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Senior Identity Account Executive- NY

Paloaltonetworks Open · verified Sep 21, 2026
New York Full-time Senior Account Executive

At a glance

Senior Account Executive role at Paloaltonetworks. New York · full-time · $272,000–$374,000 OTE.

On-target earningsStated by Paloaltonetworks
$272,000 – $374,000
On-target earnings for this role, in USD per year, as published in the posting. Base plus commission; the split is in the posting.
RoleAccount Executive
SenioritySenior
LocationNew York
EmploymentFull-time
OTE$272,000–$374,000
PostedSep 18, 2026 · 4d ago
Role brief

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

What you'll do

  • Expand revenue across the company’s largest identity clients
  • Lead complex sales cycles, coordinating internal teams around each customer’s needs
  • Use consultative selling to uncover business problems and shape customer solutions
  • Build territory plans, set goals, and produce accurate forecasts
  • Position identity solutions using account insights, competitive context, and customer requirements

What you bring

  • Experience selling complex solutions through value-based or consultative sales methods
  • Knowledge of SaaS architectures, ideally within networking or security
  • Technical fluency that connects technology solutions to business problems
  • Strong command of the complete sales cycle and a structured selling process
  • Ability to work independently while managing time and solving complex problems

Who this fits

You’ll suit a senior sales professional who can run complex enterprise engagements with substantial autonomy. The role is remote, includes territory travel and company meetings, and requires reliable transportation and a valid driver’s license when driving for business. Immigration sponsorship is unavailable.

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

The Identity Account Manager partners with our customers to secure their entire digital experience. 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. This role is a significant driver of company revenue and growth. You’re responsible for leading and driving new engagements within our largest revenue producing clients. As an experienced and dynamic sales professional, you’re responsible for leading and driving sales engagements.

Your Impact:

  • You will own revenue expansion within Idira's largest clients

  • You will drive and orchestrate complex sales cycles and work with our internal partners and teams to best serve the customer

  • Your consultative selling experience will identify business challenges and create solutions for our customers

  • Understand the competitive landscape and customer needs so you can effectively position the portfolio of Idira's solutions

  • Create clear goals and complete accurate forecasting through developing a detailed territory plan

  • 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 Idira's products and services

  • Travel as necessary within your territory, and to company-wide meetings

Qualifications

  • Experience and knowledge of SaaS-based architectures, ideally in a networking and/or security industry

  • Demonstrated experience selling complex solutions, value selling, and/or consultative sales techniques

  • Technical aptitude for understanding how technology products and solutions solve business problems

  • Identifies problems, reviews data, determines the root causes, and provides scalable solutions

  • Cultivate relationships with our channel partners to bring channel-centric go-to-market approach for our customers

  • Demonstrates in depth knowledge of the full sales cycle and the ability to follow a structured sales process

  • Ability to take a holistic approach to problem solving by understanding the bigger picture, and considering complex interrelationships and outcomes

  • Excellent time management skills, and work with high levels of autonomy and self-direction.

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.

$272,000.00 - $374,000.00/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.

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