• Ensure all appropriate services are positioned and delivered to the customer to achieve both the financial targets (SA, revenue and P&L) and high levels of customer satisfaction through successful product deployment and network operations
• Establish relationships with Palo Alto Networks product management, services, support & engineering teams to ensure alignment of customer requirements and product development
• Create and maintain a program dashboard and provide weekly/monthly/quarterly status to all key stakeholders throughout the life of the engagement
• Provide strategic direction and input to the technical development of the assigned team members to ensure they are able to successfully deploy services
• Serve as a single point of contact for service performance on all Palo Alto Networks products and projects across all aspects of services and support for assigned accounts.
• Interface with the partners to provide strategic direction and input to the development of their teams, product offerings and overall technical development.
• Interface with the Sales team to:
• Ensure customer technical requirements are understood and clear to the team.
• Drive new business by utilizing Professional Services capabilities and offerings.
• Ensure all customer engagements are successful.
• Provide status to the Customer, Account Team and Services leadership team on all major activities, issues, escalations, etc.
• Provide input to the technical development of the Professional Services product offerings.
• Aid in development of process improvement initiatives.
• 30+% travel is required.

Experience:

• CRM (workflow systems)
• At least 5 years project management/ service delivery management or related experience
• Account management experience advantageous
• Proven track record of delivering projects within defined timelines under high pressure
• Project & program management: able to manage complex projects including concurrent projects
• Decisive: must be able to use initiative to make quick decisions to resolve problems and overcome obstacles delaying delivery
• Must be able to partner with other departments and contractors to achieve targets
• Customer management: tactful, resolute and committed to providing excellent customer service
• Ability to deliver technical presentations competently.
• Must be able to interfaces with customer “executive” level management on a regular basis
• Delivering results: ability to plan and organize self and work in order to achieve objectives and targets
• Maintain in-depth knowledge of product and service offerings

Required:

• 5+ years of building Internet security solutions at enterprise customers.
• Strong technical knowledge of Internet security concepts and implementations/products.
• Demonstrated leadership and team building capabilities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Desired:

• Hands-on experience with the following technologies: Routing, Switching, VPNs, LANs, WANs, IPsec, and Encryption Technology.
• Security certifications such as CISSP and or others.

Education:

• Required: Undergraduate degree in a related field (EE, CE, IT, etc.)
• Desired: Graduate degree (MBA or Master of Engineering).

Additional Information

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