Manager, Technical Customer Support - Focused Services

Plano, TX, United States

Company Description

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.

We have the vision of a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before. These aren’t easy goals to accomplish – but we’re not here for easy. We’re here for better. 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!

At Palo Alto Networks, we believe in the power of collaboration and value in-person interactions. This is why our employees generally work from the office three days per week, leaving two days for choice and flexibility to work where you feel most effective. This setup fosters casual conversations, problem-solving, and trusted relationships. While details may evolve, our goal is to create an environment where innovation thrives, with office-based teams coming together three days a week to collaborate and thrive, together!

Job Description

Your Career

Palo Alto Networks is looking for an experienced enterprise Support Delivery Manager. This role is responsible for enabling customer success with our award-winning network security products. In this high growth business, scaling, optimization, dynamic spirit and sustained performance are essential. The Support Delivery team is a high-performing group of engineers supporting business critical customer environments. This person will have responsibility for the performance of our front-line support delivery team and is expected to implement as well as optimize delivery excellence which will help keep Palo Alto Networks at the forefront of our industry. Additionally, we are looking for someone with the experience and drive to help expand our Technical Assistance Center Academy program, designed to identify and train new Engineers to be successful within Palo Alto Networks.

Your Impact

Customer Satisfaction - Customer support is a strategic differentiator for Palo Alto Networks - helping drive customer loyalty, positive reference and repeat business - You will be measured by your ability to achieve customer satisfaction goals - Customer satisfaction is the single most important measurement of our support organization, and the best way to measure our ability to achieve our mission to “Make our customers successful!”

Operational Management - Daily management of case inflow, backlogs, updates, engineer adherence, case escalations and other applicable Technical Assistance Center dashboards and measurements - All metrics and measures are designed to ensure we provide an exceptional customer experience with our Support team and products

Performance Management - Ensure that team managers, leads and engineers have the resources, cross-functional relationships and processes necessary to ensure successful and sustained performance through release cycles - Provide mature and experienced guidance to the team to deliver on organizational goals and objectives - Maximize engineer opportunities to exceed targets as well as earn rewards and recognition - Responsibility for the team to meet organizational goals such as response and resolution time goals

Training and Mentoring - Directly provide and otherwise ensure appropriate technical and soft skills training as well as mentoring - Ensure training is effectively addressing our goal to create and encourage a collaborative learning environment while maximizing customer satisfaction - Ensure consistent and standard training programs are in place and delivered effectively

Establish Goals & Objectives - Set team goals in-line with overall organizational goals - Set and monitor specific goals and objectives for direct reports - Provide regular feedback related to performance with respect to agreed goals - Measure and monitor performance as well as conduct annual reviews of all direct reports

Educational Programs - Assist in enabling and expanding various educational efforts and programs to enhance candidate sourcing and ensure consistent training across organizations globally

Qualifications

Qualifications

Your Experience

BA/BS in Computer Science or equivalent (MBA a plus) or equivalent military experience

10+ years experience in enterprise support and service delivery preferred

Prior management experience leading a team of technical support engineers with abilities ranging from new in career to advanced

Experience developing, launching, expanding, and maintaining global technical education programs, including traditional methods of learning as well as progressive techniques and certifications

Technical experience in the Network Security Industry

Experience as a network administrator (or equivalent) in a Windows, Linux or Unix environment

Knowledge of Network Security (Routers, Switches, firewalls, VPN routers - Checkpoint, Juniper (Netscreen), Fortinet, Cisco)

Background in internetworking, LAN, and WAN technologies

Background in debugging broad, complex, and unique networks with mixed media and protocols

Additional Information

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/commissioned roles) is expected to be between $136500 - $220750/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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