Job Description

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. Disruption is at the core of our technology and on our way of work to meet the needs of our employees now and in the future through FLEXWORK, our approach to how we work. We're changing the nature of work from benefits to learning, location to leadership, we've rethought and recreated every aspect of the employee experience at Palo Alto Networks. And because it FLEXes around each individual employee based on their individual choices, employees are empowered to push boundaries and help us all evolve, together.


Your Career In this role, you will manage the tactical activities and strategic direction of the Professional Services team. Your Impact

• Respond to sales opportunities, and work with the Sales team to drive new business by utilizing Professional Services capabilities
• Provide strategic direction and input to the technical development of the Professional Services group
• Manage the daily activities of the India consulting organization, including Professional Services engineers and resident engineers
• Interface with the Sales team to ensure customers' technical requirements are met
• Handle day-to-day personnel issues such as hiring, promotions, time off, and disciplinary actions
• Provide status updates to the JAPAC PS Leader on all major activities
• Travel as required

Qualifications
Your Experience

• Bachelor's degree in technical field
• Demonstrated leadership and team-building capabilities, ideally within a vendor environment
• 5+ years managing teams of 6+ more technical (ideally security) consultants
• 5+ years of building Internet security solutions for enterprise customers
• Strong technical knowledge of Internet security concepts and implementations/products
• Hands-on experience with the following technologies - Routing, Switching, VPNs, LANs, WANs, IPsec, and encryption technology
• Experienced in partnering with Sales Leadership and driving exceptional customer outcomes

Additional Information
The Team Our professional services team is critical to our success and mission. As part of this team, you enable customer success by providing support to clients post-sale. Our dedication to our customers doesn't stop once they sign -- it evolves. As threats and technology evolve, we stay in step to accomplish our mission. You'll be involved in implementing new products, transitioning from old products to new, fixing integrations and critical issues as they are raised. But you won't wait for them to be raised; you'll seek them out, too. We fix and identify technical problems, with a pointed focus of providing the best customer support in the industry. 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. Palo Alto Networks is evolving and changing the nature of work to meet the needs of our employees now and in the future through FLEXWORK, our approach to how we work. From benefits to learning, location to leadership, we've rethought and recreated every aspect of the employee experience at Palo Alto Networks. And because it FLEXes around each individual employee based on their individual choices, employees are empowered to push boundaries and help us all evolve, 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
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