégie d'écosystème et alignement : Élaborer et exécuter une stratégie d'écosystème régionale avancée, en alignement parfait avec les équipes de vente régionales internes et les responsables des comptes grands comptes.
Ingénierie de transactions majeures : Concevoir et négocier des structures commerciales complexes et de grande envergure, des regroupements programmes et des incitatifs spécialisés pour les partenaires afin de conclure des ventes de plateformes à haute marge.
Maximisation des opportunités de croissance : Approfondir les relations avec les dirigeants des partenaires afin de maximiser les opportunités de croissance conjointes, en veillant à ce que les partenaires soient hautement spécialisés et positionnés pour réussir l'implantation chez les clients.
Collaboration d'équipe : Travailler de manière dynamique dans un environnement matriciel pour garantir la rentabilité des partenaires, leur autonomie technique et la satisfaction optimale des clients.
Propositions de valeur percutantes : Concevoir et articuler des propositions de valeur percutantes centrées sur la plateforme, inspirant les partenaires nationaux à prioriser notre architecture de sécurité par rapport aux solutions ponctuelles traditionnelles.
Revues d'affaires exécutives (QBR) et suivi du rendement : Diriger des rencontres périodiques d'évaluation du rendement, de la santé de l'entonnoir de ventes et des relations avec la direction de l'écosystème et les équipes de vente régionales.
Gouvernance basée sur les données : Maintenir une rigueur exemplaire dans la gestion des tableaux de bord et des rapports de rendement dans SFDC afin de suivre la conformité de l'enregistrement des opportunités d'affaires (deal registration) et la couverture du pipeline.
Qualifications
Your Experience
Proven Track Record: Five to seven years of progressive channel management, alliance management, or ecosystem co-sell experience directly supporting complex enterprise and commercial territories.
GSI & Hyperscaler Expertise: Demonstrated experience collaborating and scaling go-to-market motions alongside premium GSIs and CSPs (AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud).
Deal Crafting Sophistication: Proven expertise in complex, large-deal financial construction, contract negotiation, and multi-party alignment through conflict resolution.
Sales Matrix Mastery: Ability to establish deep, trusted-advisor relationships with internal sales directors, enterprise account managers, and systems engineering leaders to execute a unified territory plan.
Channel Operational Knowledge: Solid understanding of modern channel operating models, cloud partner private offers (CPPOs), MSSP frameworks, and market development fund (MDF) deployment.
Executive Communication: Elite initiative and the ability to think creatively, backed by exceptional presentation, written, and cross-functional corporate communication skills.
The Team
The channel organization at Palo Alto Networks is a strategic pillar for our continued growth within cybersecurity, and a critical component to accomplishing our mission. Channel development is a direct extension of the territory sales team, with the ultimate goal to train, enable, and empower our channel partners to become entirely autonomous in the use, architecture, and sales of our platform portfolio.
Votre expérience
Succès démontré : De cinq à sept ans d'expérience progressive en gestion de réseau de partenaires, gestion d'alliances ou co-vente d'écosystème, en soutien direct à des territoires complexes au niveau commercial et des grands comptes.
Expertise GSI et fournisseurs cloud (Hyperscalers) : Expérience démontrée dans la collaboration et le déploiement de stratégies commerciales conjointes avec de grands intégrateurs de systèmes mondiaux (GSI) et des fournisseurs de services cloud (AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud).
Complexité d'ingénierie financière : Expertise avérée dans la structuration financière de transactions complexes et d'envergure, la négociation de contrats et l'alignement multi-parties par la résolution de conflits.
Maîtrise des ventes en environnement matriciel : Capacité à établir des relations de conseiller de confiance avec les directeurs de ventes internes, les gestionnaires de comptes grands comptes et les responsables d'ingénierie système pour exécuter un plan de territoire unifié.
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.
$224,000.00 - $308,000.00/yrOur 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.MORE PALO ALTO NETWORKS
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