Channel Business Manager

Summary

Join Palo Alto Networks as a Channel Account Manager and play a pivotal role in driving revenue growth and market share expansion through strategic partnerships. You will develop and execute business plans, fostering strong relationships with key partners to maximize growth opportunities. This role demands collaboration with internal stakeholders, including Global/International Account Directors, to ensure seamless alignment and execution. Success hinges on driving enhanced alignment between PAN and partner sales teams, excelling in account planning, and managing joint opportunities. You will be responsible for creating compelling value propositions, activating services based on emerging technologies, and innovating new solutions. Regular performance reviews and strong communication skills are essential for success in this international role.

Requirements

• Experience in Channel Management, or Business Development roles within the enterprise software ecosystem and/or network security industry
• Fluency in English language
• Understanding of the local Irish market
• Knowledge of sales, marketing, and solution development
• Demonstrate strong initiative and ability to think creatively with excellent presentation, written, and overall communication skills
• Consistent track record of leading complex sales situations through negotiation and conflict resolution

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute business plans in collaboration with the Account Directors, driving all aspects of the partner relationship to maximize growth opportunities and ensuring the partner is well-positioned to deliver successful customer implementations and deployments
• Work well in a team environment to ensure partner and customer satisfaction
• Design a compelling value proposition that inspires this strategic partner to promote our solutions
• Develop/activate services based on our emerging and established technologies increasing revenue growth, and liaise closely with our product teams to innovate new solutions and GTM strategies to drive new ways to differentiate in the market and take market share (drive scale)
• Provide clear and consistent communication (internally and externally) across the region with partners to build strong partnerships throughout your assignment
• Lead regular business performance and relationship reviews with senior management and various stakeholders
• Build and maintain the activity of performance reports and activity dashboards

Preferred Qualifications

Understanding of SP operating models is nice to have