Named Account Manager - SLED

Paloaltonetworks Open · verified Sep 14, 2026

3 Locations ChicagoNashville +1 Full-time Manager Account Management

Mid-level Account Management role at Paloaltonetworks. 3 Locations · full-time · $264,000–$363,000 base.

SalaryStated by Paloaltonetworks

$264,000 – $363,000

Base salary for this role, in USD per year, as published in the posting.

Role brief

Growth Roles summary, based on the employer's posting.

What you'll do

Build strategic account plans to win enterprise-wide platform deployments
Lead complex sales pursuits with internal teams and partners to serve customers
Develop lasting relationships with prospects and executive sponsors through consultative selling
Create and expand demand across your territory, including new white-space accounts
Position Palo Alto Networks against competitors with account-specific value stories and market insight

What you bring

Knowledge of SaaS architectures, preferably in networking or security
Experience building productive relationships with channel partners through a channel-led go-to-market approach
Ability to manage the full sales cycle, from finding and qualifying opportunities through closing
A record of selling complex solutions, working independently, and managing time effectively
Fast adaptability and a history of exceeding production goals

Who this fits

You’ll suit an autonomous, consultative sales professional who can learn quickly, compete against incumbent technologies, and build executive relationships. The role is remote but includes travel within your territory and to company meetings. Reliable transportation may be needed for business travel, and driving for company business requires a valid driver’s license. Immigration and work visa sponsorship are not available for this position.

From the employer

Our Mission

At Palo Alto Networks®, we’re united by a shared mission—to protect our digital way of life. We thrive at the intersection of innovation and impact, solving real-world problems with cutting-edge technology and bold thinking. Here, everyone has a voice, and every idea counts. If you’re ready to do the most meaningful work of your career alongside people who are just as passionate as you are, you’re in the right place.

Who We Are

In order to be the cybersecurity partner of choice, we must trailblaze the path and shape the future of our industry. This is something our employees work at each day and is defined by our values: Disruption, Collaboration, Execution, Integrity, and Inclusion. We weave AI into the fabric of everything we do and use it to augment the impact every individual can have. If you are passionate about solving real-world problems and ideating beside the best and the brightest, we invite you to join us!

This role is remote, but distance is no barrier to impact. Our hybrid teams collaborate across geographies to solve big problems, stay close to our customers, and grow together. You will be part of a culture that values trust, accountability, and shared success where your work truly matters.

Job Summary

Your Career

The Named Account Manager - SLED is a significant driver of company revenue and growth. As an experienced and dynamic sales professional, you’re responsible for leading and driving sales engagements. You’re motivated by the desire to solve critical challenges facing our customer’s secure environment, so you’re prepared to connect them with a solution for every stage of threat prevention.

You’ll be responsible for meeting and exceeding your quota by crafting and implementing strategic territory plans targeting deployments of the Palo Alto Networks Next Generation Security Platform. This is a unique opportunity for a closer with a go-getter mentality to win business and market share by actively displacing competing technologies.

Palo Alto Networks is leading the charge in platformization, offering best-in-breed solutions that enable customers to build a truly zero-trust security architecture and navigate critical transformations. To ensure our sales team is equipped to guide customers, we've developed FLIGHT, an immersive onboarding program. Flight blends virtual and in-person learning at our headquarters, where new sales hires will participate in dynamic cohorts, fully dedicated to their training without customer distractions. This focused approach ensures they emerge as well-prepared sales professionals, ready to help customers leverage our comprehensive portfolio.

Your Impact

As a Named Account Manager, you will drive and orchestrate complex sales cycles and work with our internal partners and teams to best serve the customer
Bring your experience and consultative selling skills to initiate long-standing relationships with prospective customers and executive sponsors
Your focus will be to create and implement strategic account plans focused on attaining enterprise-wide deployments
Understanding of the strategic competitive landscape and customer needs so you can effectively position Palo Alto Networks
Engage a programmatic approach to demand to generate, develop, and expand your territory
Leverage prospect stories to create a compelling value proposition with insights into value for that specific account.
Stay updated on industry news and trends, and how they affect Palo Alto Networks products and services
Travel as necessary within your territory, and to company-wide meetings

Qualifications

Your Experience

Experience and knowledge of SaaS-based architectures, ideally in a networking and/or security context
Experience cultivating mutually beneficial relationships with our channel partners to bring channel-centric go-to-market approach for our customers
Have and able to lead all aspects of the sales cycle with the ability to uncover, qualifying, developing, and closing new, white-space territories and accounts
Possess a successful track record selling complex-solutions
Excellent time management skills, and work with high levels of autonomy and self-direction
Highly competitive, ramp quickly, extremely adaptive, and pride yourself on exceeding production goals

Compensation Disclosure

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 the annual range listed below. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here.

$264,000.00 - $363,000.00/yr

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 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.

Is role eligible for Immigration Sponsorship? No. Please note that we will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position.

Motor-Vehicle Requirement: This role may require travel to and from Palo Alto Networks, Inc. business meetings and events and requires reliable transportation to do so. If a hire chooses to drive in connection with company business, the hire for this role must maintain a valid driver’s license.