Manager, Systems Engineering

ST Louis, MO, United States

Company Description

This role is remote out of Kansas City or St. Louis.

Our Mission

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

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.

Our Approach to Work

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!

Job Description

Your Career

As a Systems Engineer Manager, you are the technical leader for your District’s Systems Engineering team. You will work closely with the District Sales Manager and, along with your team, build relationships with your customers with the goal of helping them detect and prevent advanced cyberattacks and breaches. Our customers need guidance on what platforms to deploy. Your guidance, expertise, and mentorship of your team of SEs will keep them ahead of the latest cyberthreats and relevant to our customers’ business outcomes.

We are looking for a leader to develop our sales teams, providing training and technical support as a product expert. Additionally, you will provide feedback to the product management team on product improvements based on your customer base. Your team, in partnership with sales account managers, will displace competitive technologies, build market share within your enterprise accounts, and most importantly, help your client sleep at night as they secure their digital footprint.

Your Impact

Recruit and hire new systems engineers into the district, hiring the best talent in the industry

Responsible to train, mentor, and coach systems engineers, keeping them engaged and successful in their careers

Support you systems engineer team in complex evaluations, problem-solving and challenging customer environments

Develop relationships with channel partners and their technical teams, to ensure they can support our customer installations

Provide technical leadership in customer interactions, including sharing security trends, strategies, and insight to be an active part of the selling process

Act as a senior systems engineer on occasion, to enhance coverage, or on strategic opportunities

Act as an escalation point for pre-sales and post-sales technical issues that arise

Build and maintain relationships with key customer executives to augment account teams with defining plans to drive more business

To be our “Field CTO” for strategic customers’ leadership

Lead conversations about industry trends and changes to the security landscape

Discuss competitive products in the marketplace and positions ours as the best alternative

Deliver confidential product roadmaps

Coach account teams on crisp and effective 'proof of concept' testing in strategic opportunities

Maintain a general understanding of competitor selling strategies

50% travel within the region

Qualifications

Your Experience

2+ years experience as a pre-sales System Engineer Manager

Experience as a Senior System Engineer or Consulting Engineering

Industry knowledge of security product market trends and directional awareness of our roadmap and technology development efforts, knowledge of competitor offerings and products

Knowledge of how to deliver comprehensive security solutions to Palo Alto Networks customer base

Strong communication (written and verbal) and presentation skills

Quota driven attitude focused on client's best solution by being a trusted advisor

Additional Information

The Team

As part of our Systems Engineering team, you’ll support the sales team with technical expertise and guidance when establishing trust with key clients. 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. As a member of our systems engineering team, you are motivated by a solutions-focused sales environment and find fulfillment in working with clients to resolve complex cyberthreats.

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 [email protected].

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.

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 $218,600/yr to $300,650/yr. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here.

Is role eligible for Immigration Sponsorship?: Yes

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