Channel Sales Manager - Palo Alto

Channel Sales Manager - Palo Alto

Deloitte is currently seeking a strategic and results-oriented Channel Sales Manager to lead our national go-to-market relationship activities focused on our Palo Alto Networks ("Palo Alto") alliance, working in close alignment with the Deloitte Lead Alliance Partner (LAP) who owns the overall "sell with" alliance strategy and executive relationship. This role is dedicated to aggressively driving "net-new" sales and building pipeline by embedding the Palo Alto platform into Deloitte's largest-scale client transformations.

The ideal candidate is a high-energy sales driver who thinks beyond traditional "cyber on cyber" sales lifecycle and will be responsible for evangelizing Palo Alto as a foundational platform for secure business transformation, positioning its solutions as critical enablers for business solutions (such as Cloud and Data Migration or Application Modernization as examples). This role requires strong project management, executive-level communication, and the ability to navigate a fast-paced, matrixed organization to originate and shape individual and joint opportunities.

The Channel Sales Managers are members of Deloitte's Growth Platforms and a partner to our Cyber & Strategic Risk practice. This individual will work in close collaboration with our Cloud Engineering, Hybrid Cloud, and Application Modernization practices, as well as Deloitte's Account Principals / Managing Directors (PMDS), and Sales Executives and other Ecosystems & Alliances Leaders. The primary objective is to build relationships with both Deloitte and Palo Alto sales teams to drive top-of-funnel demand, qualify new leads through a defined / coordinated sales strategy, and act as a strategic advisor throughout the sales process.

The Channel Sales Manager will act as the primary sales and relationship driver for the Palo Alto Alliance, working in close coordination with the LAP and will be the go-to-expert on the joint-value propositions for marketplace growth, aiding in the relationship evolution with the Palo Alto sales leadership and Deloitte's client-facing executives to grow the alliance pipeline.

The role involves :

• Executing the national alliance go-to-market strategy (as defined by the LAP), translating said vision into actionable sales plays and demand generation campaigns to build, manage, and implement a multi-million-dollar sales pipeline for the Palo Alto alliance. Support aspects of alliance pipeline management, including system entries, reporting, and maintenance.
• Actively teaming with Deloitte's Sales Executives and account leadership to support their sales pursuits, serving as a pre-sales subject matter expert on the joint alliance capabilities for solutioning, proposal support, and navigating the alliance relationship. Proactively joining client discovery calls to shape and co-solution large-scale opportunities, embedding Palo Alto's platform as a core component of business / digital transformations.
• Pro-actively originating, qualifying, and shaping net-new business opportunities by partnering with Deloitte's Cyber & Strategic Risk, Cloud, and Hybrid Technology (as examples) PMDs and Sales Executives. Concurrently, identify and drive add-on sales by expanding the Palo Alto platform footprint (including exiting Deloitte clients), demonstrating how it accelerates and secures broader business initiatives.
• Developing and executing targeted go to market campaigns (e.g., strategic workshops, executive roundtables, marketing) to evangelize the joint Deloitte + Palo Alto value proposition and generate net-new demand.
• Aggressively educating and enabling the Palo Alto sales organization on Deloitte's cyber and transformation capabilities, building relationships to ensure Deloitte is the preferred partner for services.
• Supporting and evangelizing joint Deloitte + Palo Alto capabilities with both Palo Alto and internal Deloitte sales teams. Identify brand differentiators and create client-specific marketing materials, including proposing ideas for alliance-sponsored events, thought leadership, and client-facing eminence to further "share of voice" in the marketplace.
• Supporting alliance management and planning process, including coordination among leadership and capturing follow-up actions to ensure sales momentum.

The successful candidate will possess :

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