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Revolutionizing protection.

Define what’s next in cybersecurity.

SMB Sales Representative

New York, New York, United States Sales Ref ID: JR-016214
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Overview

Your next great move.

If you're passionate about staying ahead of the curve in cybersecurity and thrive on helping organizations safeguard their most valuable digital assets, an Account Executive role at Palo Alto Networks could be your next great move. We're looking for individuals who are passionate about advanced security solutions and enjoy tailoring them to meet complex challenges. We're always recruiting the best and brightest who thrive on helping customers navigate the ever-changing security landscape and have the ability to make the most complex challenges attainable. You'll partner closely with Solutions Consultants to evangelize the Palo Alto Networks platform and highlight the benefits it can provide our customers, helping them secure their most critical digital assets. At Palo Alto Networks, you'll find strong career growth, collaboration with top talent, and a mission-driven environment focused on securing our digital future.

  • Level: Mid-Senior
  • Travel: Yes (frequent)
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Success Profile

What it takes to be successful.

What makes a successful SMB Sales Representative at Palo Alto Networks? Check out the top traits we’re looking for and see if you have the right mix.

  • Influences
  • Focuses on the Customer
  • Drives Results
  • Technical Acumen
  • Sales Hygiene
  • Demonstrates Resilience

Job Detail

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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

We are seeking talented, motivated sales people to join our team as SMB (small-medium business) Sales Representatives.  In this role, you will design and deliver a competitive value proposition to SMB targets, with a focus on growing their PANW-provided cybersecurity solutions.  You will enhance your sales skills and knowledge of our cybersecurity products as part of a broader team focused on protecting our clients’ digital way of life.

Your Impact

  • Convert target small/medium businesses into PANW customers - manage a large number of targets - Customer sizes will range from 100-500 employees

  • Exceed sales expectations while enhancing client satisfaction and creating long-term relationships

  • Build & maintain a constant/future revenue pipeline

  • Proactively identify cross-selling and up-selling opportunities

  • Independently drive sales campaigns, product demos and proof of concepts

  • Keep up to date on our industry and PANW’s competitive position

  • Maintain alignment in our cross-functional environment with Channel teams, plus Business Development Reps and Sales Engineers

  • Ensure accuracy of account planning and forecasting (in Salesforce) across a number of clients and prospects

Qualifications

Your Experience 

  • Experience selling a portfolio of solutions and expanding a customer's environment with newer solutions

  • Familiarity with cybersecurity products and topics - driven to learn more

  • Proven track record of winning new customers and exceeding revenue goals

  • Experience and proven success  in new customer acquisition

  • Honed organizational, planning, communication and negotiation skills

  • Positive, growth-oriented mindset

  • Thrives in a matrixed, team environment anchored by our values of Collaboration, Disruption, Execution, Inclusion, and Integrity

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.

$124,000.00 - $170,500.00/yr

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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Benefits

Providing solutions for a well-balanced life.

Because your well-being is important to us, we offer benefit programs and resources for you and your dependents to support what's important to you. If you're considering a role that's based outside of the United States, please contact your local recruiter for details about the specific benefits offered in that country.

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Healthcare

We value your health and provide options so you can choose what best supports your lifestyle and personal health goals. Various nationwide plans — including Blue Shield of California, Kaiser Permanente, Delta Dental, VSP, and more — are available to you and your family. Our providers offer the flexibility you want and the coverage you need.

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Wellness

With a large on-site gym and daily, instructor-led exercise classes at HQ in Santa Clara, Palo Alto Networks actively supports employee fitness. And our ongoing wellness speaker series highlights the latest trends in health and wellness.

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Development

Professional development is serious business at Palo Alto Networks, where the Talent Development team offers 25+ courses to help employees boost their careers and develop leadership capability.

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Financial

Most roles are eligible for equity grants, and we now offer new hires a quarterly vesting schedule right away. We want you to be fairly compensated and rewarded as soon as you make an impact – on our team, that happens immediately! And because we consider every employee a stakeholder in our long-term success, we offer an Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) with a 24-month lookback. From life insurance to health savings accounts, we provide ways to help you protect and grow your wealth. Palo Alto Networks offers both traditional and Roth 401(k) options, along with a company match of 50% to a max annual amount of $1,000.

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Time Off

In addition to paid corporate holidays, Flexible Time Off programs empower our employees to balance their work schedules with personal time off. We offer 12 weeks of full pay for medical leave and 6 weeks of full pay for parental leave. As a company with strong ties to the military and veterans, we also offer 26 weeks of full pay for military leave.

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Perks

Our corporate discount program provides employees with significant discounts on merchandise, travel and entertainment. We offer many on-site perks at headquarters, including cafeterias, fuel service, and EV charging stations. We also provide complimentary drinks, fresh fruit, and snacks in break rooms across our campus to help everyone power through the day.

Culture

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It's our mission.

We are the global cybersecurity leader, united in our mission to protect our digital way of life.

  • Determined to make a difference.
  • Shaping the future of cybersecurity.
  • Your unique perspective is valued.

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Hear from our people.

“For anyone considering joining our sales organization, know this: if you’re competitive, collaborative, and energized by solving real problems for real people, Palo Alto Networks is the place to build your career. You’ll work with industry-leading technology, be surrounded by teammates who genuinely want to win together, and you’ll have the opportunity to make an impact that extends far beyond a quota - you’ll help protect our digital way of life.”

-Abbey, Territory Sales Manager

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